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Sunday 23 February 1997European TourYear in Review
Price wins Alfred Dunhill South African PGA Championship
Houghton Golf Club, Johannesburg, South Africa · Thursday 20 to Sunday 23 February 1997 · Nick Price’s win no. 7 on the European Tour · purse £300,000 GBP · Alfred Dunhill
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 42 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).
- R126°/16°C · wind 20 km/h NNW, gusts 40 · 0.2 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R229°/16°C · wind 15 km/h NW, gusts 32 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R330°/16°C · wind 17 km/h WNW, gusts 38 · 0.7 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R429°/14°C · wind 17 km/h NE, gusts 33 · 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
- David Frost RSA · 269Led by three after 54 holes but went out in 39; birdied 15 and 16, put his tee shot into the water at the par-3 17th, birdied the 18th from 14 feet to force a playoff, then bogeyed the 18th at the first extra hole. GOLFonline - 1997 Alfred Dunhill South African PGA Championship final-round story
· cut -4, 77 made it
Same week
DP World Tour event
Alfred Dunhill South African PGA Championship
Houghton Golf Club, Houghton Golf Club, Johannesburg, South Africa
4 of 5 researched
Winner
Nick Price
Runner-up not yet researched.
From the papers
GOLFonline (Golf Magazine)
23 February 1997
I'm exhausted after three weeks in contention,
The Independent
23 February 1997
I feel I should have a five-shot lead, but, then again, no lead is big enough.
Top 10
| Pos | Player | Rounds | Total | To par |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Nick Price | 67 · 66 · 70 · 66 | 269 | −19 |
| 2 | David Frost | 69 · 63 · 66 · 71 | 269 | −19 |
| 3 | Nico van Rensburg | 68 · 68 · 66 · 68 | 270 | −18 |
| 4 | Retief Goosen | 65 · 66 · 70 · 71 | 272 | −16 |
| T5 | Wayne Westner | 68 · 66 · 71 · 68 | 273 | −15 |
| T5 | Marco Gortana | 70 · 67 · 67 · 69 | 273 | −15 |
| T5 | Greg Petersen | 71 · 69 · 65 · 68 | 273 | −15 |
| T8 | Katsuyoshi Tomori | 67 · 67 · 67 · 73 | 274 | −14 |
| T8 | Matthew Goggin | 69 · 69 · 69 · 67 | 274 | −14 |
| T8 | Niclas Fasth | 66 · 69 · 68 · 71 | 274 | −14 |
| T8 | Max Anglert | 68 · 67 · 69 · 70 | 274 | −14 |
The golfer
born 1957-01-28, Durban, Natal, Union of South Africa; ZIM; turned pro 1977; age 40 that week; tour wins to date: 7; majors to date: 3; world No. 9 that week (OWGR rankBefore 9 (week 8, 1997) from OWGR player profile events table. Age 40 = Wikipedia birth date 1957-01-28 subtracted from end date. tour_wins_to_date 7 = Wikipedia season table "(7)" and European Tour wins table no. 7; majors_to_date 3 = Wikipedia infobox majorwins 3 (all before 1997: 1992 and 1994 PGA, 1994 Open).).
What’s in the bag
No bag on file yet