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Sunday 5 May 2019European TourYear in Review
Korhonen wins Volvo China Open
Genzon Golf Club, Shenzhen, China · Thursday 2 to Sunday 5 May 2019 · Mikko Korhonen’s win no. 2 on the European Tour · purse CN¥20,000,000 CNY · Volvo
The headline is set by GNN from the record. Reports from the papers of the day are below as they are found.
The weather
12 h 55 m
of daylight on the final day, the sun 83° up at noon, and that night a waxing crescent moon (computed from the date and the place).
- R124°/21°C · wind 15 km/h NE, gusts 30 · 7.2 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R225°/20°C · wind 11 km/h E, gusts 28 · 0.1 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R324°/21°C · wind 16 km/h E, gusts 36 · 5.4 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R422°/20°C · wind 19 km/h E, gusts 48 · 18.9 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
- Benjamin Hebert FRA · 268Started the final round three shots clear, birdied the 72nd hole for a 69 to force a playoff, then lost to Korhonen's birdie at the first extra hole Korhonen edges Herbert to win China Open – ESPN (Reuters)
156 started · cut -2, 68 made it
Same week
DP World Tour event
Volvo China Open
Genzon Golf Club, Genzon Golf Club, Shenzhen, China
4 of 5 researched
Winner
Mikko Korhonen
Runner-up not yet researched.
From the papers
ESPN (Reuters)
5 May 2019
It's amazing, I don't know how I did it [...] Probably the putter today and most of the days.
ESPN (Reuters)
5 May 2019
All day it was a battle, everyone was making putts so you just had to stay there and make your putts and concentrate on the moment.
Top 10
| Pos | Player | Rounds | Total | To par |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mikko Korhonen | 68 · 69 · 65 · 66 | 268 | −20 |
| 2 | Benjamin Hebert | 67 · 68 · 64 · 69 | 268 | −20 |
| 3 | Jorge Campillo | 65 · 69 · 68 · 67 | 269 | −19 |
| 4 | Haotong Li | 67 · 73 · 66 · 66 | 272 | −16 |
| T5 | Romain Langasque | 67 · 69 · 70 · 67 | 273 | −15 |
| T5 | David Lipsky | 65 · 72 · 70 · 66 | 273 | −15 |
| T5 | Mike Lorenzo-Vera | 67 · 71 · 71 · 64 | 273 | −15 |
| T5 | Jordan Smith | 67 · 70 · 69 · 67 | 273 | −15 |
| T5 | Ashun Wu | 66 · 65 · 72 · 70 | 273 | −15 |
| 10 | Sean Crocker | 68 · 68 · 72 · 66 | 274 | −14 |
The golfer
born 1980-07-23, Mäntsälä, Finland; FIN; turned pro 2004; age 38 that week; tour wins to date: 2; majors to date: 0; world No. 121 that week (OWGR rankBefore (owgr.com player profile events table)).
What’s in the bag
No bag on file yet