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Sunday 18 April 2021European TourYear in Review
Catlin wins Austrian Golf Open
Diamond Country Club, near Vienna, Austria · Thursday 15 to Sunday 18 April 2021 · John Catlin’s win no. 3 on the European Tour · purse €1,000,000 EUR · Added to the schedule following the postponement of the Portugal Masters (Wikipedia season article)
The headline is set by GNN from the record. Reports from the papers of the day are below as they are found.
The weather
13 h 36 m
of daylight on the final day, the sun 52° up at noon, and that night a waxing crescent moon (computed from the date and the place).
- R18°/3°C · wind 20 km/h NW, gusts 45 · 0.1 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R28°/3°C · wind 20 km/h WNW, gusts 43 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R39°/6°C · wind 14 km/h NW, gusts 31 · 0.1 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R49°/5°C · wind 12 km/h NW, gusts 25 · 1.4 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
- Maximilian Kieffer GER · 274Tied at 14 under after a 66; found water three times on the fifth playoff hole and made a quintuple-bogey 8. Catlin claims third European Tour title at Austrian Open (Reuters via ESPN)
144 started · cut +3, 73 made it
Same week
DP World Tour event
Austrian Golf Open
Diamond Country Club, Diamond Country Club, near Vienna, Austria
4 of 5 researched
Winner
John Catlin
Runner-up not yet researched.
From the papers
Reuters via ESPN
18 April 2021
I'd love to crack that top 50 in the world,
Reuters via ESPN
18 April 2021
Just get a chance to play in some major championships -- I've actually never played in a major.
Top 10
| Pos | Player | Rounds | Total | To par |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | John Catlin | 68 · 70 · 71 · 65 | 274 | −14 |
| 2 | Maximilian Kieffer | 72 · 68 · 68 · 66 | 274 | −14 |
| 3 | Martin Kaymer | 68 · 70 · 69 · 70 | 277 | −11 |
| T4 | Wil Besseling | 72 · 71 · 70 · 67 | 280 | −8 |
| T4 | Garrick Higgo | 72 · 71 · 69 · 68 | 280 | −8 |
| T4 | Marcus Armitage | 73 · 69 · 70 · 68 | 280 | −8 |
| T7 | Nicolai Højgaard | 70 · 72 · 72 · 67 | 281 | −7 |
| T7 | Matthias Schwab | 71 · 75 · 66 · 69 | 281 | −7 |
| T7 | Austin Bautista | 74 · 67 · 71 · 69 | 281 | −7 |
| T7 | Jacques Kruyswijk | 68 · 72 · 70 · 71 | 281 | −7 |
| T7 | Alejandro Cañizares | 67 · 70 · 70 · 74 | 281 | −7 |
The golfer
born 1990-11-15, Sacramento, California, U.S.; USA; turned pro 2013; age 30 that week; tour wins to date: 3; majors to date: 0; world No. 124 that week (OWGR rankBefore (OWGR player profile events table)).
What’s in the bag
No bag on file yet