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Sunday 19 February 1995European TourYear in Review
Els wins Lexington South African PGA Championship
Wanderers Golf Club, Johannesburg, South Africa (region; the course comes with research) · Thursday 16 to Sunday 19 February 1995 · Ernie Els’s win no. 3 on the European Tour · purse 250,000 (Purse column headed £) GBP · Lexington · Dates from OWGR's event page.
The headline is set by GNN from the record. Reports from the papers of the day are below as they are found.
The weather
12 h 50 m
of daylight on the final day, the sun 74° up at noon, and that night a waning gibbous moon (computed from the date and the place).
- R1Not yet researched
- R2Not yet researched
- R3Not yet researched
- R4Not yet researched
The name over time
Not yet traced: its earlier names, sponsors and courses come with research.
The ones it got away from
- Roger Wessels RSAFinished two behind as Els, one ahead with two to play, holed a 25-foot birdie putt at the short 17th and closed with 64. Els feels at home - The Independent
140 started, 73 made it
Same week
DP World Tour event
Lexington South African PGA Championship
Wanderers Golf Club, Wanderers Golf Club, Johannesburg, South Africa
4 of 5 researched
Winner
Ernie Els
Runner-up not yet researched.
From the papers
The Independent
20 February 1995
I feel great, man. It's still going to be hard to have a year like last year, but this is my home tour and I know the courses well.
The Independent
20 February 1995
I've had a lot of doors shut in my face since I left the amateur ranks and I'd like to pay back some of the money loaned to me.
Top 10
| Pos | Player | Total | To par |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ernie Els | 271 | −9 |
| 2 | Roger Wessels | ||
| T3 | Tony Johnstone | ||
| T3 | Mark McNulty | ||
| T3 | Warren Schutte | ||
| T3 | Van Phillips | ||
| 7 | Trevor Dodds | ||
| T8 | Mats Hallberg | ||
| T8 | Michael Jonzon | ||
| T10 | Jay Townsend | ||
| T10 | Mark James | ||
| T10 | Robbie Stewart | ||
| T10 | Nic Henning |
The golfer
born 1969-10-17, Johannesburg, South Africa; RSA; turned pro 1989; age 25 that week; tour wins to date: 3; world No. 6 that week (OWGR rankBefore 6 from the OWGR player profile 1995 events table (https://www.owgr.com/playerprofile/ernie-els-874). Born/birthplace/turned pro: Wikipedia infobox. tour_wins_to_date: Wikipedia 1995 season table number. Age 25 stated by The Independent ('The 25-year-old US Open champion'). majors_to_date null: Wikipedia infobox shows the career total (4), not the count to date.).
What’s in the bag
No bag on file yet