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Sunday 8 November 2020European TourYear in Review
MacIntyre wins Aphrodite Hills Cyprus Showdown
Aphrodite Hills Resort, Paphos, Cyprus · Thursday 5 to Sunday 8 November 2020 · Robert MacIntyre’s win no. 1 on the European Tour · purse €1,000,000 EUR · Aphrodite Hills · New event added for 2020 (announced as the Cyprus Classic, renamed Cyprus Showdown). Elimination format: 36-hole cut to top 32 and ties, scores reset, 54-hole cut to top 16 and ties (19 players), scores reset to level par for the final round; winning score is the final round only.
The headline is set by GNN from the record. Reports from the papers of the day are below as they are found.
The weather
10 h 18 m
of daylight on the final day, the sun 38° up at noon, and that night a last-quarter moon (computed from the date and the place).
- R124°/18°C · wind 13 km/h NW, gusts 26 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R224°/18°C · wind 11 km/h ENE, gusts 30 · 9.3 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R324°/19°C · wind 17 km/h ENE, gusts 41 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R424°/20°C · wind 25 km/h ENE, gusts 52 · 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
- Masahiro Kawamura JPN · 65one shot behind in the reset final round Robert MacIntyre captures first European Tour crown at Cyprus Showdown – ESPN (Reuters)
105 started, 19 made it
Same week
Nothing else in our record that week.
DP World Tour event
Aphrodite Hills Cyprus Showdown
Aphrodite Hills Resort, Aphrodite Hills Resort, Paphos, Cyprus
4 of 5 researched
Winner
Robert MacIntyre
Runner-up not yet researched.
From the papers
ESPN (Reuters wire)
8 November 2020
This is what I've been working for,
ESPN (Reuters wire)
8 November 2020
My game is there, tee to green I've been absolutely brilliant the last two weeks but the putter has been cold - stone cold.
ESPN (Reuters)
8 November 2020
This is what I've been working for
ESPN (Reuters)
8 November 2020
It's been a difficult few months for me, only my family know what is going on. I can't believe it.
Top 10
| Pos | Player | Rounds | Total | To par |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Robert MacIntyre | 65 · 68 · 67 · 64 | 64 | −7 |
| 2 | Masahiro Kawamura | 67 · 67 · 66 · 65 | 65 | −6 |
| 3 | Jorge Campillo | 69 · 62 · 68 · 66 | 66 | −5 |
| T4 | Thomas Detry | 66 · 66 · 68 · 67 | 67 | −4 |
| T4 | Callum Shinkwin | 68 · 65 · 66 · 67 | 67 | −4 |
| T4 | Johannes Veerman | 67 · 64 · 64 · 67 | 67 | −4 |
| T7 | Gavin Green | 70 · 66 · 68 · 68 | 68 | −3 |
| T7 | Alexander Levy | 67 · 66 · 66 · 68 | 68 | −3 |
| T9 | Steven Brown | 68 · 64 · 67 · 69 | 69 | −2 |
| T9 | Louis de Jager | 68 · 65 · 66 · 69 | 69 | −2 |
| T9 | Matthew Jordan | 68 · 68 · 64 · 69 | 69 | −2 |
| T9 | Niklas Lemke | 70 · 66 · 66 · 69 | 69 | −2 |
| T9 | Bernd Ritthammer | 70 · 65 · 65 · 69 | 69 | −2 |
The golfer
born 1996-08-03, Oban, Scotland; SCO; turned pro 2017; age 24 that week; tour wins to date: 1; majors to date: 0; world No. 91 that week (OWGR rankBefore as stated by owgr.com player profile).
What’s in the bag
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