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Sunday 20 October 2019European TourYear in Review
Colsaerts wins Amundi Open de France
Le Golf National, Paris, France · Thursday 17 to Sunday 20 October 2019 · Nicolas Colsaerts’s win no. 3 on the European Tour · purse €1,600,000 EUR · Amundi
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 14 m
of daylight on the final day, the sun 30° up at noon, and that night a last-quarter moon (computed from the date and the place).
- R117°/12°C · wind 23 km/h SSW, gusts 49 · 0.5 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R216°/11°C · wind 28 km/h SW, gusts 59 · 1.5 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R314°/11°C · wind 19 km/h SSW, gusts 40 · 6.2 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R411°/10°C · wind 18 km/h NNE, gusts 34 · 17.7 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
- Joachim B Hansen DEN · 273surged ahead after the leaders found water on the 15th, then double-bogeyed the 17th and finished one shot back after a 68 Nicolas Colsaerts secures French Open title by one shot margin (Reuters) – ESPN
120 started · cut +3, 76 made it
Same week
DP World Tour event
Amundi Open de France
Le Golf National, Le Golf National, Paris, France
4 of 5 researched
Winner
Nicolas Colsaerts
Runner-up not yet researched.
From the papers
ASAP Sports (interview transcript)
20 October 2019
I've been coming here for so long and missed out a bunch of times, and to do it here, to do this like this, where at the end it was a pretty dramatic -- makes it even better.
ASAP Sports (interview transcript)
20 October 2019
You know, it changes everything for me for the next couple of years. Lighter schedule.
Reuters via ESPN
20 October 2019
So many people have supported me over the years, that's why I get so emotional. I went through up and downs for so many years now.
Top 10
| Pos | Player | Rounds | Total | To par |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Nicolas Colsaerts | 67 · 66 · 67 · 72 | 272 | −12 |
| 2 | Joachim B Hansen | 68 · 68 · 69 · 68 | 273 | −11 |
| 3 | George Coetzee | 65 · 68 · 70 · 71 | 274 | −10 |
| 4 | Kurt Kitayama | 66 · 68 · 70 · 71 | 275 | −9 |
| T5 | Martin Kaymer | 68 · 69 · 69 · 70 | 276 | −8 |
| T5 | Gavin Moynihan | 68 · 69 · 68 · 71 | 276 | −8 |
| T5 | Richie Ramsay | 66 · 69 · 70 · 71 | 276 | −8 |
| T8 | Thomas Detry | 71 · 68 · 70 · 68 | 277 | −7 |
| T8 | Hugo Leon | 68 · 72 · 70 · 67 | 277 | −7 |
| T8 | Chris Paisley | 68 · 74 · 68 · 67 | 277 | −7 |
The golfer
born 1982-11-14, Schaerbeek, Belgium; BEL; turned pro 2000; age 36 that week; tour wins to date: 3; majors to date: 0; world No. 424 that week (OWGR rankBefore/rankFrom as stated by owgr.com (player profile and event results)).
What’s in the bag
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