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Sunday 29 September 2019European TourYear in Review
Perez wins Alfred Dunhill Links Championship
Old Course at St Andrews, St Andrews, Fife, Scotland · Thursday 26 to Sunday 29 September 2019 · Victor Perez’s win no. 1 on the European Tour · purse US$5,000,000 USD · Alfred Dunhill
The headline is set by GNN from the record. Reports from the papers of the day are below as they are found.
The weather
11 h 19 m
of daylight on the final day, the sun 30° up at noon, and that night a new moon (computed from the date and the place).
- R116°/13°C · wind 24 km/h S, gusts 37 · 9 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R214°/11°C · wind 20 km/h SW, gusts 34 · 6 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R316°/10°C · wind 22 km/h W, gusts 40 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R414°/12°C · wind 27 km/h NNE, gusts 46 · 0.5 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
- Matthew Southgate ENG · 267led by two on the 14th tee, made bogey there after a duffed chip, then three-putted the 17th Road Hole to lose by one Matthew Southgate slips to give Victor Perez Alfred Dunhill Links win - Golfweek
· cut -9, 60 made it
Same week
DP World Tour event
Alfred Dunhill Links Championship
Old Course at St Andrews (final round; three-course pro-am rotation with Carnoustie Golf Links and Kingsbarns Golf Links), Old Course at St Andrews, St Andrews, Fife, Scotland
4 of 5 researched
Winner
Victor Perez
Runner-up not yet researched.
From the papers
Reuters via ESPN
29 September 2019
Obviously J.P. knows [St. Andrews] like the back of his pocket. It was a huge advantage for me to know where to hit it and really trust it.
Golfweek
29 September 2019
That birdie on 14 really pulled me back and I just held strong until the end
Reuters via ESPN
29 September 2019
Going down the last with a one-shot lead is all you can ask for and luckily I was good enough.
Top 10
| Pos | Player | Rounds | Total | To par |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Victor Perez | 64 · 68 · 64 · 70 | 266 | −22 |
| 2 | Matthew Southgate | 65 · 66 · 65 · 71 | 267 | −21 |
| T3 | Joakim Lagergren | 69 · 62 · 68 · 69 | 268 | −20 |
| T3 | Paul Waring | 65 · 68 · 65 · 70 | 268 | −20 |
| T5 | Matthew Jordan | 66 · 64 · 71 · 68 | 269 | −19 |
| T5 | Jeung-Hun Wang | 70 · 65 · 66 · 68 | 269 | −19 |
| T5 | Jordan Smith | 64 · 68 · 68 · 69 | 269 | −19 |
| T5 | Tom Lewis | 70 · 70 · 65 · 64 | 269 | −19 |
| T5 | Tommy Fleetwood | 66 · 69 · 70 · 64 | 269 | −19 |
| T10 | Andrea Pavan | 68 · 65 · 67 · 70 | 270 | −18 |
| T10 | Tony Finau | 67 · 66 · 66 · 71 | 270 | −18 |
| T10 | Luke Donald | 68 · 68 · 64 · 70 | 270 | −18 |
| T10 | Richie Ramsay | 65 · 67 · 70 · 68 | 270 | −18 |
| T10 | Callum Shinkwin | 72 · 68 · 63 · 67 | 270 | −18 |
The golfer
born 1992-09-02, Séméac, Hautes-Pyrénées, France; FRA; turned pro 2015; age 27 that week; tour wins to date: 1; majors to date: 0; world No. 184 that week (OWGR rankBefore for Alfred Dunhill Links Championship 2019 (184 -> 72) per OWGR player profile).
What’s in the bag
No bag on file yet