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Sunday 23 April 2017European TourYear in Review
Wiesberger wins Shenzhen International
Genzon Golf Club, Shenzhen, Guangdong, China · Thursday 20 to Sunday 23 April 2017 · Bernd Wiesberger’s win no. 4 on the European Tour · purse US$2,800,000 USD
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 42 m
of daylight on the final day, the sun 80° up at noon, and that night a waning crescent moon (computed from the date and the place).
- R129°/24°C · wind 16 km/h SSE, gusts 45 · 16.9 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R226°/20°C · wind 17 km/h SSW, gusts 48 · 41.3 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R322°/18°C · wind 20 km/h NNE, gusts 45 · 1.6 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R423°/18°C · wind 10 km/h E, gusts 25 · 8.2 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
- Tommy Fleetwood ENG · 272Started the final round eight behind, shot a bogey-free 63 to set the clubhouse target, then made par on the first playoff hole to Wiesberger's birdie. Wiesberger tops Fleetwood in play-off at Shenzhen International (final scores) - Scottish Golf View
156 started, 73 made it
Same week
DP World Tour event
Shenzhen International
Genzon Golf Club, Genzon Golf Club, Shenzhen, Guangdong, China
4 of 5 researched
Winner
Bernd Wiesberger
Runner-up not yet researched.
From the papers
Reuters via Daily FT
23 April 2017
Tommy has had a great day today and I’m just grateful to make that one shot when I needed to.
Reuters via Daily FT
23 April 2017
It could have gotten to me but I stayed calm, played on decently,
Pro Golf Weekly
23 April 2017
I’m feeling a bit relieved now I have to say. I’ve had a stretch of really good events the last couple of months and it’s really nice to have a trophy again.
Top 10
| Pos | Player | Rounds | Total | To par |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Bernd Wiesberger | 67 · 65 · 69 · 71 | 272 | −16 |
| 2 | Tommy Fleetwood | 69 · 71 · 69 · 63 | 272 | −16 |
| T3 | Gregory Bourdy | 67 · 69 · 70 · 67 | 273 | −15 |
| T3 | Ross Fisher | 71 · 65 · 69 · 68 | 273 | −15 |
| T5 | Fabrizio Zanotti | 71 · 70 · 68 · 65 | 274 | −14 |
| T5 | David Lipsky | 73 · 65 · 67 · 69 | 274 | −14 |
| T5 | Dylan Frittelli | 68 · 68 · 68 · 70 | 274 | −14 |
| T8 | Thongchai Jaidee | 67 · 72 · 70 · 66 | 275 | −13 |
| T8 | Thorbjørn Olesen | 68 · 68 · 72 · 67 | 275 | −13 |
| T8 | Alexander Levy | 74 · 68 · 64 · 69 | 275 | −13 |
The golfer
born 1985-10-08, Vienna, Austria; AUT; turned pro 2006; age 31 that week; tour wins to date: 4; majors to date: 0; world No. 43 that week (OWGR rankBefore (owgr.com player profile)).
What’s in the bag
No bag on file yet