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Sunday 10 October 2021European TourYear in Review
Bello wins Acciona Open de España
Club de Campo Villa de Madrid, Madrid, Spain · Thursday 7 to Sunday 10 October 2021 · Rafa Cabrera Bello’s win no. 4 on the European Tour · purse €1,500,000 EUR · Acciona · 36-hole cut (3-under 139, 80 players) and a secondary 54-hole cut to 75 players
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 07 m
of daylight on the final day, the sun 42° up at noon, and that night a waxing crescent moon (computed from the date and the place).
- R127°/8°C · wind 8 km/h NNW, gusts 14 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R227°/9°C · wind 10 km/h NNW, gusts 16 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R325°/9°C · wind 10 km/h NNE, gusts 19 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R424°/12°C · wind 12 km/h NE, gusts 27 · 0 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
- Adri Arnaus ESP · 265Eagled the 14th but parred his last four holes for 67; lost the playoff on the first extra hole when Cabrera Bello birdied 18 Rafa Cabrera Bello edges Adri Arnaus in playoff to clinch Spanish Open (ESPN/Reuters)
132 started · cut -3, 75 made it
Same week
DP World Tour event
Acciona Open de España
Club de Campo Villa de Madrid, Club de Campo Villa de Madrid, Madrid, Spain
4 of 5 researched
Winner
Rafa Cabrera Bello
Runner-up not yet researched.
From the papers
NBC Sports
10 October 2021
I knew it was going to be a really hard battle today,
NBC Sports
10 October 2021
I was just hanging in there and I knew I would have an opportunity and I’m glad luck fell my way.
Top 10
| Pos | Player | Rounds | Total | To par |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Rafa Cabrera Bello | 67 · 65 · 64 · 69 | 265 | −19 |
| 2 | Adri Arnaus | 67 · 64 · 67 · 67 | 265 | −19 |
| T3 | Grant Forrest | 65 · 67 · 70 · 65 | 267 | −17 |
| T3 | Shubhankar Sharma | 67 · 64 · 70 · 66 | 267 | −17 |
| T3 | Julien Guerrier | 66 · 66 · 66 · 69 | 267 | −17 |
| T6 | Wilco Nienaber | 71 · 65 · 68 · 64 | 268 | −16 |
| T6 | Wil Besseling | 64 · 65 · 72 · 67 | 268 | −16 |
| T6 | Jack Senior | 67 · 67 · 65 · 69 | 268 | −16 |
| T9 | Renato Paratore | 67 · 70 · 67 · 65 | 269 | −15 |
| T9 | Marc Warren | 66 · 67 · 69 · 67 | 269 | −15 |
| T9 | Richard Bland | 69 · 68 · 64 · 68 | 269 | −15 |
The golfer
born 1984-05-25, Las Palmas, Gran Canaria, Spain; ESP; turned pro 2005; age 37 that week; tour wins to date: 4; world No. 231 that week (OWGR rankBefore (owgr.com player profile events table, 2021)).
What’s in the bag
No bag on file yet