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Sunday 14 May 2017European TourYear in Review
Wallace wins Open de Portugal at Morgado Golf Resort
Morgado Golf Resort, Portimão, Algarve, Portugal · Thursday 11 to Sunday 14 May 2017 · Matt Wallace’s win no. 1 on the European Tour · purse €500,000 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 58 m
of daylight on the final day, the sun 71° up at noon, and that night a waning gibbous moon (computed from the date and the place).
- R122°/15°C · wind 28 km/h SW, gusts 63 · 4.7 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R222°/15°C · wind 22 km/h WSW, gusts 48 · 1.5 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R322°/14°C · wind 16 km/h W, gusts 34 · 0.1 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R423°/12°C · wind 16 km/h NW, gusts 30 · 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
- Julian Suri USA · 274
158 started, 73 made it
Same week
DP World Tour event
Open de Portugal at Morgado Golf Resort
Morgado Golf Resort, Morgado Golf Resort, Portimão, Algarve, Portugal
4 of 5 researched
Winner
Matt Wallace
Runner-up not yet researched.
From the papers
BBC Sport
14 May 2017
Those first two days were really easy, that third day was the hardest day of my life and today was tough but it's so satisfying and I'm really happy.
Top 10
| Pos | Player | Rounds | Total | To par |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Matt Wallace | 63 · 66 · 73 · 69 | 271 | −21 |
| 2 | Julian Suri | 67 · 68 · 74 · 65 | 274 | −18 |
| 3 | Matthieu Pavon | 68 · 69 · 70 · 69 | 276 | −16 |
| T4 | Sam Walker | 69 · 69 · 68 · 71 | 277 | −15 |
| T4 | Sebastian Heisele | 64 · 70 · 71 · 72 | 277 | −15 |
| T6 | Mark Foster | 70 · 72 · 67 · 69 | 278 | −14 |
| T6 | Oliver Fisher | 69 · 72 · 68 · 69 | 278 | −14 |
| T6 | Ben Evans | 68 · 68 · 73 · 69 | 278 | −14 |
| T6 | Tapio Pulkkanen | 69 · 70 · 69 · 70 | 278 | −14 |
| T10 | Marcus Armitage | 70 · 68 · 71 · 70 | 279 | −13 |
| T10 | Erik van Rooyen | 68 · 69 · 72 · 70 | 279 | −13 |
The golfer
born 1990-04-12, Hillingdon, London, England; ENG; turned pro 2012; age 27 that week; tour wins to date: 1; majors to date: 0; world No. 242 that week (OWGR rankBefore (owgr.com player profile); BBC Sport: 'the world number 242').
What’s in the bag
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