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Sunday 17 September 2017European TourYear in Review
Wattel wins KLM Open
The Dutch, Spijk, Netherlands (region; the course comes with research) · Thursday 14 to Sunday 17 September 2017 · Romain Wattel’s win no. 1 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 15 m
of daylight on the final day, the sun 39° up at noon, and that night a waning crescent 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
- Austin Connelly CAN · 270closed with a second straight 66 to set the clubhouse target, one shot behind Wattel Wattel Wins KLM Open For 1st Victory In 187 Tournaments (AP) - Inside Golf
- Kiradech Aphibarnrat THA · 272overnight leader; found the water and doubled the 15th and 18th to fall into a tie for ninth Wattel Wins KLM Open For 1st Victory In 187 Tournaments (AP) - Inside Golf
, 71 made it
Same week
DP World Tour event
KLM Open
The Dutch, The Dutch, Spijk, Netherlands
4 of 5 researched
Winner
Romain Wattel
Runner-up not yet researched.
From the papers
Inside Golf (AP)
18 September 2017
My putting was very, very good. I knew that if I could get to the green in regulation I was fine.
Golf365
17 September 2017
I’ve been putting really bad the last two years – I think I’m a really good putter but the last two years were tough for me.
Golf365
17 September 2017
I came to this tournament, I was playing poorly, to be honest. Last week I struggled with my game.
Top 10
| Pos | Player | Rounds | Total | To par |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Romain Wattel | 69 · 67 · 64 · 69 | 269 | −15 |
| 2 | Austin Connelly | 71 · 67 · 66 · 66 | 270 | −14 |
| T3 | Eddie Pepperell | 69 · 68 · 69 · 65 | 271 | −13 |
| T3 | Justin Walters | 72 · 67 · 65 · 67 | 271 | −13 |
| T3 | George Coetzee | 69 · 67 · 68 · 67 | 271 | −13 |
| T3 | Lee Westwood | 70 · 65 · 67 · 69 | 271 | −13 |
| T3 | Sebastian Heisele | 66 · 68 · 68 · 69 | 271 | −13 |
| T3 | Joël Stalter | 65 · 67 · 69 · 70 | 271 | −13 |
| T9 | Chris Wood | 70 · 69 · 68 · 65 | 272 | −12 |
| T9 | Bernd Wiesberger | 66 · 69 · 71 · 66 | 272 | −12 |
| T9 | Matt Wallace | 68 · 68 · 69 · 67 | 272 | −12 |
| T9 | Joakim Lagergren | 67 · 65 · 70 · 70 | 272 | −12 |
| T9 | Kiradech Aphibarnrat | 68 · 65 · 66 · 73 | 272 | −12 |
The golfer
born 1991-01-10, Montpellier, France; FRA; turned pro 2010; age 26 that week; tour wins to date: 1; majors to date: 0; world No. 451 that week (OWGR rankBefore for KLM Open 2017 (451 -> 216) per OWGR player profile).
What’s in the bag
No bag on file yet