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Sunday 3 February 2019European TourYear in Review
Johnson wins Saudi International
Royal Greens Golf & Country Club, King Abdullah Economic City, Saudi Arabia · Thursday 31 January to Sunday 3 February 2019 · Dustin Johnson’s win no. 6 on the European Tour · purse US$3,500,000 USD
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 02 m
of daylight on the final day, the sun 51° up at noon, and that night a waning crescent moon (computed from the date and the place).
- R129°/22°C · wind 19 km/h NNW, gusts 34 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R229°/22°C · wind 17 km/h NW, gusts 29 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R329°/21°C · wind 21 km/h NW, gusts 31 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R430°/22°C · wind 14 km/h NW, gusts 26 · 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
- Haotong Li CHN · 263Tied for the lead with Johnson entering the final round and led after a chip-in at the 9th, then bogeyed the 13th and 14th; birdied the 18th for solo second, two back. Dustin Johnson sees off Li Haotong challenge to win Saudi International - ESPN
· cut E, 65 made it
Same week
DP World Tour event
Saudi International
Royal Greens Golf & Country Club, Royal Greens Golf & Country Club, King Abdullah Economic City, Saudi Arabia
4 of 5 researched
Winner
Dustin Johnson
Runner-up not yet researched.
From the papers
ASAP Sports (interview transcript)
3 February 2019
Any time you can win a professional golf tournament, no matter where it is in the world, it's a big win. I'm honoured to be the champion, and I'm very pleased with the win.
ASAP Sports (interview transcript)
3 February 2019
I made it a lot closer at the end than it should have been, hitting it in the water on 16.
ASAP Sports (interview transcript)
3 February 2019
Because when I had four holes left, I looked at leaderboard. I was dropped to third place and very happy to finish solo second this week.
Top 10
| Pos | Player | Rounds | Total | To par |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dustin Johnson | 68 · 61 · 65 · 67 | 261 | −19 |
| 2 | Haotong Li | 67 · 65 · 62 · 69 | 263 | −17 |
| 3 | Tom Lewis | 71 · 66 · 62 · 65 | 264 | −16 |
| 4 | Min-Woo Lee | 69 · 70 · 63 · 63 | 265 | −15 |
| 5 | Alexander Levy | 69 · 65 · 67 · 65 | 266 | −14 |
| T6 | Joost Luiten | 66 · 71 · 69 · 63 | 269 | −11 |
| T6 | Bryson DeChambeau | 68 · 68 · 68 · 65 | 269 | −11 |
| T6 | Ian Poulter | 68 · 67 · 68 · 66 | 269 | −11 |
| T6 | Scott Hend | 70 · 63 · 69 · 67 | 269 | −11 |
| T6 | Ryan Fox | 67 · 67 · 67 · 68 | 269 | −11 |
The golfer
born 1984-06-22, Columbia, South Carolina; USA; turned pro 2007; age 34 that week; tour wins to date: 6; majors to date: 1; world No. 3 that week (OWGR rankBefore (week 5, 2019) from OWGR player profile API).
What’s in the bag
No bag on file yet