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Monday 22 October 2018European TourYear in Review
Garcia wins Andalucía Valderrama Masters hosted by the Sergio Garcia Foundation
Real Club Valderrama, Sotogrande, Spain · Thursday 18 to Monday 22 October 2018 · Sergio Garcia’s win no. 15 on the European Tour · purse €2,000,000 EUR · weather: thunderstorms cut the event to 54 holes; final round suspended Sunday and completed Monday 22 October
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 48 m
of daylight on the final day, the sun 42° up at noon, and that night a waxing gibbous moon (computed from the date and the place).
- R119°/15°C · wind 17 km/h SW, gusts 36 · 15.4 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R218°/14°C · wind 21 km/h E, gusts 41 · 13.4 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R318°/17°C · wind 25 km/h E, gusts 42 · 17.8 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R421°/17°C · wind 19 km/h E, gusts 38 · 14.5 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R522°/19°C · wind 18 km/h E, gusts 31 · 0.8 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
- Shane Lowry IRL · 205closed to within one with three straight birdies at the start of the back nine, then made double bogey at the par-3 15th Garcia secures Valderrama hat trick – Andalucia.com
126 started · cut +4, 76 made it
Same week
DP World Tour event
Andalucía Valderrama Masters hosted by the Sergio Garcia Foundation
Real Club Valderrama, Real Club Valderrama, Sotogrande, Spain
4 of 5 researched
Winner
Sergio Garcia
Runner-up not yet researched.
From the papers
Andalucia.com
22 October 2018
To be able to win three times here in Valderrama is a dream come true. It's so difficult, this golf course is so challenging.
Andalucia.com
22 October 2018
Birdied ten, 11 and 12, flying, lipped out on 13 and 14 and then hit the worst shot I've hit all year on 15.
Top 10
| Pos | Player | Rounds | Total | To par |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sergio Garcia | 68 · 64 · 69 | 201 | −12 |
| 2 | Shane Lowry | 69 · 70 · 66 | 205 | −8 |
| 3 | Mikko Korhonen | 69 · 71 · 67 | 207 | −6 |
| 4 | Ashley Chesters | 66 · 70 · 72 | 208 | −5 |
| T5 | Gonzalo Fernandez-Castano | 70 · 68 · 71 | 209 | −4 |
| T5 | Maximilian Kieffer | 72 · 71 · 66 | 209 | −4 |
| T5 | Lee Westwood | 71 · 68 · 70 | 209 | −4 |
| T8 | Gavin Moynihan | 73 · 71 · 66 | 210 | −3 |
| T8 | Matthew Nixon | 69 · 71 · 70 | 210 | −3 |
| T8 | Jason Norris | 69 · 71 · 70 | 210 | −3 |
The golfer
born 1980-01-09, Borriol, Castellón, Spain; ESP; turned pro 1999; age 38 that week; tour wins to date: 15; majors to date: 1; world No. 31 that week (OWGR rankBefore/rankFrom as stated by owgr.com (player profile and event results)).
What’s in the bag
No bag on file yet