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Sunday 17 April 2016European TourYear in Review
Johnston wins Real Club Valderrama Open de España
Real Club Valderrama, Spain · Thursday 14 to Sunday 17 April 2016 · Andrew Johnston’s win no. 1 on the European Tour · purse €2,000,000 EUR
The headline is set by GNN from the record. Reports from the papers of the day are below as they are found.
The weather
13 h 03 m
of daylight on the final day, the sun 64° up at noon, and that night a waxing gibbous moon (computed from the date and the place).
- R120°/11°C · wind 11 km/h SW, gusts 19 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R219°/13°C · wind 23 km/h W, gusts 41 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R319°/15°C · wind 26 km/h WSW, gusts 45 · 1.4 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R420°/15°C · wind 14 km/h W, gusts 26 · 1.6 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
- Joost Luiten NED · 286Shared the lead with Johnston on the front nine but bogeyed the par-5 11th and could not find a birdie on the closing stretch, closing with a level-par 71. 'Dream come true' for Andrew Johnston at the Spanish Open - The Irish News
144 started, 69 made it
Same week
DP World Tour event
Real Club Valderrama Open de España
Real Club Valderrama, Real Club Valderrama, Spain
4 of 5 researched
Winner
Andrew Johnston
Runner-up not yet researched.
From the papers
Today's Golfer
17 April 2016
You always try to picture yourself coming down the last trying to hole that winning putt. It’s pretty surreal. I came off the course and I just started crying with the emotion of it.
Today's Golfer
17 April 2016
It is what you dream of, to have your name on a trophy alongside so many special names like Seve, Faldo and Langer.
Top 10
| Pos | Player | Rounds | Total | To par |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Andrew Johnston | 67 · 74 · 74 · 70 | 285 | +1 |
| 2 | Joost Luiten | 70 · 75 · 70 · 71 | 286 | +2 |
| 3 | Sergio Garcia | 74 · 71 · 75 · 67 | 287 | +3 |
| T4 | Søren Kjeldsen | 71 · 77 · 72 · 68 | 288 | +4 |
| T4 | James Morrison | 67 · 75 · 74 · 72 | 288 | +4 |
| T6 | Alex Noren | 75 · 75 · 68 · 71 | 289 | +5 |
| T6 | Ross Fisher | 70 · 74 · 72 · 73 | 289 | +5 |
| T6 | Martin Kaymer | 69 · 75 · 71 · 74 | 289 | +5 |
| T6 | Mike Lorenzo-Vera | 73 · 70 · 71 · 75 | 289 | +5 |
| 10 | Craig Lee | 71 · 72 · 76 · 71 | 290 | +6 |
The golfer
born 1989-02-18, London, England; ENG; turned pro 2009; age 27 that week; tour wins to date: 1; majors to date: 0; world No. 233 that week (OWGR rankBefore (owgr.com player profile)).
What’s in the bag
No bag on file yet