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Sunday 29 May 2016European TourYear in Review
Wood wins BMW PGA Championship
Wentworth Club, Virginia Water, Surrey, England · Thursday 26 to Sunday 29 May 2016 · Chris Wood’s win no. 3 on the European Tour · purse €5,000,000 EUR · BMW
The headline is set by GNN from the record. Reports from the papers of the day are below as they are found.
The weather
15 h 60 m
of daylight on the final day, the sun 60° up at noon, and that night a last-quarter moon (computed from the date and the place).
- R119°/7°C · wind 11 km/h E, gusts 20 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R220°/10°C · wind 14 km/h ENE, gusts 32 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R320°/10°C · wind 15 km/h NE, gusts 33 · 0.3 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R418°/9°C · wind 22 km/h NNE, gusts 45 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
The name over time
Not yet traced: its earlier names, sponsors and courses come with research.
The ones it got away from
- Rikard Karlberg SWE · 280closed with a 65 to finish one stroke behind Wood 2016 BMW PGA Championship - Wikipedia
150 started · cut +1, 69 made it
Same week
DP World Tour event
BMW PGA Championship
Wentworth Club, West Course, Wentworth Club, Virginia Water, Surrey, England
4 of 5 researched
Winner
Chris Wood
Runner-up not yet researched.
From the papers
ESPN
29 May 2016
It's huge, because my friends and family are here. To win in front of them is unreal.
ESPN
29 May 2016
It seems silly hitting sand wedge, sand wedge into 18 but as soon as he told me to lay up, I knew probably five was enough.
ESPN
29 May 2016
Being a Ryder Cup year, this is a good one to win. That's the biggest thing I'll take from this.
Top 10
| Pos | Player | Rounds | Total | To par |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Chris Wood | 72 · 70 · 68 · 69 | 279 | −9 |
| 2 | Rikard Karlberg | 69 · 74 · 72 · 65 | 280 | −8 |
| 3 | Danny Willett | 66 · 68 · 76 · 71 | 281 | −7 |
| T4 | Romain Wattel | 69 · 73 · 70 · 70 | 282 | −6 |
| T4 | Julien Quesne | 69 · 74 · 67 · 72 | 282 | −6 |
| T4 | Thomas Aiken | 71 · 69 · 70 · 72 | 282 | −6 |
| T7 | Andrew Johnston | 76 · 69 · 71 · 67 | 283 | −5 |
| T7 | Fabrizio Zanotti | 72 · 70 · 72 · 69 | 283 | −5 |
| T7 | Martin Kaymer | 70 · 70 · 70 · 73 | 283 | −5 |
| T7 | Jaco Van Zyl | 67 · 68 · 75 · 73 | 283 | −5 |
| T7 | Tyrrell Hatton | 72 · 70 · 66 · 75 | 283 | −5 |
The golfer
born 1987-11-26, Bristol, England; ENG; turned pro 2008; age 28 that week; tour wins to date: 3; majors to date: 0; world No. 54 that week (OWGR rankBefore for BMW PGA Championship 2016 (54 -> 22) per OWGR player profile).
What’s in the bag
No bag on file yet