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Sunday 8 August 2021European TourYear in Review
Forrest wins Hero Open
Fairmont St Andrews, St Andrews, Fife, Scotland · Thursday 5 to Sunday 8 August 2021 · Grant Forrest’s win no. 1 on the European Tour · purse €1,250,000 EUR · Hero
The headline is set by GNN from the record. Reports from the papers of the day are below as they are found.
The weather
15 h 23 m
of daylight on the final day, the sun 50° up at noon, and that night a new moon (computed from the date and the place).
- R120°/14°C · wind 31 km/h SE, gusts 51 · 0.5 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R218°/15°C · wind 30 km/h ESE, gusts 53 · 6.9 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R318°/15°C · wind 24 km/h SE, gusts 40 · 2 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R418°/14°C · wind 12 km/h NE, gusts 22 · 3.5 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
- James Morrison ENG · 265Closing 63 set the target, but Forrest birdied the final two holes to win by one Grant Forrest wins Hero Open to claim maiden European Tour title (Reuters via ESPN)
143 started · cut -1, 75 made it
Same week
DP World Tour event
Hero Open
Fairmont St Andrews, Fairmont St Andrews, St Andrews, Fife, Scotland
4 of 5 researched
Winner
Grant Forrest
Runner-up not yet researched.
From the papers
Reuters via ESPN
8 August 2021
There are so many emotions. To do it in front of everyone who has come up to support me -- the last year and a half has been a real challenge on and off the course so I'm just delighted.
Reuters via ESPN
8 August 2021
We've been through quite a lot as a family and to do it here, it's what I've always dreamed of to win on the European Tour event.
Top 10
| Pos | Player | Rounds | Total | To par |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Grant Forrest | 68 · 68 · 62 · 66 | 264 | −24 |
| 2 | James Morrison | 69 · 66 · 67 · 63 | 265 | −23 |
| 3 | Santiago Tarrio | 67 · 65 · 67 · 68 | 267 | −21 |
| T4 | Calum Hill | 63 · 68 · 67 · 70 | 268 | −20 |
| T4 | David Law | 67 · 67 · 66 · 68 | 268 | −20 |
| T6 | Chase Hanna | 65 · 68 · 69 · 69 | 271 | −17 |
| T6 | Matthew Jordan | 67 · 66 · 68 · 70 | 271 | −17 |
| T8 | Justin Walters | 68 · 64 · 71 · 69 | 272 | −16 |
| T8 | Niall Kearney | 71 · 69 · 66 · 66 | 272 | −16 |
| T10 | Berry Henson | 67 · 67 · 67 · 72 | 273 | −15 |
| T10 | Sihwan Kim | 69 · 65 · 73 · 66 | 273 | −15 |
| T10 | Chris Paisley | 66 · 72 · 69 · 66 | 273 | −15 |
| T10 | Bryce Easton | 67 · 69 · 71 · 66 | 273 | −15 |
| T10 | Garrick Porteous | 69 · 69 · 68 · 67 | 273 | −15 |
| T10 | Lucas Bjerregaard | 67 · 62 · 71 · 73 | 273 | −15 |
The golfer
born 1993-06-19, Livingston, West Lothian, Scotland; SCO; turned pro 2016; age 28 that week; tour wins to date: 1; world No. 337 that week (OWGR rankBefore as stated by owgr.com player profile event table).
What’s in the bag
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