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Sunday 2 October 2022DP World TourYear in Review
Fox wins Alfred Dunhill Links Championship
St Andrews Links (Old Course), St Andrews, Fife, Scotland · Thursday 29 September to Sunday 2 October 2022 · Ryan Fox’s win no. 3 on the DP World Tour · purse $5,000,000 USD · Alfred Dunhill
The headline is set by GNN from the record. Reports from the papers of the day are below as they are found.
The weather
11 h 04 m
of daylight on the final day, the sun 29° up at noon, and that night a first-quarter moon (computed from the date and the place).
- R115°/12°C · wind 26 km/h NE, gusts 46 · 0.7 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R215°/11°C · wind 43 km/h SSW, gusts 73 · 12.1 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R315°/11°C · wind 35 km/h WSW, gusts 56 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R416°/11°C · wind 28 km/h W, gusts 45 · 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
- Callum Shinkwin ENG · 274closed with 67 to finish one behind; Fox parred the 18th to seal it Alfred Dunhill Links: Ryan Fox wins at St Andrews (BBC Sport)
- Alex Noren SWE · 274third successive 69 left him one shot short Alfred Dunhill Links: Ryan Fox wins at St Andrews (BBC Sport)
168 started · cut -1, 63 made it
Same week
DP World Tour event
Alfred Dunhill Links Championship
Old Course at St Andrews (final round; also Carnoustie Golf Links and Kingsbarns Golf Links), St Andrews Links (Old Course), St Andrews, Fife, Scotland
4 of 5 researched
Winner
Ryan Fox
Runner-up not yet researched.
From the papers
BBC Sport (BBC Scotland)
2 October 2022
I felt that Warney was with me this week. You need a little bit of luck in golf and I felt that he was that today.
BBC Sport (BBC Scotland)
2 October 2022
He absolutely loved this tournament and we had an awful lot of fun here over the years.
Top 10
| Pos | Player | Rounds | Total | To par |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ryan Fox | 66 · 74 · 65 · 68 | 273 | −15 |
| T2 | Callum Shinkwin | 68 · 71 · 68 · 67 | 274 | −14 |
| T2 | Alex Noren | 67 · 69 · 69 · 69 | 274 | −14 |
| T4 | Rory McIlroy | 68 · 75 · 66 · 66 | 275 | −13 |
| T4 | Antoine Rozner | 63 · 74 · 69 · 69 | 275 | −13 |
| 6 | Daniel Gavins | 65 · 73 · 67 · 71 | 276 | −12 |
| T7 | Tyrrell Hatton | 68 · 76 · 66 · 67 | 277 | −11 |
| T7 | Niklas Nørgaard | 63 · 74 · 69 · 71 | 277 | −11 |
| T7 | Richard Mansell | 66 · 68 · 67 · 76 | 277 | −11 |
| T10 | Grant Forrest | 70 · 74 · 67 · 67 | 278 | −10 |
| T10 | Louis Oosthuizen | 72 · 73 · 65 · 68 | 278 | −10 |
| T10 | Dale Whitnell | 66 · 77 · 67 · 68 | 278 | −10 |
| T10 | Peter Uihlein | 65 · 77 · 68 · 68 | 278 | −10 |
| T10 | Connor Syme | 68 · 76 · 65 · 69 | 278 | −10 |
| T10 | Billy Horschel | 71 · 71 · 67 · 69 | 278 | −10 |
| T10 | Tapio Pulkkanen | 66 · 73 · 69 · 70 | 278 | −10 |
The golfer
born 1987-01-22, Auckland, New Zealand; NZL; turned pro 2012; age 35 that week; tour wins to date: 3; majors to date: 0; world No. 47 that week (OWGR rankBefore (OWGR player profile events table, 2022)).
What’s in the bag
No bag on file yet