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Sunday 1 September 2019European TourYear in Review
Soderberg wins Omega European Masters
Crans-sur-Sierre Golf Club, Crans-Montana, Switzerland · Thursday 29 August to Sunday 1 September 2019 · Sebastian Soderberg’s win no. 1 on the European Tour · purse €2,500,000 EUR · Omega
The headline is set by GNN from the record. Reports from the papers of the day are below as they are found.
The weather
13 h 05 m
of daylight on the final day, the sun 51° up at noon, and that night a waxing crescent moon (computed from the date and the place).
- R122°/10°C · wind 5 km/h NNE, gusts 31 · 1.5 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R223°/11°C · wind 5 km/h ENE, gusts 25 · 2.8 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R322°/10°C · wind 6 km/h SSE, gusts 25 · 0.3 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R421°/10°C · wind 5 km/h WNW, gusts 31 · 2.2 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
- Lorenzo Gagli ITA · 266closed with 67 to tie at 266; lost five-man playoff at first extra hole Soderberg pips McIlroy to win European Masters (AP, via ESPN)
- Rory McIlroy NIR · 266closed with 67 to tie at 266; missed from closer range than Soderberg at first extra hole Soderberg pips McIlroy to win European Masters (AP, via ESPN)
- Andres Romero ARG · 266third-round leader closed with 70; lost five-man playoff at first extra hole Soderberg pips McIlroy to win European Masters (AP, via ESPN)
- Kalle Samooja FIN · 266closed with 67 to tie at 266; missed from closer range than Soderberg at first extra hole Soderberg pips McIlroy to win European Masters (AP, via ESPN)
· cut -1, 76 made it
Same week
DP World Tour event
Omega European Masters
Crans-sur-Sierre Golf Club, Crans-sur-Sierre Golf Club, Crans-Montana, Switzerland
4 of 5 researched
Winner
Sebastian Soderberg
Runner-up not yet researched.
From the papers
Today's Golfer
1 September 2019
It’s unbelievable. I’ve dreamt of playing on the European Tour, even better doing it this way. I was in the lead, lost it, went into the play-off with Rory McIlroy among it.
Today's Golfer
1 September 2019
I proved to myself that I can play out here. I didn’t really know that I was ready to win, I had a terrible start to the season
Top 10
| Pos | Player | Rounds | Total | To par |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sebastian Soderberg | 64 · 70 · 66 · 66 | 266 | −14 |
| T2 | Lorenzo Gagli | 64 · 68 · 67 · 67 | 266 | −14 |
| T2 | Rory McIlroy | 67 · 63 · 69 · 67 | 266 | −14 |
| T2 | Andres Romero | 69 · 61 · 66 · 70 | 266 | −14 |
| T2 | Kalle Samooja | 66 · 71 · 62 · 67 | 266 | −14 |
| T6 | Adri Arnaus | 66 · 67 · 70 · 64 | 267 | −13 |
| T6 | Mike Lorenzo-Vera | 63 · 72 · 67 · 65 | 267 | −13 |
| T8 | Tommy Fleetwood | 65 · 65 · 68 · 70 | 268 | −12 |
| T8 | Lucas Herbert | 70 · 67 · 67 · 64 | 268 | −12 |
| T8 | Wade Ormsby | 66 · 64 · 67 · 71 | 268 | −12 |
| T8 | Matthias Schwab | 63 · 67 · 70 · 68 | 268 | −12 |
The golfer
born 1990-09-19, Eksjö, Sweden; SWE; turned pro 2013; age 28 that week; tour wins to date: 1; majors to date: 0; world No. 287 that week (OWGR rankBefore for Omega European Masters 2019 (287 -> 107) per OWGR player profile).
What’s in the bag
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