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Sunday 14 May 2023DP World TourYear in Review
Forsström wins Soudal Open
Rinkven International Golf Club, Antwerp, Belgium · Thursday 11 to Sunday 14 May 2023 · purse $2,000,000 USD · Soudal
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 18 m
of daylight on the final day, the sun 57° up at noon, and that night a waning crescent moon (computed from the date and the place).
- R116°/11°C · wind 11 km/h WNW, gusts 23 · 8.2 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R218°/11°C · wind 19 km/h NNE, gusts 45 · 7.6 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R321°/11°C · wind 17 km/h N, gusts 32 · 0.3 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R420°/10°C · wind 19 km/h NNW, gusts 36 · 0.8 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
- Jens Dantorp SWE · 268posted a closing 67 from third to finish one behind as Forsström held on with late birdies Simon Forsström earns wire-to-wire Soudal Open victory
156 started · cut -2, 73 made it
Same week
DP World Tour event
Soudal Open
Rinkven International Golf Club, Rinkven International Golf Club, Antwerp, Belgium
4 of 5 researched
Winner
Simon Forsström
Runner-up not yet researched.
From the papers
Associated Press via ESPN
14 May 2023
I'm very happy, I don't have any words. I just thought to give myself chances and hopefully some would drop.
Associated Press via ESPN
14 May 2023
It means everything to me to finally make it. I was happy being out here after Q School. I'm super happy with the win and I proved to myself that I can win out here.
Top 10
| Pos | Player | Rounds | Total | To par |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Simon Forsström | 64 · 67 · 67 · 69 | 267 | −17 |
| 2 | Jens Dantorp | 65 · 69 · 67 · 67 | 268 | −16 |
| 3 | Thorbjørn Olesen | 68 · 67 · 69 · 66 | 270 | −14 |
| T4 | Alexander Björk | 66 · 69 · 69 · 67 | 271 | −13 |
| T4 | Matthew Southgate | 69 · 70 · 64 · 68 | 271 | −13 |
| T4 | Mike Lorenzo-Vera | 68 · 70 · 64 · 69 | 271 | −13 |
| T7 | James Morrison | 65 · 69 · 70 · 68 | 272 | −12 |
| T7 | Richie Ramsay | 68 · 68 · 66 · 70 | 272 | −12 |
| T7 | Thomas Detry | 67 · 66 · 66 · 73 | 272 | −12 |
| T10 | Aaron Cockerill | 70 · 70 · 66 · 67 | 273 | −11 |
| T10 | Dan Bradbury | 69 · 70 · 66 · 68 | 273 | −11 |
| T10 | Ryo Hisatsune | 66 · 71 · 67 · 69 | 273 | −11 |
| T10 | Yeongsu Kim | 72 · 64 · 67 · 70 | 273 | −11 |
| T10 | Andrew Wilson | 65 · 71 · 66 · 71 | 273 | −11 |
The golfer
born 1989-04-01, Bromma, Sweden; SWE; turned pro 2009; age 34 that week; world No. 429 that week (OWGR rankBefore for this event (OWGR player profile events table)).
What’s in the bag
No bag on file yet