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Sunday 25 April 2021European TourYear in Review
Higgo wins Gran Canaria Lopesan Open
Meloneras Golf, Gran Canaria, Spain (region; the course comes with research) · Thursday 22 to Sunday 25 April 2021 · Garrick Higgo’s win no. 2 on the European Tour · purse €1,500,000 EUR · Lopesan
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 30 m
of daylight on the final day, the sun 63° up at noon, and that night a waxing gibbous moon (computed from the date and the place).
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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 · 258Closed with a 62 to press, but Higgo shot a second straight 63 to win by three. South Africa's Higgo wins in Gran Canaria for second European Tour title (Reuters via ESPN)
151 started · cut -5, 74 made it
Same week
DP World Tour event
Gran Canaria Lopesan Open
Meloneras Golf, Meloneras Golf, Gran Canaria, Spain
4 of 5 researched
Winner
Garrick Higgo
Runner-up not yet researched.
From the papers
Reuters via ESPN
25 April 2021
I can't put it into words, it feels amazing,
Reuters via ESPN
25 April 2021
It wasn't over until the last hole really, I knew anything could happen, especially with the wind coming up. It was a bit stressful.
Top 10
| Pos | Player | Rounds | Total | To par |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Garrick Higgo | 65 · 64 · 63 · 63 | 255 | −25 |
| 2 | Maximilian Kieffer | 63 · 65 · 68 · 62 | 258 | −22 |
| 3 | Jeff Winther | 67 · 66 · 62 · 64 | 259 | −21 |
| 4 | Sam Horsfield | 69 · 61 · 65 · 66 | 261 | −19 |
| T5 | Thorbjørn Olesen | 65 · 61 · 70 · 66 | 262 | −18 |
| T5 | Connor Syme | 71 · 61 · 62 · 68 | 262 | −18 |
| 7 | Joachim B Hansen | 63 · 67 · 66 · 67 | 263 | −17 |
| T8 | Marcel Schneider | 68 · 66 · 65 · 65 | 264 | −16 |
| T8 | Darius Van Driel | 66 · 65 · 67 · 66 | 264 | −16 |
| T8 | Jack Senior | 66 · 65 · 67 · 66 | 264 | −16 |
| T8 | Richard Bland | 64 · 66 · 68 · 66 | 264 | −16 |
| T8 | Joost Luiten | 63 · 68 · 66 · 67 | 264 | −16 |
| T8 | Matthieu Pavon | 66 · 64 · 64 · 70 | 264 | −16 |
| T8 | Matthias Schwab | 65 · 63 · 66 · 70 | 264 | −16 |
The golfer
born 1999-05-12, Johannesburg, South Africa; RSA; turned pro 2019; age 21 that week; tour wins to date: 2; majors to date: 0; world No. 110 that week (OWGR rankBefore (OWGR player profile events table)).
What’s in the bag
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