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Sunday 22 July 2018PGA Tour · European TourYear in Review
Molinari wins the Open
Carnoustie Golf Links, Carnoustie, Scotland · Thursday 19 to Sunday 22 July 2018 · Francesco Molinari’s win no. 2 on the PGA Tour · purse $10,500,000 USD
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 31 m
of daylight on the final day, the sun 54° up at noon, and that night a waxing gibbous moon (computed from the date and the place).
- R121°/14°C · wind 17 km/h SW, gusts 34 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R217°/13°C · wind 14 km/h SW, gusts 23 · 8.3 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R320°/14°C · wind 21 km/h SW, gusts 36 · 0.9 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R423°/16°C · wind 27 km/h WSW, gusts 44 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
The name over time
- The Open
1860–2026 in our record, 154 editions.
The ones it got away from
- Xander Schauffele USA · 278Co-leader overnight; one behind playing the 17th, sent his approach well right and missed a 15-foot par putt ESPN News Services / AP
- Kevin Kisner USA · 278Co-leader overnight; double-bogeyed the 2nd and went out in 40, then dropped a shot at the 12th 2018 Open Championship (Wikipedia)
- Rory McIlroy NIR · 278Eagled the 14th to tie for the lead at 6 under but made no further birdie 2018 Open Championship (Wikipedia)
- Justin Rose ENG · 278Needed a birdie at the 18th Friday to make the cut; eagled the 14th and birdied the 18th on Sunday to close 69 2018 Open Championship (Wikipedia)
156 started · cut +3, 79 made it
Same week
Nothing else in our record that week.
Men's major
The Open
Carnoustie Golf Links (Championship Course), Carnoustie
4 of 5 researched
Winner
Runner-up: Kevin Kisner, Rory McIlroy, Justin Rose, Xander Schauffele
From the papers
ESPN (Bob Harig)
22 July 2018
It's just disbelief. To look at the names on that Claret Jug. What can you say? It's the best golfers in history, and to be on there, it's incredible.
ESPN (Bob Harig)
22 July 2018
From someone like me, coming from Italy, not really a major golfing country, it's been an incredible journey.
ESPN News Services / AP
22 July 2018
It's been a tough fight. But there can only be one winner. This time, it's me.
Top 10
| Pos | Player | Rounds | Total | To par |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Francesco Molinari | 70 · 72 · 65 · 69 | 276 | −8 |
| T2 | Justin Rose | 72 · 73 · 64 · 69 | 278 | −6 |
| T2 | Rory McIlroy | 69 · 69 · 70 · 70 | 278 | −6 |
| T2 | Xander Schauffele | 71 · 66 · 67 · 74 | 278 | −6 |
| T2 | Kevin Kisner | 66 · 70 · 68 · 74 | 278 | −6 |
| T6 | Eddie Pepperell | 71 · 70 · 71 · 67 | 279 | −5 |
| T6 | Tiger Woods | 71 · 71 · 66 · 71 | 279 | −5 |
| T6 | Kevin Chappell | 70 · 69 · 67 · 73 | 279 | −5 |
| T9 | Tony Finau | 67 · 71 · 71 · 71 | 280 | −4 |
| T9 | Matt Kuchar | 70 · 68 · 70 · 72 | 280 | −4 |
| T9 | Jordan Spieth | 72 · 67 · 65 · 76 | 280 | −4 |
The golfer
born 1982-11-08, Turin, Italy; ITA; turned pro 2004; age 35 that week; tour wins to date: 2; majors to date: 1; world No. 15 that week (OWGR rankBefore as stated by OWGR player profile (event table 2018)).
What’s in the bag
No bag on file yet