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Sunday 21 January 2001European TourYear in Review
Scott wins Alfred Dunhill Championship
Houghton Golf Club, Johannesburg, South Africa · Thursday 18 to Sunday 21 January 2001 · Adam Scott’s win no. 1 on the European Tour · 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
13 h 23 m
of daylight on the final day, the sun 84° up at noon, and that night a waning crescent moon (computed from the date and the place).
- R124°/15°C · wind 15 km/h N, gusts 30 · 1.4 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R229°/16°C · wind 9 km/h NW, gusts 25 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R326°/17°C · wind 20 km/h NNW, gusts 41 · 0.8 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R429°/16°C · wind 14 km/h E, gusts 27 · 1.4 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
- Justin Rose ENG · 268Closed with 69 in a final-stretch duel but Scott, one ahead overnight, birdied the 14th, 16th and 18th to hold him off by one. Scott holds off Rose for first win - Golftoday
155 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
Adam Scott
Runner-up not yet researched.
From the papers
Golftoday
21 January 2001
I've led a few tournaments and haven't sealed it, so it was nice to do that this time.
Golftoday
21 January 2001
Butch (Harmon) told me before the round not to go out there and try and win the tournament, but just to play a round of golf. That helped me to focus on what I had to do,
Golftoday
21 January 2001
I'm proud of the way I performed. I hung in there and felt comfortable coming down the stretch. I feel more confident now.
Top 10
| Pos | Player | Rounds | Total | To par |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Adam Scott | 67 · 66 · 65 · 69 | 267 | −21 |
| 2 | Justin Rose | 66 · 67 · 66 · 69 | 268 | −20 |
| T3 | Nick Faldo | 68 · 65 · 68 · 68 | 269 | |
| T3 | Dean Robertson | 62 · 70 · 67 · 70 | 269 | |
| 5 | Anthony Wall | 69 · 64 · 70 · 67 | 270 | |
| 6 | Malcolm Mackenzie | 68 · 68 · 67 · 68 | 271 | −17 |
| T7 | Brian Davis | 69 · 70 · 69 · 64 | 272 | |
| T7 | Retief Goosen | 73 · 68 · 67 · 64 | 272 | |
| 9 | Sven Struver | 71 · 70 · 69 · 63 | 273 | |
| T10 | Greg Owen | 66 · 70 · 69 · 69 | 274 | |
| T10 | Ricardo Gonzalez | 69 · 64 · 70 · 71 | 274 | |
| T10 | Michael Kirk | 68 · 66 · 69 · 71 | 274 |
The golfer
born 1980-07-16, Adelaide, Australia; AUS; turned pro 2000; age 20 that week; tour wins to date: 1; majors to date: 0; world No. 168 that week (OWGR rankBefore 168 (week 3, 2001) from OWGR player profile events table; age 20 computed from born 1980-07-16 (Wikipedia, OWGR) and event end date 2001-01-21 (no source states it); tour_wins_to_date 1 = Wikipedia season page '(1)' and European Tour wins table no. 1; majors_to_date 0 = Wikipedia major championships table lists only the 2013 Masters).
What’s in the bag
No bag on file yet