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Sunday 2 August 2020European TourYear in Review
Horsfield wins Hero Open
Marriott Forest of Arden Golf and Country Club, Birmingham, England · Thursday 30 July to Sunday 2 August 2020 · Sam Horsfield’s win no. 1 on the European Tour · purse €1,000,000 EUR · Hero MotoCorp
The headline is set by GNN from the record. Reports from the papers of the day are below as they are found.
The weather
15 h 12 m
of daylight on the final day, the sun 55° up at noon, and that night a waxing gibbous moon (computed from the date and the place).
- R126°/14°C · wind 14 km/h S, gusts 29 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R233°/15°C · wind 21 km/h S, gusts 58 · 0.2 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R321°/14°C · wind 18 km/h W, gusts 35 · 1.4 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R421°/11°C · wind 17 km/h W, gusts 37 · 0.4 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 · 271missed a close par putt on the 72nd hole that would have forced a playoff 2020 Hero Open final results: Prize money payout and leaderboard - Golf News Net
· cut -2, 71 made it
Same week
DP World Tour event
Hero Open
Marriott Forest of Arden, Marriott Forest of Arden Golf and Country Club, Birmingham, England
4 of 5 researched
Winner
Sam Horsfield
Runner-up not yet researched.
From the papers
ESPN (Reuters wire)
2 August 2020
I can't [describe my emotions]. It's crazy
ESPN (Reuters wire)
2 August 2020
Another missed opportunity but I'll move on and try to win next week.
Top 10
| Pos | Player | Rounds | Total | To par |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sam Horsfield | 68 · 63 · 71 · 68 | 270 | −18 |
| 2 | Thomas Detry | 67 · 67 · 71 · 66 | 271 | −17 |
| T3 | Alexander Björk | 68 · 67 · 70 · 69 | 274 | −14 |
| T3 | Oliver Farr | 65 · 71 · 67 · 71 | 274 | −14 |
| T3 | Chris Paisley | 70 · 68 · 66 · 70 | 274 | −14 |
| T6 | Rasmus Højgaard | 66 · 71 · 66 · 72 | 275 | −13 |
| T6 | Maximilian Kieffer | 71 · 69 · 67 · 68 | 275 | −13 |
| T6 | Mikko Korhonen | 67 · 69 · 67 · 72 | 275 | −13 |
| T6 | Matthieu Pavon | 69 · 67 · 69 · 70 | 275 | −13 |
| T10 | Laurie Canter | 67 · 72 · 68 · 70 | 277 | −11 |
| T10 | Sebastian Garcia Rodriguez | 62 · 69 · 73 · 73 | 277 | −11 |
| T10 | Scott Jamieson | 71 · 71 · 70 · 65 | 277 | −11 |
| T10 | Aaron Rai | 71 · 68 · 70 · 68 | 277 | −11 |
| T10 | Antoine Rozner | 68 · 67 · 70 · 72 | 277 | −11 |
The golfer
born 1996-10-08; ENG; age 23 that week; tour wins to date: 1; world No. 224 that week (OWGR rankBefore (OWGR player profile events table)).
What’s in the bag
No bag on file yet