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Sunday 18 October 2020European TourYear in Review
Otaegui wins Scottish Championship presented by AXA
Fairmont St Andrews, St Andrews, Fife, Scotland · Thursday 15 to Sunday 18 October 2020 · Adrian Otaegui’s win no. 3 on the European Tour · purse €1,000,000 EUR · AXA · New event announced 28 August 2020, extending the second UK Swing (COVID-19 rescheduling).
The headline is set by GNN from the record. Reports from the papers of the day are below as they are found.
The weather
9 h 44 m
of daylight on the final day, the sun 23° up at noon, and that night a waxing crescent moon (computed from the date and the place).
- R110°/8°C · wind 18 km/h NNE, gusts 28 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R211°/8°C · wind 16 km/h NNE, gusts 26 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R311°/8°C · wind 19 km/h NNE, gusts 33 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R410°/7°C · wind 15 km/h W, gusts 25 · 0.2 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
- Matt Wallace ENG · 269Overnight leader; drove behind a wall and bogeyed the first, closed with a 71 to finish four back Adrian Otaegui fires on final day to claim victory at Scottish Championship (ESPN/Reuters)
108 started · cut -1, 69 made it
Same week
Nothing else in our record that week.
DP World Tour event
Scottish Championship presented by AXA
Fairmont St Andrews (Torrance Course), Fairmont St Andrews, St Andrews, Fife, Scotland
4 of 5 researched
Winner
Adrian Otaegui
Runner-up not yet researched.
From the papers
ESPN (Reuters wire)
26 April 2024
To be able to win in Scotland, especially here in St Andrews, the home of golf, it means a lot to me,
ESPN (Reuters wire)
26 April 2024
Stroke play is my favourite way of golf, I think it's the proper way.
Top 10
| Pos | Player | Rounds | Total | To par |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Adrian Otaegui | 62 · 70 · 70 · 63 | 265 | −23 |
| 2 | Matt Wallace | 65 · 67 · 66 · 71 | 269 | −19 |
| 3 | Aaron Rai | 66 · 67 · 72 · 66 | 271 | −17 |
| T4 | Chris Paisley | 66 · 71 · 67 · 68 | 272 | −16 |
| T4 | Garrick Porteous | 66 · 69 · 66 · 71 | 272 | −16 |
| 6 | Adrien Saddier | 67 · 67 · 71 · 68 | 273 | −15 |
| T7 | Marcus Armitage | 70 · 68 · 70 · 66 | 274 | −14 |
| T7 | Jonathan Caldwell | 70 · 66 · 68 · 70 | 274 | −14 |
| T9 | Matthew Baldwin | 70 · 72 · 68 · 65 | 275 | −13 |
| T9 | Sean Crocker | 70 · 66 · 67 · 72 | 275 | −13 |
| T9 | Jamie Donaldson | 70 · 70 · 69 · 66 | 275 | −13 |
| T9 | Oliver Farr | 73 · 67 · 70 · 65 | 275 | −13 |
| T9 | Sebastian Söderberg | 72 · 68 · 70 · 65 | 275 | −13 |
The golfer
born 1992-11-21, San Sebastián, Spain; ESP; turned pro 2011; age 27 that week; tour wins to date: 3; majors to date: 0; world No. 248 that week (OWGR rankBefore as stated by OWGR player profile (event: Scottish Championship presented by AXA)).
What’s in the bag
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