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Sunday 7 November 2021European TourYear in Review
Pieters wins Portugal Masters
Dom Pedro Victoria Golf Course, Vilamoura, Portugal · Thursday 4 to Sunday 7 November 2021 · Thomas Pieters’s win no. 5 on the European Tour · purse €1,500,000 EUR · COVID-19: originally scheduled 29 April - 2 May 2021; postponed on 19 March 2021 because of travel restrictions and rescheduled to November
The headline is set by GNN from the record. Reports from the papers of the day are below as they are found.
The weather
10 h 12 m
of daylight on the final day, the sun 36° up at noon, and that night a waxing crescent moon (computed from the date and the place).
- R119°/9°C · wind 20 km/h NNW, gusts 42 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R220°/8°C · wind 14 km/h N, gusts 28 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R319°/8°C · wind 20 km/h NNE, gusts 42 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R421°/5°C · wind 15 km/h NNE, 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
- Matthieu Pavon FRA · 267Shared the 54-hole lead; triple-bogeyed the 12th after finding water and closed with 70 to tie for second Belgium's Thomas Pieters holds nerve to win Portugal Masters as Matthieu Pavon fades (ESPN/Reuters)
- Nicolai Højgaard DEN · 267Closing 64 to tie for second, two back ESPN leaderboard: Portugal Masters 2021
- Lucas Bjerregaard DEN · 267Closing 66 to tie for second, two back ESPN leaderboard: Portugal Masters 2021
108 started · cut E, 65 made it
Same week
DP World Tour event
Portugal Masters
Dom Pedro Victoria Golf Course, Dom Pedro Victoria Golf Course, Vilamoura, Portugal
4 of 5 researched
Winner
Thomas Pieters
Runner-up not yet researched.
From the papers
ESPN (Reuters)
7 November 2021
It felt like a long time between victories but (caddie) Adam Marrow and I worked so hard and it felt like a deserved one.
ESPN (Reuters)
7 November 2021
I was struggling a bit with my swing, wasn't really trusting it the way I did the first three days.
ESPN (Reuters)
7 November 2021
It ping-ponged back and forth so I was happy to come out with a two-shot lead.
Top 10
| Pos | Player | Rounds | Total | To par |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Thomas Pieters | 68 · 64 · 65 · 68 | 265 | −19 |
| T2 | Nicolai Højgaard | 67 · 69 · 67 · 64 | 267 | −17 |
| T2 | Lucas Bjerregaard | 67 · 65 · 69 · 66 | 267 | −17 |
| T2 | Matthieu Pavon | 68 · 64 · 65 · 70 | 267 | −17 |
| T5 | Matthew Jordan | 70 · 68 · 67 · 66 | 271 | −13 |
| T5 | Nino Bertasio | 61 · 69 · 74 · 67 | 271 | −13 |
| 7 | Francesco Laporta | 70 · 66 · 69 · 67 | 272 | −12 |
| T8 | Victor Perez | 72 · 68 · 68 · 65 | 273 | −11 |
| T8 | Min Woo Lee | 68 · 68 · 71 · 66 | 273 | −11 |
| T8 | Adri Arnaus | 65 · 67 · 73 · 68 | 273 | −11 |
| T8 | Richard Bland | 70 · 65 · 69 · 69 | 273 | −11 |
The golfer
born 1992-01-27, Geel, Belgium; BEL; turned pro 2013; age 29 that week; tour wins to date: 5; majors to date: 0; world No. 129 that week (OWGR rankBefore (owgr.com player profile events table, 2021)).
What’s in the bag
No bag on file yet