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Sunday 30 June 2019European TourYear in Review
Bezuidenhout wins Estrella Damm N.A. Andalucía Masters
Real Club Valderrama, Sotogrande, Spain · Thursday 27 to Sunday 30 June 2019 · Christiaan Bezuidenhout’s win no. 1 on the European Tour · purse €3,000,000 EUR · Estrella Damm
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 27 m
of daylight on the final day, the sun 77° up at noon, and that night a waning crescent moon (computed from the date and the place).
- R126°/19°C · wind 11 km/h WSW, gusts 23 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R226°/20°C · wind 17 km/h ESE, gusts 33 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R328°/19°C · wind 13 km/h SE, gusts 29 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R426°/20°C · wind 19 km/h W, gusts 32 · 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
- Jon Rahm ESP · 280Started the final round five shots behind and closed with a 72 to share second, six strokes back Bezuidenhout wins in Spain to claim Open spot – ESPN (Reuters)
- Alvaro Quiros ESP · 280Closed with a 66 to share second, six strokes back Bezuidenhout wins in Spain to claim Open spot – ESPN (Reuters)
- Adri Arnaus ESP · 280Closed with a 69 to share second, six strokes back; earned a place in The Open Bezuidenhout wins in Spain to claim Open spot – ESPN (Reuters)
- Eduardo De La Riva ESP · 280Closed with a 69 to share second, six strokes back Bezuidenhout wins in Spain to claim Open spot – ESPN (Reuters)
- Mike Lorenzo-Vera FRA · 280Closed with a 68 to share second, six strokes back; earned a place in The Open Bezuidenhout wins in Spain to claim Open spot – ESPN (Reuters)
156 started · cut +2, 71 made it
Same week
DP World Tour event
Estrella Damm N.A. Andalucía Masters
Real Club Valderrama, Real Club Valderrama, Sotogrande, Spain
4 of 5 researched
Winner
Christiaan Bezuidenhout
Runner-up not yet researched.
From the papers
ESPN (Reuters)
30 June 2019
I'm really proud of myself, hanging in there today
ESPN (Reuters)
30 June 2019
That settled me down nicely. I knew I just had to keep going and hit greens.
Top 10
| Pos | Player | Rounds | Total | To par |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Christiaan Bezuidenhout | 66 · 68 · 69 · 71 | 274 | −10 |
| T2 | Adri Arnaus | 68 · 70 · 73 · 69 | 280 | −4 |
| T2 | Eduardo De La Riva | 71 · 71 · 69 · 69 | 280 | −4 |
| T2 | Mike Lorenzo-Vera | 68 · 72 · 72 · 68 | 280 | −4 |
| T2 | Alvaro Quiros | 70 · 68 · 76 · 66 | 280 | −4 |
| T2 | Jon Rahm | 69 · 72 · 67 · 72 | 280 | −4 |
| 7 | Sergio Garcia | 66 · 72 · 73 · 70 | 281 | −3 |
| T8 | Thomas Bjørn | 71 · 73 · 67 · 71 | 282 | −2 |
| T8 | Thomas Detry | 74 · 68 · 68 · 72 | 282 | −2 |
| T8 | Gavin Green | 66 · 74 · 73 · 69 | 282 | −2 |
| T8 | Bernd Ritthammer | 71 · 72 · 69 · 70 | 282 | −2 |
| T8 | Hideto Tanihara | 70 · 70 · 68 · 74 | 282 | −2 |
The golfer
born 1994-05-18, Delmas, Mpumalanga, South Africa; RSA; turned pro 2015; age 25 that week; tour wins to date: 1; majors to date: 0; world No. 273 that week (OWGR rankBefore (owgr.com player profile events table)).
What’s in the bag
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