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Sunday 27 November 2016European TourYear in Review
Kjeldsen and Olesen win ISPS Handa World Cup of Golf
Kingston Heath Golf Club, Melbourne, Australia · Thursday 24 to Sunday 27 November 2016 · purse $8.0 million USD · ISPS Handa
The headline is set by GNN from the record. Reports from the papers of the day are below as they are found.
The weather
14 h 24 m
of daylight on the final day, the sun 74° up at noon, and that night a waning crescent moon (computed from the date and the place).
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The name over time
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The ones it got away from
- Wu Ashun & Li Haotong (China) CHN · 272closed to within a shot of Denmark on the front nine, but the Danes made six back-nine birdies to win by four Soren Kjeldsen, Thorbjorn Olesen win Denmark's first World Cup of Golf (AAP) – ESPN
- Rickie Fowler & Jimmy Walker (United States) USA · 272finished four shots behind Denmark in a three-way tie for second Soren Kjeldsen, Thorbjorn Olesen win Denmark's first World Cup of Golf (AAP) – ESPN
- Victor Dubuisson & Romain Langasque (France) FRA · 272closed with a 63 to tie second, four shots behind Denmark 2016 World Cup of Golf – Wikipedia
28 started, 28 made it
Same week
Nothing else in our record that week.
DP World Tour event
ISPS Handa World Cup of Golf
Kingston Heath Golf Club, Kingston Heath Golf Club, Melbourne, Australia
3 of 5 researched
Winner
Søren Kjeldsen and Thorbjørn Olesen
Runner-up not yet researched.
From the papers
AAP via ESPN
27 November 2016
When you've got a guy like this (Olesen) on the back nine on Sunday you feel like you want to die for the guy,
AAP via ESPN
27 November 2016
I get the sense why teams get so together when they play well and I've never really experienced that before this week.
AAP via ESPN
27 November 2016
I wasn't too nervous on the back nine, I thought we'd have to make some birdies at some point and they came at the right time.
Top 10
| Pos | Player | Rounds | Total | To par |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Denmark (Søren Kjeldsen & Thorbjørn Olesen) | 72 · 60 · 70 · 66 | 268 | −20 |
| T2 | China (Wu Ashun & Li Haotong) | 70 · 65 · 72 · 65 | 272 | −16 |
| T2 | France (Victor Dubuisson & Romain Langasque) | 70 · 67 · 72 · 63 | 272 | −16 |
| T2 | United States (Rickie Fowler & Jimmy Walker) | 70 · 67 · 69 · 66 | 272 | −16 |
| 5 | Sweden (Alex Norén & David Lingmerth) | 72 · 66 · 73 · 62 | 273 | −15 |
| T6 | Italy (Francesco Molinari & Matteo Manassero) | 71 · 66 · 73 · 64 | 274 | −14 |
| T6 | Japan (Hideki Matsuyama & Ryo Ishikawa) | 73 · 65 · 71 · 65 | 274 | −14 |
| 8 | Spain (Rafa Cabrera-Bello & Jon Rahm) | 69 · 67 · 73 · 66 | 275 | −13 |
| T9 | Australia (Adam Scott & Marc Leishman) | 74 · 68 · 70 · 65 | 277 | −11 |
| T9 | Ireland (Shane Lowry & Graeme McDowell) | 72 · 69 · 70 · 66 | 277 | −11 |
The golfer
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What’s in the bag
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