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Sunday 24 June 2018European TourYear in Review
Wallace wins BMW International Open
Golf Club Gut Laerchenhof, Pulheim, Germany · Thursday 21 to Sunday 24 June 2018 · Matt Wallace’s win no. 3 on the European Tour · purse €2,000,000 EUR · BMW
The headline is set by GNN from the record. Reports from the papers of the day are below as they are found.
The weather
16 h 19 m
of daylight on the final day, the sun 62° up at noon, and that night a waxing gibbous moon (computed from the date and the place).
- R119°/11°C · wind 27 km/h WNW, gusts 54 · 0.4 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R216°/10°C · wind 31 km/h WNW, gusts 57 · 0.6 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R318°/10°C · wind 16 km/h WNW, gusts 34 · 0.4 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R418°/12°C · wind 15 km/h NW, gusts 31 · 0.1 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
- Martin Kaymer GER · 279Shared the final-round lead late but made a costly mistake at the 17th, then birdied the last to finish one back BMW International Open, June 24, 2018: Martin Kaymer interview (ASAP Sports)
- Mikko Korhonen FIN · 279Closed with a 68 but pulled his second shot at the 18th, leaving only a long chance to tie BMW International Open, June 24, 2018: Mikko Korhonen interview (ASAP Sports)
- Thorbjorn Olesen DEN · 279Closed with an 11-under 61 to finish one shot behind 2018 BMW International Open final results: Prize money payouts and leaderboard – Golf News Net
156 started · cut +4, 75 made it
Same week
DP World Tour event
BMW International Open
Golf Club Gut Laerchenhof, Golf Club Gut Laerchenhof, Pulheim, Germany
4 of 5 researched
Winner
Matt Wallace
Runner-up not yet researched.
From the papers
ASAP Sports (interview transcript)
24 June 2018
On 10 and 11, I said to him, listen, I need something, some more confidence, somewhere, so do you mind lining me up.
ASAP Sports (interview transcript)
24 June 2018
The worst. I definitely don't want to do that again.
ASAP Sports (interview transcript)
24 June 2018
It was not my best moment in golf. Unfortunately it happened at the wrong time and in my home country
Top 10
| Pos | Player | Rounds | Total | To par |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Matt Wallace | 73 · 69 · 71 · 65 | 278 | −10 |
| T2 | Martin Kaymer | 72 · 68 · 71 · 68 | 279 | −9 |
| T2 | Mikko Korhonen | 71 · 72 · 69 · 67 | 279 | −9 |
| T2 | Thorbjørn Olesen | 73 · 68 · 77 · 61 | 279 | −9 |
| T5 | Lucas Bjerregaard | 72 · 72 · 67 · 69 | 280 | −8 |
| T5 | Aaron Rai | 69 · 71 · 71 · 69 | 280 | −8 |
| T7 | Scott Hend | 71 · 67 · 73 · 70 | 281 | −7 |
| T7 | Søren Kjeldsen | 72 · 69 · 72 · 68 | 281 | −7 |
| T9 | Nacho Elvira | 71 · 73 · 73 · 65 | 282 | −6 |
| T9 | Andy Sullivan | 71 · 72 · 70 · 69 | 282 | −6 |
| T9 | Justin Walters | 76 · 67 · 75 · 64 | 282 | −6 |
The golfer
born 1990-04-12, Hillingdon, London, England; ENG; turned pro 2012; age 28 that week; tour wins to date: 3; majors to date: 0; world No. 91 that week (OWGR rankBefore (owgr.com player profile events table)).
What’s in the bag
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