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Sunday 4 November 2018European TourYear in Review
Rose wins Turkish Airlines Open
Regnum Carya Golf & Spa Resort, Antalya, Turkey · Thursday 1 to Sunday 4 November 2018 · Justin Rose’s win no. 11 on the European Tour · purse US$7,000,000 USD · Turkish Airlines
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 19 m
of daylight on the final day, the sun 37° up at noon, and that night a waning crescent moon (computed from the date and the place).
- R131°/13°C · wind 13 km/h N, gusts 28 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R232°/15°C · wind 13 km/h N, gusts 28 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R329°/14°C · wind 11 km/h NNE, gusts 24 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R429°/15°C · wind 12 km/h N, gusts 27 · 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
- Haotong Li CHN · 267led by three after 54 holes; tied with Rose after 72 holes, then three-putted the 18th to lose the playoff on the first extra hole Justin Rose to return to world No. 1 after Turkish Open win (Reuters) – ESPN
78 started, 78 made it
Same week
DP World Tour event
Turkish Airlines Open
Regnum Carya Golf & Spa Resort, Regnum Carya Golf & Spa Resort, Antalya, Turkey
4 of 5 researched
Winner
Justin Rose
Runner-up not yet researched.
From the papers
ASAP Sports (interview transcript)
4 November 2018
Yeah, some great accolades there, absolutely. Taken me 20 years to defend a title, I guess.
ASAP Sports (interview transcript)
4 November 2018
I think that's the exciting part, at 38, I still feel like there is improvement to be achieved.
ASAP Sports (interview transcript)
4 November 2018
It's a tough day for me. I think I played well the whole week, but didn't hole a few putts on the last and that was it.
Top 10
| Pos | Player | Rounds | Total | To par |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Justin Rose | 65 · 65 · 69 · 68 | 267 | −17 |
| 2 | Haotong Li | 66 · 67 · 63 · 71 | 267 | −17 |
| T3 | Thomas Detry | 66 · 70 · 68 · 65 | 269 | −15 |
| T3 | Adrian Otaegui | 68 · 65 · 71 · 65 | 269 | −15 |
| T5 | Lucas Bjerregaard | 70 · 67 · 66 · 67 | 270 | −14 |
| T5 | Martin Kaymer | 66 · 69 · 69 · 66 | 270 | −14 |
| T7 | Tommy Fleetwood | 68 · 66 · 68 · 69 | 271 | −13 |
| T7 | Thorbjorn Olesen | 65 · 67 · 68 · 71 | 271 | −13 |
| T7 | Danny Willett | 67 · 65 · 69 · 70 | 271 | −13 |
| T10 | Thomas Aiken | 71 · 65 · 66 · 70 | 272 | −12 |
| T10 | Sam Horsfield | 66 · 67 · 68 · 71 | 272 | −12 |
| T10 | Alexander Levy | 67 · 66 · 66 · 73 | 272 | −12 |
| T10 | Tapio Pulkkanen | 68 · 70 · 67 · 67 | 272 | −12 |
The golfer
born 1980-07-30, Johannesburg, South Africa; ENG; turned pro 1998; age 38 that week; tour wins to date: 11; majors to date: 1; world No. 2 that week (OWGR rankBefore/rankFrom as stated by owgr.com (player profile and event results)).
What’s in the bag
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