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Sunday 28 May 2017European TourYear in Review
Noren wins BMW PGA Championship
Wentworth Club, Virginia Water, Surrey, England · Thursday 25 to Sunday 28 May 2017 · Alex Noren’s win no. 9 on the European Tour · purse US$7,000,000 USD · 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 56 m
of daylight on the final day, the sun 60° up at noon, and that night a waxing crescent moon (computed from the date and the place).
- R125°/14°C · wind 16 km/h E, gusts 35 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R226°/13°C · wind 18 km/h E, gusts 41 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R320°/13°C · wind 27 km/h SSW, gusts 55 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R422°/11°C · wind 11 km/h NNE, gusts 23 · 2.5 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
- Francesco Molinari ITA · 279Birdied the final two holes but finished two behind Noren's clubhouse target of 11 under Alex Noren wins BMW PGA Championship at Wentworth – ESPN (PA Sport)
150 started · cut +2, 66 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
Alex Noren
Runner-up not yet researched.
From the papers
ASAP Sports (interview transcript)
28 May 2017
It feels very amazing and very crazy, because I had no intention of trying to win this morning.
ASAP Sports (interview transcript)
28 May 2017
I hit a 5-iron and it just came out perfect; that one shot you want to see in the air.
ASAP Sports (interview transcript)
28 May 2017
Yeah, well, bittersweet obviously. I'm happy with my performance today. Obviously Alex did something quite special today, so it was hard to beat, really.
Top 10
| Pos | Player | Rounds | Total | To par |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Alex Noren | 68 · 75 · 72 · 62 | 277 | −11 |
| 2 | Francesco Molinari | 67 · 70 · 74 · 68 | 279 | −9 |
| T3 | Nicolas Colsaerts | 71 · 75 · 69 · 65 | 280 | −8 |
| T3 | Henrik Stenson | 68 · 71 · 73 · 68 | 280 | −8 |
| T3 | Hideto Tanihara | 76 · 69 · 67 · 68 | 280 | −8 |
| T6 | Andrew Dodt | 70 · 70 · 68 · 73 | 281 | −7 |
| T6 | Shane Lowry | 68 · 74 · 70 · 69 | 281 | −7 |
| T6 | Graeme Storm | 68 · 72 · 73 · 68 | 281 | −7 |
| T9 | Dean Burmester | 69 · 76 · 72 · 65 | 282 | −6 |
| T9 | Ross Fisher | 68 · 73 · 72 · 69 | 282 | −6 |
| T9 | Branden Grace | 68 · 71 · 70 · 73 | 282 | −6 |
The golfer
born 1982-07-12, Stockholm, Sweden; SWE; turned pro 2005; age 34 that week; tour wins to date: 9; majors to date: 0; world No. 13 that week (OWGR rankBefore (owgr.com player profile events table)).
What’s in the bag
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