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Saturday 25 July 2020European TourYear in Review
Paratore wins Betfred British Masters
Close House Golf Club, Newcastle upon Tyne, England · Wednesday 22 to Saturday 25 July 2020 · Renato Paratore’s win no. 2 on the European Tour · purse €1,250,000 EUR · Betfred · Rescheduled due to COVID-19: originally scheduled to end 2 August 2020, brought forward a week to finish on Saturday 25 July (Wednesday start).
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 01 m
of daylight on the final day, the sun 54° up at noon, and that night a waxing crescent moon (computed from the date and the place).
- R117°/12°C · wind 21 km/h SW, gusts 42 · 4.1 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R220°/14°C · wind 17 km/h WSW, gusts 40 · 6.8 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R320°/13°C · wind 15 km/h SW, gusts 27 · 2.5 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R420°/14°C · wind 20 km/h WSW, gusts 44 · 2.5 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
- Rasmus Højgaard DEN · 269finished three shots back; Paratore closed with 69 and was never seriously challenged on the final day 2020 Betfred British Masters final results: Prize money payout and leaderboard - Golf News Net
· cut -1, 70 made it
Same week
DP World Tour event
Betfred British Masters
Close House, Close House Golf Club, Newcastle upon Tyne, England
4 of 5 researched
Winner
Renato Paratore
Runner-up not yet researched.
From the papers
ESPN (Reuters wire)
25 July 2020
I didn't expect to come back and win my second one after lockdown but I worked really hard the last year.
Top 10
| Pos | Player | Rounds | Total | To par |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Renato Paratore | 65 · 66 · 66 · 69 | 266 | −18 |
| 2 | Rasmus Højgaard | 66 · 67 · 66 · 70 | 269 | −15 |
| 3 | Justin Harding | 69 · 63 · 66 · 72 | 270 | −14 |
| T4 | Robert Rock | 69 · 66 · 67 · 69 | 271 | −13 |
| T4 | Andy Sullivan | 68 · 69 · 67 · 67 | 271 | −13 |
| T4 | Dale Whitnell | 68 · 64 · 68 · 71 | 271 | −13 |
| 7 | Oliver Fisher | 65 · 69 · 70 · 68 | 272 | −12 |
| T8 | Jonathan Caldwell | 67 · 69 · 67 · 70 | 273 | −11 |
| T8 | Ryan Fox | 67 · 67 · 71 · 68 | 273 | −11 |
| T10 | Jens Fahrbring | 68 · 69 · 68 · 69 | 274 | −10 |
| T10 | Sam Horsfield | 70 · 70 · 61 · 73 | 274 | −10 |
| T10 | Graeme Storm | 71 · 69 · 67 · 67 | 274 | −10 |
| T10 | Ben Stow | 67 · 68 · 68 · 71 | 274 | −10 |
The golfer
born 1996-12-14; ITA; age 23 that week; tour wins to date: 2; world No. 270 that week (OWGR rankBefore (OWGR player profile events table)).
What’s in the bag
No bag on file yet