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Sunday 7 October 2018European TourYear in Review
Bjerregaard wins Alfred Dunhill Links Championship
Old Course, St Andrews, Scotland (final round; also Carnoustie and Kingsbarns) · Thursday 4 to Sunday 7 October 2018 · Lucas Bjerregaard’s win no. 2 on the European Tour · purse US$5,000,000 USD · Alfred Dunhill
The headline is set by GNN from the record. Reports from the papers of the day are below as they are found.
The weather
10 h 40 m
of daylight on the final day, the sun 27° up at noon, and that night a waning crescent moon (computed from the date and the place).
- R116°/9°C · wind 34 km/h WSW, gusts 55 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R213°/7°C · wind 17 km/h W, gusts 30 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R312°/6°C · wind 15 km/h WNW, gusts 27 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R414°/6°C · wind 40 km/h SW, gusts 68 · 3.4 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
- Tyrrell Hatton ENG · 274led by four overnight and by five at one point, closed with a 72; a gust of wind knocked him off his putt on the last that would have forced a playoff Tyrrell Hatton – ASAP Sports transcript (2018-10-07)
- Tommy Fleetwood ENG · 274closed with a 69 to share second, one back Bjerregaard wrecks Tyrrell Hatton's hopes of Dunhill hat trick (AP) – ESPN
168 started · cut -3, 60 made it
Same week
Nothing else in our record that week.
DP World Tour event
Alfred Dunhill Links Championship
St Andrews Links (Old Course), Carnoustie Golf Links and Kingsbarns Golf Links, Old Course, St Andrews, Scotland (final round; also Carnoustie and Kingsbarns)
4 of 5 researched
Winner
Lucas Bjerregaard
Runner-up not yet researched.
From the papers
ASAP Sports (interview transcript)
7 October 2018
I was looking at all the boards. Didn't really look like I had much of a chance to be fair. It looked like Tyrrell was going to run away with it.
ASAP Sports (interview transcript)
7 October 2018
He showed me a little bit around. Obviously a busy week for him, but saw the team room and the locker room and I would lie if I said I wasn't inspired going home from there.
ASAP Sports (interview transcript)
7 October 2018
Just a massive gust of wind just knocks me off. Pretty much lose balance on a putt, which is unfortunate. I'm pretty disappointed because I had a five-shot lead at one point. It was in my hands.
Top 10
| Pos | Player | Rounds | Total | To par |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Lucas Bjerregaard | 70 · 65 · 71 · 67 | 273 | −15 |
| T2 | Tommy Fleetwood | 71 · 67 · 67 · 69 | 274 | −14 |
| T2 | Tyrrell Hatton | 70 · 66 · 66 · 72 | 274 | −14 |
| 4 | Tapio Pulkkanen | 76 · 67 · 64 · 69 | 276 | −12 |
| T5 | Andrea Pavan | 72 · 63 · 71 · 72 | 278 | −10 |
| T5 | Haotong Li | 75 · 69 · 68 · 66 | 278 | −10 |
| T7 | Padraig Harrington | 69 · 72 · 69 · 69 | 279 | −9 |
| T7 | Brooks Koepka | 70 · 72 · 65 · 72 | 279 | −9 |
| T7 | Lucas Herbert | 70 · 70 · 69 · 70 | 279 | −9 |
| T10 | Matthias Schwab | 69 · 67 · 71 · 73 | 280 | −8 |
| T10 | Brandon Stone | 71 · 71 · 65 · 73 | 280 | −8 |
| T10 | Nacho Elvira | 75 · 67 · 69 · 69 | 280 | −8 |
| T10 | Tom Lewis | 71 · 71 · 67 · 71 | 280 | −8 |
| T10 | Tony Finau | 73 · 66 · 71 · 70 | 280 | −8 |
| T10 | Peter Hanson | 70 · 71 · 70 · 69 | 280 | −8 |
| T10 | Nicolas Colsaerts | 72 · 70 · 67 · 71 | 280 | −8 |
| T10 | Stephen Gallacher | 71 · 68 · 66 · 75 | 280 | −8 |
| T10 | Andy Sullivan | 72 · 71 · 67 · 70 | 280 | −8 |
| T10 | Marcus Fraser | 68 · 68 · 67 · 77 | 280 | −8 |
The golfer
born 1991-08-14, Frederikshavn, Denmark; DEN; turned pro 2011; age 27 that week; tour wins to date: 2; majors to date: 0; world No. 92 that week (OWGR rankBefore/rankFrom as stated by owgr.com (player profile and event results)).
What’s in the bag
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