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Sunday 1 October 2017European TourYear in Review
Dunne wins British Masters supported by Sky Sports
Close House Golf Club, England · Thursday 28 September to Sunday 1 October 2017 · Paul Dunne’s win no. 1 on the European Tour · purse £3,000,000 GBP
The headline is set by GNN from the record. Reports from the papers of the day are below as they are found.
The weather
11 h 12 m
of daylight on the final day, the sun 31° up at noon, and that night a waxing gibbous moon (computed from the date and the place).
- R119°/13°C · wind 22 km/h S, gusts 40 · 2.9 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R217°/9°C · wind 17 km/h SSW, gusts 38 · 4.2 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R315°/5°C · wind 17 km/h SSW, gusts 35 · 0.5 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R417°/6°C · wind 32 km/h SSW, gusts 60 · 1.9 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
- Rory McIlroy NIR · 263closed with a 63, birdied the 17th to get within one, but his long birdie attempt at the last missed and Dunne birdied 17 and chipped in at 18 Paul Dunne sees off Rory McIlroy charge to clinch British Masters (PA Sport) – ESPN
132 started, 67 made it
Same week
DP World Tour event
British Masters supported by Sky Sports
Close House Golf Club, Close House Golf Club, England
4 of 5 researched
Winner
Paul Dunne
Runner-up not yet researched.
From the papers
ASAP Sports (interview transcript)
1 October 2017
I had a great break on 11. I pulled my wedge shot and it should have been long. Hit the sprinkler, kicked back and I made birdie. Can't script that.
ASAP Sports (interview transcript)
1 October 2017
Any time you can go up against Rory McIlroy and beat him, it's pretty much a dream.
ASAP Sports (interview transcript)
1 October 2017
I did everything that I wanted to do. It just wasn't good enough in the end today.
Top 10
| Pos | Player | Rounds | Total | To par |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Paul Dunne | 66 · 68 · 65 · 61 | 260 | −20 |
| 2 | Rory McIlroy | 67 · 69 · 64 · 63 | 263 | −17 |
| 3 | Robert Karlsson | 66 · 65 · 67 · 66 | 264 | −16 |
| T4 | Florian Fritsch | 66 · 68 · 69 · 63 | 266 | −14 |
| T4 | David Lingmerth | 68 · 70 · 62 · 66 | 266 | −14 |
| T4 | Graeme Storm | 65 · 67 · 67 · 67 | 266 | −14 |
| 7 | Shane Lowry | 68 · 66 · 66 · 67 | 267 | −13 |
| T8 | Lucas Bjerregaard | 67 · 67 · 67 · 67 | 268 | −12 |
| T8 | Tyrrell Hatton | 63 · 65 · 71 · 69 | 268 | −12 |
| T8 | Richie Ramsay | 67 · 67 · 65 · 69 | 268 | −12 |
The golfer
born 1992-11-26, Dublin, Ireland; IRL; turned pro 2015; age 24 that week; tour wins to date: 1; majors to date: 0; world No. 192 that week (OWGR rankBefore/rankFrom as stated by owgr.com (player profile and event results)).
What’s in the bag
No bag on file yet