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Sunday 18 August 2019European TourYear in Review
Pieters wins D+D Real Czech Masters
Albatross Golf Resort, Vysoky Ujezd, near Prague, Czech Republic · Thursday 15 to Sunday 18 August 2019 · Thomas Pieters’s win no. 4 on the European Tour · purse €1,000,000 EUR · D+D Real
The headline is set by GNN from the record. Reports from the papers of the day are below as they are found.
The weather
14 h 05 m
of daylight on the final day, the sun 53° up at noon, and that night a waning gibbous moon (computed from the date and the place).
- R122°/8°C · wind 11 km/h SSW, gusts 32 · 1.9 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R221°/13°C · wind 16 km/h W, gusts 31 · 0.5 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R323°/12°C · wind 14 km/h S, gusts 30 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R431°/17°C · wind 20 km/h SW, gusts 54 · 0.3 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
- Adri Arnaus ESP · 270birdied two of his last three holes for a closing 69 but finished one stroke behind Pieters becomes first to win Czech Masters twice (AP, via ESPN)
· cut -3, 70 made it
Same week
DP World Tour event
D+D Real Czech Masters
Albatross Golf Resort, Albatross Golf Resort, Vysoky Ujezd, near Prague, Czech Republic
4 of 5 researched
Winner
Thomas Pieters
Runner-up not yet researched.
From the papers
Associated Press via ESPN
18 August 2019
I'm relieved. It's been a long time, it's been three years since I last won.
Associated Press via ESPN
18 August 2019
I never doubted myself but it's just been a long road of not feeling that great with the golf swing. It feels good to get back on track again and get another win.
Associated Press via ESPN
18 August 2019
I felt like I was in control today, almost the whole day and I kind of did my own thing
Top 10
| Pos | Player | Rounds | Total | To par |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Thomas Pieters | 67 · 67 · 66 · 69 | 269 | −19 |
| 2 | Adri Arnaus | 71 · 65 · 65 · 69 | 270 | −18 |
| T3 | Sam Horsfield | 69 · 66 · 69 · 68 | 272 | −16 |
| T3 | Andrea Pavan | 68 · 68 · 71 · 65 | 272 | −16 |
| T5 | Liam Johnston | 67 · 69 · 68 · 70 | 274 | −14 |
| T5 | Rikard Karlberg | 69 · 67 · 66 · 72 | 274 | −14 |
| T5 | Hugo Leon | 66 · 69 · 67 · 72 | 274 | −14 |
| T5 | Matthias Schwab | 70 · 65 · 69 · 70 | 274 | −14 |
| T5 | Erik van Rooyen | 65 · 72 · 66 · 71 | 274 | −14 |
| 10 | Robert Karlsson | 67 · 68 · 67 · 73 | 275 | −13 |
The golfer
born 1992-01-27, Geel, Belgium; BEL; turned pro 2013; tour wins to date: 4; majors to date: 0; world No. 111 that week (OWGR rankBefore for D+D Real Czech Masters 2019 (111 -> 84) per OWGR player profile).
What’s in the bag
No bag on file yet