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Sunday 25 February 1996European TourYear in Review
Westner wins FNB Players Championship
Durban, South Africa (region; the course comes with research) · Thursday 22 to Sunday 25 February 1996 · Wayne Westner’s win no. 2 on the European Tour · purse 400,000 (Purse column headed £) GBP · FNB
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 41 m
of daylight on the final day, the sun 72° up at noon, and that night a waxing crescent moon (computed from the date and the place).
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The name over time
Not yet traced: its earlier names, sponsors and courses come with research.
The ones it got away from
- José Cóceres ARG · 271Started six behind, came home in 31 for a 65 and holed his birdie putt at the drivable 18th to tie, but Westner holed from 10 feet seconds later to win by one. Westner wins at the last - The Independent
156 started, 67 made it
Same week
DP World Tour event
FNB Players Championship
Durban, South Africa
3 of 5 researched
Winner
Wayne Westner
Runner-up not yet researched.
Top 10
| Pos | Player | Rounds | Total | To par |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Wayne Westner | 66 · 67 · 67 · 70 | 270 | −18 |
| 2 | Jose Coceres | 66 · 71 · 69 · 65 | 271 | |
| 3 | Paul Eales | 69 · 70 · 65 · 70 | 274 | |
| T4 | David Feherty | 69 · 70 · 69 · 67 | 275 | |
| T4 | Ross McFarlane | 67 · 74 · 67 · 67 | 275 | |
| T4 | Costantino Rocca | 69 · 69 · 71 · 66 | 275 | |
| 7 | David Frost | 72 · 67 · 69 · 68 | 276 | |
| T8 | Mark McNulty | 72 · 69 · 69 · 67 | 277 | |
| T8 | Andrew Coltart | 71 · 69 · 67 · 70 | 277 | |
| T10 | Tony Johnstone | 70 · 69 · 70 · 69 | 278 | |
| T10 | Ernie Els | 69 · 71 · 67 · 71 | 278 | |
| T10 | Andrew Sherborne | 70 · 70 · 68 · 70 | 278 | |
| T10 | Carl Suneson | 68 · 72 · 67 · 71 | 278 | |
| T10 | Deane Pappas | 72 · 68 · 71 · 67 | 278 | |
| T10 | Ignacio Garrido | 69 · 72 · 69 · 68 | 278 |
The golfer
born 1961-09-28, Johannesburg, South Africa; RSA; turned pro 1982; age 34 that week; tour wins to date: 2; world No. 118 that week (OWGR rankFrom 118 on the OWGR event page (week 8, 1996). Age 34 = Wikipedia birth date 1961-09-28 (OWGR agrees) subtracted from end date 1996-02-25. tour_wins_to_date 2 = Wikipedia season table '(2)'. majors_to_date null: infobox blank.).
What’s in the bag
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From the papers
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