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Sunday 12 September 2021European TourYear in Review

Horschel wins BMW PGA Championship

Wentworth Club, Virginia Water, Surrey, England · Thursday 9 to Sunday 12 September 2021 · Billy Horschel’s win no. 2 on the European Tour · purse $8,000,000 USD · BMW

The headline is set by GNN from the record. Reports from the papers of the day are below as they are found.

The weather

12 h 34 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).

  1. R121°/16°C · wind 21 km/h SSW, gusts 41 · 2.4 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
  2. R221°/17°C · wind 17 km/h SW, gusts 39 · 1.2 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
  3. R322°/13°C · wind 16 km/h WSW, gusts 34 · 0.1 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
  4. R420°/12°C · wind 11 km/h N, gusts 21 · 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

144 started · cut -2, 78 made it

Same week

Nothing else in our record that week.

DP World Tour event

BMW PGA Championship

Wentworth Club, Wentworth Club, Virginia Water, Surrey, England

4 of 5 researched

Winner

Billy Horschel

269Total
−19To par
1 strokeMargin

Runner-up not yet researched.

From the papers

Reuters via ESPN

I am speechless really, and that's rare

Billy Horschel, quoted in Reuters via ESPN, 12 September 2021. The report

Reuters via ESPN

To win this event means a lot, this is like the Players' Championship. I knew if I could birdie one of the last three holes I could win and one was enough.

Billy Horschel, quoted in Reuters via ESPN, 12 September 2021. The report
Top 10
PosPlayerRoundsTotalTo par
1Billy Horschel70 · 65 · 69 · 65269−19
T2Jamie Donaldson69 · 66 · 69 · 66270−18
T2Laurie Canter67 · 66 · 70 · 67270−18
T2Kiradech Aphibarnrat64 · 68 · 74 · 64270−18
5Christiaan Bezuidenhout64 · 72 · 68 · 67271−17
T6Justin Rose67 · 68 · 72 · 65272−16
T6Francesco Laporta68 · 65 · 69 · 70272−16
T6Andrew Johnston70 · 69 · 68 · 65272−16
T9Sean Crocker71 · 68 · 66 · 68273−15
T9Thomas Pieters70 · 66 · 71 · 66273−15
T9Shubhankar Sharma70 · 69 · 68 · 66273−15
The golfer

born 1986-12-07, Grant, Florida, U.S.; USA; turned pro 2009; age 34 that week; tour wins to date: 2; world No. 28 that week (OWGR rankBefore as stated by owgr.com player profile event table).

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