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Saturday 19 January 2019European TourYear in Review
Lowry wins Abu Dhabi HSBC Championship
Abu Dhabi Golf Club, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates · Wednesday 16 to Saturday 19 January 2019 · Shane Lowry’s win no. 4 on the European Tour · purse US$7,000,000 USD · HSBC · Wednesday-to-Saturday event; final round played Saturday 19 January
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 42 m
of daylight on the final day, the sun 45° up at noon, and that night a waxing gibbous moon (computed from the date and the place).
- R127°/18°C · wind 16 km/h ENE, gusts 23 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R228°/18°C · wind 29 km/h SSW, gusts 41 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R322°/18°C · wind 29 km/h NW, gusts 43 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R421°/18°C · wind 31 km/h NW, gusts 48 · 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
- Richard Sterne RSA · 271Played the front nine in 31 and led by four with seven holes left; tied with Lowry on the 18th tee, his wayward approach let Lowry win with a birdie. Shane Lowry wins first title since 2015 with Abu Dhabi Championship win - ESPN (AP)
· cut -3, 71 made it
Same week
DP World Tour event
Abu Dhabi HSBC Championship
Abu Dhabi Golf Club, Abu Dhabi Golf Club, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates
4 of 5 researched
Winner
Shane Lowry
Runner-up not yet researched.
From the papers
ASAP Sports (interview transcript)
19 January 2019
I'm just so grateful that I've won this and I'm so happy, and I'm going to really enjoy it because you just don't know when it's going to happen again.
ASAP Sports (interview transcript)
19 January 2019
But the one thing I got from Oakmont is I laid down and I didn't show any fight or bottle there and I did that today.
ASAP Sports (interview transcript)
19 January 2019
17 was a great putt and the shot he hit into 18 was world-class. It was just out of reach with my 5-wood.
Top 10
| Pos | Player | Rounds | Total | To par |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Shane Lowry | 62 · 70 · 67 · 71 | 270 | −18 |
| 2 | Richard Sterne | 65 · 68 · 69 · 69 | 271 | −17 |
| 3 | Joost Luiten | 69 · 68 · 71 · 65 | 273 | −15 |
| 4 | Louis Oosthuizen | 65 · 68 · 75 · 66 | 274 | −14 |
| 5 | Søren Kjeldsen | 66 · 69 · 71 · 69 | 275 | −13 |
| T6 | Pablo Larrazábal | 65 · 72 · 68 · 71 | 276 | −12 |
| T6 | Ian Poulter | 66 · 69 · 69 · 72 | 276 | −12 |
| T6 | Paul Waring | 70 · 67 · 70 · 69 | 276 | −12 |
| T9 | Brooks Koepka | 67 · 70 · 70 · 70 | 277 | −11 |
| T9 | Tom Lewis | 68 · 67 · 75 · 67 | 277 | −11 |
The golfer
born 1987-04-02, Mullingar, Ireland; IRL; turned pro 2009; age 31 that week; tour wins to date: 4; majors to date: 0; world No. 75 that week (OWGR rankBefore (week 3, 2019) from OWGR player profile API; AP (via ESPN) also says he had slipped to No. 75).
What’s in the bag
No bag on file yet