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Sunday 20 September 2020European TourYear in Review
Higgo wins Open de Portugal at Royal Óbidos
Royal Óbidos Spa & Golf Resort, Óbidos, Portugal · Thursday 17 to Sunday 20 September 2020 · Garrick Higgo’s win no. 1 on the European Tour · purse €500,000 EUR · Challenge Tour event added to the European Tour schedule as a dual-ranking event (COVID-19 changes).
The headline is set by GNN from the record. Reports from the papers of the day are below as they are found.
The weather
11 h 59 m
of daylight on the final day, the sun 50° up at noon, and that night a waxing crescent moon (computed from the date and the place).
- R121°/18°C · wind 30 km/h S, gusts 46 · 7 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R220°/17°C · wind 32 km/h SSE, gusts 55 · 8.3 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R321°/18°C · wind 27 km/h WSW, gusts 44 · 1.5 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R422°/17°C · wind 23 km/h WNW, gusts 32 · 0.5 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
- Pep Anglès ESP · 270one shot behind as Higgo closed with a 65 2020 Portugal Open final results: Prize money payout and leaderboard
126 started · cut +2, 77 made it
Same week
DP World Tour event
Open de Portugal at Royal Óbidos
Royal Óbidos Spa & Golf Resort, Royal Óbidos Spa & Golf Resort, Óbidos, Portugal
4 of 5 researched
Winner
Garrick Higgo
Runner-up not yet researched.
From the papers
Sky Sports
20 September 2020
It feels awesome
Sky Sports
20 September 2020
That birdie on the last was really, really nice.
Top 10
| Pos | Player | Rounds | Total | To par |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Garrick Higgo | 68 · 70 · 66 · 65 | 269 | −19 |
| 2 | Pep Angles | 72 · 66 · 66 · 66 | 270 | −18 |
| T3 | George Coetzee | 69 · 70 · 68 · 66 | 273 | −15 |
| T3 | Andrew Wilson | 69 · 67 · 71 · 66 | 273 | −15 |
| T5 | Jens Dantorp | 70 · 70 · 67 · 67 | 274 | −14 |
| T5 | Carlos Pigem | 67 · 71 · 68 · 68 | 274 | −14 |
| T7 | Vitor Lopes | 65 · 71 · 67 · 72 | 275 | −13 |
| T7 | Jonathan Thomson | 73 · 67 · 71 · 64 | 275 | −13 |
| T9 | Maverick Antcliff | 70 · 70 · 66 · 70 | 276 | −12 |
| T9 | Jordan Wrisdale | 72 · 68 · 66 · 70 | 276 | −12 |
The golfer
born 1999-05-12, Johannesburg, South Africa; RSA; turned pro 2019; age 21 that week; tour wins to date: 1; majors to date: 0; world No. 189 that week (OWGR rankBefore as stated by owgr.com player profile).
What’s in the bag
No bag on file yet