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Sunday 22 January 2017European TourYear in Review
Fleetwood wins Abu Dhabi HSBC Championship
Abu Dhabi Golf Club, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates · Thursday 19 to Sunday 22 January 2017 · Tommy Fleetwood’s win no. 2 on the European Tour · purse US$2,700,000 USD · HSBC
The headline is set by GNN from the record. Reports from the papers of the day are below as they are found.
The weather
10 h 44 m
of daylight on the final day, the sun 46° up at noon, and that night a waning crescent moon (computed from the date and the place).
- R123°/17°C · wind 12 km/h N, gusts 16 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R226°/17°C · wind 17 km/h S, gusts 29 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R326°/17°C · wind 19 km/h SSW, gusts 32 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R427°/19°C · wind 26 km/h SE, gusts 40 · 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
- Dustin Johnson USA · 272Eagled the 18th from 20 feet to finish one back; a bogey at the par-3 15th cost him. Abu Dhabi HSBC Championship: Dustin Johnson, January 22, 2017 - ASAP Sports transcript
- Pablo Larrazábal ESP · 272Closed with 68 to share second, one shot behind Fleetwood. Tommy Fleetwood targets Masters after Abu Dhabi Championship win - ESPN (PA Sport)
126 started, 73 made it
Same week
DP World Tour event
Abu Dhabi HSBC Championship
Abu Dhabi Golf Club, Abu Dhabi Golf Club, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates
4 of 5 researched
Winner
Tommy Fleetwood
Runner-up not yet researched.
From the papers
ASAP Sports (interview transcript)
22 January 2017
Me and Ian make little goals, and one of them this week was to smile. So it worked. I'm going to put it in next week's now.
ASAP Sports (interview transcript)
22 January 2017
I tried changing my swing because I thought it would make me better. I thought it would make me a world-class golfer. I was a bit naïve and I was a bit silly and just got going the wrong way.
ASAP Sports (interview transcript)
22 January 2017
Didn't really make any birdies on the front nine. If I could have shot 1-under on the front -- had some good lucks. Just didn't make any putts. Didn't really make a putt until the 18th, a 20-footer for eagle.
Top 10
| Pos | Player | Rounds | Total | To par |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tommy Fleetwood | 67 · 67 · 70 · 67 | 271 | −17 |
| T2 | Dustin Johnson | 72 · 68 · 64 · 68 | 272 | −16 |
| T2 | Pablo Larrazábal | 68 · 67 · 69 · 68 | 272 | −16 |
| T4 | Bernd Wiesberger | 68 · 69 · 68 · 68 | 273 | −15 |
| T4 | Kiradech Aphibarnrat | 66 · 68 · 70 · 69 | 273 | −15 |
| T4 | Martin Kaymer | 66 · 66 · 72 · 69 | 273 | −15 |
| 7 | Dean Burmester | 69 · 70 · 66 · 69 | 274 | −14 |
| T8 | Lee Westwood | 68 · 69 · 69 · 69 | 275 | −13 |
| T8 | Henrik Stenson | 64 · 71 · 71 · 69 | 275 | −13 |
| T8 | Peter Hanson | 68 · 69 · 68 · 70 | 275 | −13 |
The golfer
born 1991-01-19, Southport, Merseyside, England; ENG; turned pro 2010; age 26 that week; tour wins to date: 2; majors to date: 0; world No. 102 that week (OWGR rankBefore (week 3, 2017) from OWGR player profile API; PA (ESPN) also says the win 'lifts Fleetwood from 102nd').
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