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Sunday 29 August 2021European TourYear in Review
Højgaard wins Omega European Masters
Crans-sur-Sierre Golf Club, Crans-Montana, Switzerland · Thursday 26 to Sunday 29 August 2021 · Rasmus Højgaard’s win no. 3 on the European Tour · purse €2,000,000 EUR · Omega
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 15 m
of daylight on the final day, the sun 53° up at noon, and that night a waning gibbous moon (computed from the date and the place).
- R118°/8°C · wind 6 km/h WNW, gusts 39 · 0.7 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R216°/9°C · wind 8 km/h NW, gusts 34 · 1.8 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R315°/6°C · wind 8 km/h NNW, gusts 38 · 0.1 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R414°/5°C · wind 7 km/h NNW, gusts 31 · 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
- Bernd Wiesberger AUT · 268Led on the 72nd tee, drove into a bunker and found water with his second for a double-bogey 6 Rasmus Hojgaard wins European Masters by a single shot (Reuters via ESPN)
156 started · cut -1, 73 made it
Same week
DP World Tour event
Omega European Masters
Crans-sur-Sierre Golf Club, Crans-sur-Sierre Golf Club, Crans-Montana, Switzerland
4 of 5 researched
Winner
Rasmus Højgaard
Runner-up not yet researched.
From the papers
Reuters via ESPN
29 August 2021
It's a bit surreal, to be fair. I didn't expect to be in this position, but it's amazing.
Reuters via ESPN
29 August 2021
I made a birdie and then it all had a bit of a strange ending. It was crazy.
Top 10
| Pos | Player | Rounds | Total | To par |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Rasmus Højgaard | 68 · 66 · 70 · 63 | 267 | −13 |
| 2 | Bernd Wiesberger | 67 · 67 · 69 · 65 | 268 | −12 |
| 3 | Henrik Stenson | 71 · 64 · 71 · 63 | 269 | −11 |
| T4 | Sean Crocker | 71 · 65 · 64 · 70 | 270 | −10 |
| T4 | Ross McGowan | 68 · 64 · 69 · 69 | 270 | −10 |
| T4 | Matthew Jordan | 67 · 65 · 69 · 69 | 270 | −10 |
| T7 | Calum Hill | 68 · 70 · 67 · 66 | 271 | −9 |
| T7 | Marcel Siem | 66 · 68 · 69 · 68 | 271 | −9 |
| T7 | Adrien Saddier | 68 · 69 · 65 · 69 | 271 | −9 |
| T7 | Renato Paratore | 65 · 66 · 69 · 71 | 271 | −9 |
| T7 | Guido Migliozzi | 67 · 70 · 69 · 65 | 271 | −9 |
| T7 | Marcus Armitage | 63 · 73 · 69 · 66 | 271 | −9 |
The golfer
born 2001-03-12, Billund, Denmark; DEN; turned pro 2019; age 20 that week; tour wins to date: 3; world No. 126 that week (OWGR rankBefore as stated by owgr.com player profile event table).
What’s in the bag
No bag on file yet