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Sunday 11 September 2016European TourYear in Review
Luiten wins KLM Open
The Dutch, Spijk, Netherlands (region; the course comes with research) · Thursday 8 to Sunday 11 September 2016 · Joost Luiten’s win no. 5 on the European Tour · purse €1,800,000 EUR · KLM
The headline is set by GNN from the record. Reports from the papers of the day are below as they are found.
The weather
12 h 35 m
of daylight on the final day, the sun 41° up at noon, and that night a waxing gibbous moon (computed from the date and the place).
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The name over time
Not yet traced: its earlier names, sponsors and courses come with research.
The ones it got away from
- Bernd Wiesberger AUT · 268went toe to toe with Luiten and led again after a birdie on the 15th, but could not keep pace as Luiten birdied the 14th, 15th and 17th Joost Luiten claims home victory in KLM Open - Golf Monthly
156 started, 72 made it
Same week
DP World Tour event
KLM Open
The Dutch, The Dutch, Spijk, Netherlands
4 of 5 researched
Winner
Joost Luiten
Runner-up not yet researched.
From the papers
Golf Monthly
11 September 2016
It was one of those days where everything I looked at went in the hole. People talk about the zone, and I think I was in it today.
Golf Monthly
11 September 2016
The first one was special but this one is very special. To have the Dutch people behind me all week and to be able to stand here with the trophy in my hands is very special.
Golf Monthly
11 September 2016
These are the kind of days that make it all worth getting out of bed for.
Top 10
| Pos | Player | Rounds | Total | To par |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Joost Luiten | 69 · 64 · 69 · 63 | 265 | −19 |
| 2 | Bernd Wiesberger | 66 · 66 · 71 · 65 | 268 | −16 |
| 3 | Byeong Hun An | 66 · 72 · 68 · 65 | 271 | −13 |
| T4 | Alejandro Cañizares | 67 · 67 · 70 · 68 | 272 | −12 |
| T4 | David Horsey | 67 · 68 · 67 · 70 | 272 | −12 |
| T4 | Ben Evans | 65 · 69 · 68 · 70 | 272 | −12 |
| T4 | Scott Hend | 67 · 68 · 64 · 73 | 272 | −12 |
| T8 | Mike Lorenzo-Vera | 68 · 68 · 69 · 68 | 273 | −11 |
| T8 | Christopher Hanson | 66 · 71 · 67 · 69 | 273 | −11 |
| T10 | Scott Jamieson | 68 · 70 · 69 · 67 | 274 | −10 |
| T10 | Soomin Lee | 68 · 69 · 70 · 67 | 274 | −10 |
| T10 | Mikko Korhonen | 66 · 69 · 72 · 67 | 274 | −10 |
| T10 | Brandon Stone | 72 · 68 · 63 · 71 | 274 | −10 |
| T10 | Simon Khan | 68 · 67 · 68 · 71 | 274 | −10 |
| T10 | Tommy Fleetwood | 67 · 67 · 69 · 71 | 274 | −10 |
The golfer
born 1986-01-07, Bleiswijk, Netherlands; NED; turned pro 2006; age 30 that week; tour wins to date: 5; world No. 73 that week (OWGR rankBefore for KLM Open 2016 (73 -> 60) per OWGR player profile).
What’s in the bag
No bag on file yet