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Sunday 28 January 2018European TourYear in Review
Li wins Omega Dubai Desert Classic
Emirates Golf Club, Dubai, United Arab Emirates · Thursday 25 to Sunday 28 January 2018 · Haotong Li’s win no. 2 on the European Tour · purse US$3,000,000 USD · Omega
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 46° up at noon, and that night a waxing gibbous moon (computed from the date and the place).
- R124°/13°C · wind 16 km/h NW, gusts 24 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R227°/14°C · wind 14 km/h NNE, gusts 24 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R328°/15°C · wind 15 km/h N, gusts 27 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R425°/13°C · wind 25 km/h W, gusts 40 · 0 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
- Rory McIlroy NIR · 266Led by two with eight holes to play but bogeyed the 11th and 16th (three-putt on 13 cost a chance); birdied the last two but Li matched him to win by one. Rory McIlroy blows lead as Haotong Li claims Dubai Desert Classic - ESPN (PA Sport)
, 69 made it
Same week
DP World Tour event
Omega Dubai Desert Classic
Emirates Golf Club (Majlis course), Emirates Golf Club, Dubai, United Arab Emirates
4 of 5 researched
Winner
Haotong Li
Runner-up not yet researched.
From the papers
ASAP Sports (interview transcript)
28 January 2018
Well, I think when you are into back nine like Sunday back nine, when Rory just one-shot lead, he won't joke with you (laughter).
ASAP Sports (interview transcript)
28 January 2018
You know, what because yesterday, last night, my phone is like, how to say, like boom, explode, seriously, so many message,
ASAP Sports (interview transcript)
28 January 2018
Yeah, pissed off. I mean, birdieing 10, going two ahead there with Li making bogey, thought I was obviously in the driver's seat and just a bogey out of nowhere on 11, just a bad 9-iron there.
Top 10
| Pos | Player | Rounds | Total | To par |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Haotong Li | 66 · 66 · 64 · 69 | 265 | −23 |
| 2 | Rory McIlroy | 65 · 64 · 68 · 69 | 266 | −22 |
| 3 | Tyrrell Hatton | 64 · 72 · 66 · 66 | 268 | −20 |
| 4 | Alexander Levy | 67 · 67 · 65 · 70 | 269 | −19 |
| 5 | Chris Paisley | 65 · 69 · 68 · 69 | 271 | −17 |
| T6 | Byeong Hun An | 72 · 67 · 65 · 68 | 272 | −16 |
| T6 | Alexander Björk | 65 · 68 · 70 · 69 | 272 | −16 |
| T6 | Rafa Cabrera Bello | 69 · 69 · 64 · 70 | 272 | −16 |
| T6 | Tommy Fleetwood | 69 · 69 · 66 · 68 | 272 | −16 |
| T6 | Dylan Frittelli | 69 · 67 · 66 · 70 | 272 | −16 |
| T6 | Christopher Hanson | 67 · 70 · 70 · 65 | 272 | −16 |
| T6 | David Lipsky | 69 · 66 · 67 · 70 | 272 | −16 |
| T6 | Ian Poulter | 68 · 70 · 65 · 69 | 272 | −16 |
| T6 | Richie Ramsay | 70 · 69 · 69 · 64 | 272 | −16 |
| T6 | Jason Scrivener | 70 · 68 · 68 · 66 | 272 | −16 |
| T6 | Henrik Stenson | 70 · 64 · 70 · 68 | 272 | −16 |
| T6 | Andy Sullivan | 67 · 70 · 63 · 72 | 272 | −16 |
| T6 | Jeunghun Wang | 69 · 66 · 67 · 70 | 272 | −16 |
The golfer
born 1995-08-03, Miluo City, Hunan, China; CHN; turned pro 2011; age 22 that week; tour wins to date: 2; majors to date: 0; world No. 60 that week (OWGR rankBefore (week 4, 2018) from OWGR player profile API).
What’s in the bag
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