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Sunday 21 May 2017European TourYear in Review
Quiros wins Rocco Forte Open
Verdura Golf & Spa Resort, Sicily, Italy · Thursday 18 to Sunday 21 May 2017 · Alvaro Quiros’s win no. 7 on the European Tour · purse €1,000,000 EUR · Rocco Forte
The headline is set by GNN from the record. Reports from the papers of the day are below as they are found.
The weather
14 h 11 m
of daylight on the final day, the sun 73° up at noon, and that night a waning crescent moon (computed from the date and the place).
- R124°/17°C · wind 15 km/h S, gusts 34 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R223°/18°C · wind 17 km/h SSE, gusts 35 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R323°/18°C · wind 24 km/h WNW, gusts 49 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R424°/17°C · wind 27 km/h NW, gusts 55 · 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
- Zander Lombard RSA · 270Saved par on the 72nd hole to force a playoff, then three-putted from 40 feet on the second extra hole Alvaro Quiros tops Zander Lombard in playoff for Rocco Forte Open win – ESPN (PA Sport)
156 started, 72 made it
Same week
DP World Tour event
Rocco Forte Open
Verdura Golf & Spa Resort, Verdura Golf & Spa Resort, Sicily, Italy
4 of 5 researched
Winner
Alvaro Quiros
Runner-up not yet researched.
From the papers
ESPN (PA Sport, quoting Sky Sports)
21 May 2017
At the end the result is the victory and that's the most important thing. It's been a little bit of a mess.
ESPN (PA Sport, quoting Sky Sports)
21 May 2017
It's a victory and means a lot of things, but unfortunately I didn't really like how I finished the round. But I could be speaking about second position so I'm happy.
ESPN (PA Sport)
21 May 2017
I suppose winning isn't everything but I can't complain, losing in a playoff -- it's anybody's game with this wind.
Top 10
| Pos | Player | Rounds | Total | To par |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Alvaro Quiros | 63 · 64 · 70 · 73 | 270 | −14 |
| 2 | Zander Lombard | 62 · 68 · 72 · 68 | 270 | −14 |
| 3 | Haotong Li | 64 · 68 · 73 · 66 | 271 | −13 |
| 4 | Pep Angles | 69 · 66 · 68 · 69 | 272 | −12 |
| T5 | Marcus Fraser | 66 · 66 · 74 · 67 | 273 | −11 |
| T5 | Jason Scrivener | 68 · 67 · 71 · 67 | 273 | −11 |
| 7 | David Horsey | 64 · 66 · 74 · 70 | 274 | −10 |
| T8 | Mark Foster | 67 · 64 · 75 · 69 | 275 | −9 |
| T8 | Julien Guerrier | 65 · 68 · 72 · 70 | 275 | −9 |
| T8 | Marcel Siem | 68 · 68 · 71 · 68 | 275 | −9 |
The golfer
born 1983-01-21, San Roque, Cádiz, Spain; ESP; turned pro 2004; age 34 that week; tour wins to date: 7; majors to date: 0; world No. 703 that week (OWGR rankBefore (owgr.com player profile events table); PA and Wikipedia also state 703rd).
What’s in the bag
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