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Sunday 16 August 2020European TourYear in Review
Horsfield wins Celtic Classic
Celtic Manor Resort, Newport, Wales · Thursday 13 to Sunday 16 August 2020 · Sam Horsfield’s win no. 2 on the European Tour · purse €1,000,000 EUR · New one-off event created for the COVID-era "UK Swing" (announced 28 May 2020).
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 17 m
of daylight on the final day, the sun 52° up at noon, and that night a waning crescent moon (computed from the date and the place).
- R124°/19°C · wind 18 km/h NE, gusts 34 · 6.3 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R221°/17°C · wind 14 km/h NE, gusts 28 · 13.2 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R319°/15°C · wind 16 km/h NE, gusts 31 · 15.7 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R421°/16°C · wind 15 km/h ENE, gusts 23 · 8.2 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
- Thomas Detry BEL · 268Closed with a 67 but finished two strokes behind Horsfield 2020 Celtic Classic final results: Prize money payout and leaderboard (Golf News Net)
· cut -1, 74 made it
Same week
DP World Tour event
Celtic Classic
Celtic Manor Resort (Twenty-Ten Course), Celtic Manor Resort, Newport, Wales
4 of 5 researched
Winner
Sam Horsfield
Runner-up not yet researched.
From the papers
Sky Sports
16 August 2020
My goal this weekend was to have no bogeys and I was able to do that, made a huge putt on 17 to keep that alive,
Sky Sports
16 August 2020
I just played solid all week and to have a nice cushion coming to the last was nice.
Top 10
| Pos | Player | Rounds | Total | To par |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sam Horsfield | 67 · 64 · 68 · 67 | 266 | −18 |
| 2 | Thomas Detry | 67 · 66 · 68 · 67 | 268 | −16 |
| T3 | Andrew Johnston | 67 · 66 · 68 · 68 | 269 | −15 |
| T3 | Thomas Pieters | 64 · 68 · 70 · 67 | 269 | −15 |
| T3 | Connor Syme | 68 · 67 · 63 · 71 | 269 | −15 |
| T6 | John Catlin | 68 · 68 · 69 · 65 | 270 | −14 |
| T6 | David Horsey | 68 · 71 · 65 · 66 | 270 | −14 |
| T6 | Adrian Meronk | 66 · 71 · 64 · 69 | 270 | −14 |
| T6 | Sami Välimäki | 71 · 68 · 65 · 66 | 270 | −14 |
| 10 | Sebastian Söderberg | 66 · 69 · 65 · 71 | 271 | −13 |
The golfer
born 1996-10-08, Manchester, England; ENG; turned pro 2017; age 23 that week; tour wins to date: 2; majors to date: 0; world No. 133 that week (OWGR rankBefore as stated by OWGR player profile (event: Celtic Classic)).
What’s in the bag
No bag on file yet