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Sunday 16 January 2000European TourYear in Review
Wall wins Alfred Dunhill Championship
Houghton Golf Club, Johannesburg, South Africa · Thursday 13 to Sunday 16 January 2000 · Anthony Wall’s win no. 1 on the European Tour · purse £500,000 GBP · Alfred Dunhill · weather: heavy rain from Thursday waterlogged the course; reduced to 54 holes on Saturday, finished Sunday (Golftoday)
The headline is set by GNN from the record. Reports from the papers of the day are below as they are found.
The weather
13 h 27 m
of daylight on the final day, the sun 85° up at noon, and that night a waxing gibbous moon (computed from the date and the place).
- R118°/11°C · wind 22 km/h E, gusts 46 · 6 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R215°/11°C · wind 19 km/h E, gusts 36 · 16.7 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R314°/11°C · wind 22 km/h NE, gusts 39 · 31.9 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R417°/12°C · wind 21 km/h ESE, gusts 40 · 15.4 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
- Phillip Price WAL · 206Fast-finishing final-round 67 to share second, two behind. Wall wins first European Tour event - Golftoday
- Gary Orr SCO · 206Closed with 70 to share second, two behind. Wall wins first European Tour event - Golftoday
151 started, 81 made it
Same week
DP World Tour event
Alfred Dunhill Championship
Houghton Golf Club, Houghton Golf Club, Johannesburg, South Africa
4 of 5 researched
Winner
Anthony Wall
Runner-up not yet researched.
From the papers
Golftoday (unbylined report)
16 January 2000
Ever since I starting playing when I was four I've dreamed of winning tournaments, so this has been a dream come true.
Golftoday (unbylined report)
16 January 2000
So this is a huge relief for me getting my Tour card, at least I'm employed for the next two years.
Top 10
| Pos | Player | Rounds | Total | To par |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Anthony Wall | 69 · 67 · 68 | 204 | −12 |
| T2 | Phillip Price | 72 · 67 · 67 | 206 | |
| T2 | Gary Orr | 69 · 67 · 70 | 206 | |
| 4 | Retief Goosen | 72 · 69 · 66 | 207 | |
| T5 | David Lynn | 71 · 71 · 66 | 208 | |
| T5 | Tjaart van der Walt | 72 · 68 · 68 | 208 | |
| T5 | David Frost | 71 · 68 · 69 | 208 | |
| T5 | Paul McGinley | 73 · 66 · 69 | 208 | |
| T5 | Trevor Dodds | 69 · 65 · 74 | 208 | |
| T10 | Brian Davis | 68 · 74 · 67 | 209 | |
| T10 | Anders Hansen | 71 · 72 · 66 | 209 | |
| T10 | Nic Henning | 71 · 68 · 70 | 209 | |
| T10 | Jeev Milkha Singh | 69 · 70 · 70 | 209 |
The golfer
born 1975-05-29, London, England; ENG; turned pro 1995; age 24 that week; tour wins to date: 1; world No. 237 that week (OWGR event page rankFrom 237 (rank entering the week). age_that_week 24 computed from born 1975-05-29 (Wikipedia) and the end date 2000-01-16 (OWGR); no source states it. tour_wins_to_date 1 = Wikipedia season table "(1)").
What’s in the bag
No bag on file yet