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Sunday 16 February 1997European TourYear in Review
Price wins Dimension Data Pro-Am
Gary Player Country Club, Sun City, South Africa · Thursday 13 to Sunday 16 February 1997 · Nick Price’s win no. 6 on the European Tour · purse £400,000 GBP · Dimension Data
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 78° up at noon, and that night a waxing gibbous moon (computed from the date and the place).
- R131°/19°C · wind 17 km/h SE, gusts 32 · 8.4 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R226°/19°C · wind 17 km/h N, gusts 38 · 4.1 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R327°/19°C · wind 14 km/h NNW, gusts 30 · 1.1 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R430°/18°C · wind 11 km/h WNW, gusts 28 · 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 · 276Closed with 71 to finish alone in second, eight behind Price. GOLFonline - 1997 Dimension Data Pro-Am final-round story
159 started, 72 made it
Same week
DP World Tour event
Dimension Data Pro-Am
Gary Player Country Club and Lost City Golf Club, Gary Player Country Club, Sun City, South Africa
4 of 5 researched
Winner
Nick Price
Runner-up not yet researched.
From the papers
GOLFonline (Golf Magazine)
16 February 1997
The guys on the U.S. tour will say that this win doesn't count because it wasn't over there. But I feel the way I played this week I would have had a good chance to win wherever I played,
GOLFonline (Golf Magazine)
16 February 1997
The key to it all was my putting. That's the real reason that I haven't been winning and I don't believe I had a three-putt all week.
GOLFonline (Golf Magazine)
16 February 1997
In my last three tournaments I've finished third, second and first. Where else can I go from here? I'll probably miss the cut next week!.
Top 10
| Pos | Player | Rounds | Total | To par |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Nick Price | 67 · 66 · 66 · 69 | 268 | −20 |
| 2 | David Frost | 69 · 65 · 71 · 71 | 276 | −12 |
| 3 | Thomas Bjorn | 67 · 67 · 71 · 72 | 277 | −11 |
| T4 | Mark McNulty | 71 · 66 · 69 · 73 | 279 | −9 |
| T4 | Wayne Westner | 72 · 66 · 70 · 71 | 279 | −9 |
| T4 | Ronnie McCann | 65 · 73 · 71 · 70 | 279 | −9 |
| T4 | Stephen Ames | 69 · 69 · 70 · 71 | 279 | −9 |
| T4 | Padraig Harrington | 70 · 66 · 68 · 75 | 279 | −9 |
| T9 | Tony Johnstone | 67 · 71 · 70 · 72 | 280 | −8 |
| T9 | Desvondes Botes | 69 · 67 · 70 · 74 | 280 | −8 |
The golfer
born 1957-01-28, Durban, Natal, Union of South Africa; ZIM; turned pro 1977; age 40 that week; tour wins to date: 6; majors to date: 3; world No. 12 that week (OWGR rankBefore 12 (week 7, 1997) from OWGR player profile events table. Age 40 stated by GOLFonline ("The 40-year-old Price"; = Wikipedia birth date subtracted from end date). tour_wins_to_date 6 = Wikipedia season table "(6)" and wins table no. 6; majors_to_date 3 = Wikipedia infobox majorwins 3 (all before 1997).).
What’s in the bag
No bag on file yet