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Sunday 31 July 2022DP World TourYear in Review
Crocker wins Hero Open
Fairmont St Andrews, Fife, Scotland · Thursday 28 to Sunday 31 July 2022 · Sean Crocker’s win no. 1 on the DP World Tour · purse €1,750,000 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 56 m
of daylight on the final day, the sun 52° up at noon, and that night a waxing crescent moon (computed from the date and the place).
- R118°/12°C · wind 16 km/h E, gusts 29 · 1.6 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R220°/14°C · wind 15 km/h SSE, gusts 29 · 1.2 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R321°/14°C · wind 27 km/h SW, gusts 44 · 3.3 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R416°/13°C · wind 19 km/h ENE, gusts 33 · 0.7 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
- Eddie Pepperell ENG · 267closing 65 put on pressure; birdied the 18th but finished one behind ESPN: Sean Crocker holds off Eddie Pepperell to win Hero Open
156 started · cut -6, 70 made it
Same week
DP World Tour event
Hero Open
Fairmont St Andrews, Fairmont St Andrews, Fife, Scotland
4 of 5 researched
Winner
Sean Crocker
Runner-up not yet researched.
From the papers
ESPN (quoting Sky Sports)
31 July 2022
It's pretty cool but man, winning a golf tournament is not easy and Eddie did not make that easy for me either
ESPN
31 July 2022
I haven't been in this position for a long, long time but by and large I think I did a good job.
Top 10
| Pos | Player | Rounds | Total | To par |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sean Crocker | 63 · 66 · 69 · 68 | 266 | −22 |
| 2 | Eddie Pepperell | 67 · 66 · 69 · 65 | 267 | −21 |
| T3 | David Law | 65 · 66 · 70 · 68 | 269 | −19 |
| T3 | Adrian Otaegui | 64 · 67 · 70 · 68 | 269 | −19 |
| T5 | Oliver Hundebøll | 67 · 67 · 69 · 67 | 270 | −18 |
| T5 | Jens Dantorp | 64 · 67 · 69 · 70 | 270 | −18 |
| T7 | Callum Shinkwin | 69 · 65 · 71 · 66 | 271 | −17 |
| T7 | Søren Kjeldsen | 66 · 68 · 71 · 66 | 271 | −17 |
| T7 | Wilco Nienaber | 71 · 61 · 71 · 68 | 271 | −17 |
| T10 | Alvaro Quiros | 66 · 71 · 68 · 67 | 272 | −16 |
| T10 | Oliver Farr | 65 · 67 · 70 · 70 | 272 | −16 |
The golfer
born 1996-08-31; USA; age 25 that week; tour wins to date: 1; world No. 241 that week (OWGR rankBefore for this event (OWGR player profile events table)).
What’s in the bag
No bag on file yet