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Sunday 25 August 2019European TourYear in Review
Rooyen wins Scandinavian Invitation
Hills Golf and Sports Club, Gothenburg, Sweden (region; the course comes with research) · Thursday 22 to Sunday 25 August 2019 · Erik van Rooyen’s win no. 1 on the European Tour · purse €1,500,000 EUR
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 18 m
of daylight on the final day, the sun 42° up at noon, and that night a waning crescent moon (computed from the date and the place).
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The name over time
Not yet traced: its earlier names, sponsors and courses come with research.
The ones it got away from
- Matthew Fitzpatrick ENG · 262closed with 64 and birdied the 72nd hole to draw level, but van Rooyen birdied the last from 12 feet to win by one Van Rooyen claims Scandinavian Invitation title (AP, via ESPN)
· cut E, 74 made it
Same week
DP World Tour event
Scandinavian Invitation
Hills Golf and Sports Club, Hills Golf and Sports Club, Gothenburg, Sweden
4 of 5 researched
Winner
Erik van Rooyen
Runner-up not yet researched.
From the papers
Associated Press via ESPN
25 August 2019
I was so nervous on 18. I've been putting so well all day and to hole that one to win, it's my first one, it's pretty cool.
Top 10
| Pos | Player | Rounds | Total | To par |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Erik van Rooyen | 65 · 68 · 64 · 64 | 261 | −19 |
| 2 | Matthew Fitzpatrick | 64 · 65 · 69 · 64 | 262 | −18 |
| T3 | Dean Burmester | 66 · 72 · 62 · 66 | 266 | −14 |
| T3 | Henrik Stenson | 69 · 62 · 69 · 66 | 266 | −14 |
| T5 | Jamie Donaldson | 69 · 68 · 63 · 67 | 267 | −13 |
| T5 | Sihwan Kim | 66 · 68 · 68 · 65 | 267 | −13 |
| T5 | Alexander Levy | 63 · 71 · 66 · 67 | 267 | −13 |
| T5 | Wade Ormsby | 62 · 71 · 65 · 69 | 267 | −13 |
| T5 | Sebastian Soderberg | 67 · 69 · 68 · 63 | 267 | −13 |
| T10 | Sam Horsfield | 69 · 70 · 67 · 62 | 268 | −12 |
| T10 | Andrew Johnston | 70 · 70 · 63 · 65 | 268 | −12 |
| T10 | Joakim Lagergren | 63 · 69 · 71 · 65 | 268 | −12 |
| T10 | Matthieu Pavon | 74 · 66 · 64 · 64 | 268 | −12 |
| T10 | Victor Perez | 68 · 65 · 69 · 66 | 268 | −12 |
| T10 | Matthew Southgate | 65 · 72 · 64 · 67 | 268 | −12 |
The golfer
born 1990-02-21, Bellville, South Africa; RSA; turned pro 2013; tour wins to date: 1; majors to date: 0; world No. 87 that week (OWGR rankBefore for Scandinavian Invitation 2019 (87 -> 61) per OWGR player profile).
What’s in the bag
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