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Sunday 19 August 2018European TourYear in Review
Waring wins Nordea Masters
Hills Golf and Sports Club, Gothenburg, Sweden (region; the course comes with research) · Thursday 16 to Sunday 19 August 2018 · Paul Waring’s win no. 1 on the European Tour · purse €1,500,000 EUR · Nordea
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 49 m
of daylight on the final day, the sun 44° up at noon, and that night a first-quarter moon (computed from the date and the place).
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The name over time
Not yet traced: its earlier names, sponsors and courses come with research.
The ones it got away from
- Thomas Aiken RSA · 266birdied the 72nd from a bunker to force a playoff, then hit his tee shot into the water on the first extra hole Waring celebrates 200th European Tour event by winning Nordea Masters - Scottish Golf View
, 74 made it
Same week
DP World Tour event
Nordea Masters
Hills Golf and Sports Club, Hills Golf and Sports Club, Gothenburg, Sweden
4 of 5 researched
Winner
Paul Waring
Runner-up not yet researched.
From the papers
Scottish Golf View (European Tour player quotes)
19 August 2018
It’s 200th time lucky, isn’t it? I’ve been through a few ups and downs in my career with injuries, some good golf played. To finally get across the line, I’m absolutely ecstatic right now.
ESPN
19 August 2018
I'm obviously ecstatic. I wasn't ever sure this day would come in total honesty
Scottish Golf View (European Tour player quotes)
19 August 2018
I just couldn’t sink any putts. That was pretty much the story of the whole week. I don’t think I really sunk much outside of 15 feet the whole week.
Top 10
| Pos | Player | Rounds | Total | To par |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Paul Waring | 66 · 63 · 69 · 68 | 266 | −14 |
| 2 | Thomas Aiken | 66 · 65 · 67 · 68 | 266 | −14 |
| 3 | Maximilian Kieffer | 68 · 68 · 66 · 65 | 267 | −13 |
| 4 | Thorbjorn Olesen | 68 · 66 · 67 · 67 | 268 | −12 |
| 5 | Lucas Herbert | 66 · 68 · 69 · 66 | 269 | −11 |
| T6 | Andrea Pavan | 69 · 66 · 72 · 64 | 271 | −9 |
| T6 | Jazz Janewattananond | 67 · 68 · 72 · 64 | 271 | −9 |
| T6 | Haydn Porteous | 72 · 67 · 67 · 65 | 271 | −9 |
| T6 | Robert Rock | 70 · 69 · 65 · 67 | 271 | −9 |
| T10 | Andrew Johnston | 70 · 68 · 68 · 66 | 272 | −8 |
| T10 | Matthew Southgate | 67 · 73 · 65 · 67 | 272 | −8 |
| T10 | Lee Slattery | 64 · 69 · 70 · 69 | 272 | −8 |
The golfer
born 1985-02-02, Birkenhead, Merseyside, England; ENG; turned pro 2007; age 33 that week; tour wins to date: 1; majors to date: 0; world No. 330 that week (OWGR rankBefore for Nordea Masters 2018 (330 -> 165) per OWGR player profile).
What’s in the bag
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