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Sunday 19 February 2023DP World TourYear in Review
Olesen wins Thailand Classic
Amata Spring Country Club, Chon Buri, Thailand · Thursday 16 to Sunday 19 February 2023 · Thorbjørn Olesen’s win no. 7 on the DP World Tour · purse 2,000,000 (US$) USD
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 37 m
of daylight on the final day, the sun 65° up at noon, and that night a new moon (computed from the date and the place).
- R132°/24°C · wind 21 km/h NE, gusts 42 · 0.2 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R231°/25°C · wind 19 km/h NE, gusts 38 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R333°/23°C · wind 8 km/h N, gusts 22 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R435°/23°C · wind 8 km/h N, gusts 22 · 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
- Yannik Paul GER · 268finished 4 strokes behind the winner Thailand Classic (golf) - Wikipedia
132 started · cut -3, 74 made it
Same week
DP World Tour event
Thailand Classic
Amata Spring Country Club, Amata Spring Country Club, Chon Buri, Thailand
4 of 5 researched
Winner
Thorbjørn Olesen
Runner-up not yet researched.
From the papers
Associated Press via ESPN
19 February 2023
It's always a goal, when you've tried it once you want to go back. I know I was a long way behind, but this is a really good start to the year.
Top 10
| Pos | Player | Rounds | Total | To par |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Thorbjørn Olesen | 67 · 67 · 64 · 66 | 264 | −24 |
| 2 | Yannik Paul | 65 · 69 · 66 · 68 | 268 | −20 |
| T3 | Alexander Knappe | 65 · 69 · 69 · 67 | 270 | −18 |
| T3 | Joost Luiten | 69 · 67 · 65 · 69 | 270 | −18 |
| T5 | Antoine Rozner | 67 · 69 · 69 · 66 | 271 | −17 |
| T5 | Rafa Cabrera Bello | 66 · 65 · 72 · 68 | 271 | −17 |
| T5 | Nicolai Højgaard | 70 · 66 · 64 · 71 | 271 | −17 |
| 8 | Jeunghun Wang | 68 · 67 · 67 · 70 | 272 | −16 |
| T9 | Fabrizio Zanotti | 66 · 67 · 70 · 70 | 273 | −15 |
| T9 | Dale Whitnell | 69 · 66 · 67 · 71 | 273 | −15 |
The golfer
born 1989-12-21; DEN; age 33 that week; tour wins to date: 7; world No. 127 that week (OWGR rankBefore as stated by the OWGR player profile events table).
What’s in the bag
No bag on file yet