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Sunday 21 July 2019PGA Tour · European TourYear in Review
Lowry wins the Open
Royal Portrush Golf Club, Portrush, Northern Ireland · Thursday 18 to Sunday 21 July 2019 · Shane Lowry’s win no. 2 on the PGA Tour · purse $10,750,000 USD · Final-round tee times moved forward because of a bad weather forecast (first tee time 7:32 a.m.)
The headline is set by GNN from the record. Reports from the papers of the day are below as they are found.
The weather
16 h 19 m
of daylight on the final day, the sun 55° up at noon, and that night a waning gibbous moon (computed from the date and the place).
- R118°/13°C · wind 21 km/h WSW, gusts 47 · 4.8 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R217°/12°C · wind 14 km/h SE, gusts 27 · 3.9 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R317°/14°C · wind 21 km/h NW, gusts 40 · 0.3 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R419°/14°C · wind 27 km/h S, gusts 57 · 11.1 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
The name over time
- The Open
1860–2026 in our record, 154 editions.
The ones it got away from
- Tommy Fleetwood ENG · 275Started four behind in the final group, missed early birdie chances and made double bogey at the 14th as Lowry pulled five clear with four to play The 148th Open: Tommy Fleetwood press conference (ASAP Sports)
156 started · cut +1, 73 made it
Same week
Men's major
The Open
Royal Portrush Golf Club (Dunluce Links), Portrush
4 of 5 researched
Winner
Runner-up: Tommy Fleetwood
From the papers
ASAP Sports (interview transcript)
21 July 2019
I sat in the car park in Carnoustie on Thursday, almost a year ago right to this week, and I cried. I didn't -- golf wasn't my friend at the time.
ASAP Sports (interview transcript)
21 July 2019
like you go into Paddy's house and the Claret Jug is sitting on the kitchen table, and I'm going to have one on my kitchen table, as well.
ASAP Sports (interview transcript)
21 July 2019
I'm not putting down the U.S. Open, but if I could pick one event it would be The Open. It's my dream, and it always will be.
Top 10
| Pos | Player | Rounds | Total | To par |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Shane Lowry | 67 · 67 · 63 · 72 | 269 | −15 |
| 2 | Tommy Fleetwood | 68 · 67 · 66 · 74 | 275 | −9 |
| 3 | Tony Finau | 68 · 70 · 68 · 71 | 277 | −7 |
| T4 | Lee Westwood | 68 · 67 · 70 · 73 | 278 | −6 |
| T4 | Brooks Koepka | 68 · 69 · 67 · 74 | 278 | −6 |
| T6 | Robert MacIntyre | 68 · 72 · 71 · 68 | 279 | −5 |
| T6 | Tyrrell Hatton | 68 · 71 · 71 · 69 | 279 | −5 |
| T6 | Danny Willett | 74 · 67 · 65 · 73 | 279 | −5 |
| T6 | Rickie Fowler | 70 · 69 · 66 · 74 | 279 | −5 |
| 10 | Patrick Reed | 71 · 67 · 71 · 71 | 280 | −4 |
The golfer
born 1987-04-02, Mullingar, Ireland; IRL; turned pro 2009; age 32 that week; tour wins to date: 2; majors to date: 1; world No. 33 that week (OWGR rankBefore 33 (OWGR player profile, 2019 events table); Wikipedia also says ranked 33rd coming in).
What’s in the bag
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