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Sunday 28 January 2001European TourYear in Review
McNulty wins Mercedes-Benz South African Open
East London Golf Club, East London, South Africa · Thursday 25 to Sunday 28 January 2001 · Mark McNulty’s win no. 16 on the European Tour · purse US$1,000,000 USD · Mercedes-Benz
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 41 m
of daylight on the final day, the sun 76° up at noon, and that night a waxing crescent moon (computed from the date and the place).
- R122°/19°C · wind 17 km/h ESE, gusts 37 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R225°/20°C · wind 22 km/h ENE, gusts 41 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R330°/21°C · wind 28 km/h ENE, gusts 59 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R429°/21°C · wind 20 km/h SW, gusts 40 · 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
- Justin Rose ENG · 281A chip and three-putt at the par-3 10th and a bogey at the 12th cost him; needing a 15-foot birdie putt at the 72nd after McNulty's par save, he missed it right - his second straight runner-up finish. McNulty wins as Rose is 2nd again - Golftoday
142 started, 72 made it
Same week
DP World Tour event
Mercedes-Benz South African Open
East London Golf Club, East London Golf Club, East London, South Africa
4 of 5 researched
Winner
Mark McNulty
Runner-up not yet researched.
From the papers
Golftoday
28 January 2001
When I stood over the chip on 18 I knew I had to hole the putt, whatever the distance,
Golftoday
28 January 2001
Standing on 13 I realised the game was on and my mind really started to click in. Coming down 12 I was screaming at myself to get my mind right.
Golftoday
28 January 2001
I just need to hole that one putt when it really matters, but I still think I played well under pressure and need a little luck.
Top 10
| Pos | Player | Rounds | Total | To par |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mark McNulty | 69 · 71 · 69 · 71 | 280 | −8 |
| 2 | Justin Rose | 72 · 69 · 68 · 72 | 281 | |
| T3 | Thomas Bjorn | 72 · 67 · 71 · 72 | 282 | |
| T3 | Roger Wessels | 67 · 69 · 72 · 74 | 282 | |
| T5 | Mikael Lundberg | 71 · 67 · 73 · 72 | 283 | |
| T5 | Hennie Otto | 65 · 70 · 71 · 77 | 283 | |
| T7 | Malcolm Mackenzie | 76 · 68 · 77 · 63 | 284 | |
| T7 | Bradford Vaughan | 71 · 74 · 70 · 69 | 284 | |
| T9 | Johan Rystrom | 71 · 71 · 75 · 68 | 285 | |
| T9 | Desvonde Botes | 70 · 71 · 74 · 70 | 285 | |
| T9 | Arjun Atwal | 72 · 70 · 72 · 71 | 285 | |
| T9 | Tobias Dier | 71 · 66 · 76 · 72 | 285 | |
| T9 | Stephen Gallacher | 70 · 71 · 71 · 73 | 285 | |
| T9 | Justin Hobday | 70 · 70 · 70 · 75 | 285 | |
| T9 | Simon Dyson | 69 · 72 · 69 · 75 | 285 |
The golfer
born in Bindura, Southern Rhodesia; ZIM; turned pro 1977; age 47 that week; tour wins to date: 16; world No. 86 that week (OWGR rankBefore 86 (week 4, 2001) from OWGR player profile events table; age 47 stated by Golftoday ('The 47-year-old'); born null - Wikipedia (1953-03-24) and OWGR (1953-10-25) disagree, see conflicts; nationality ZIM 1980-2002 per Wikipedia infobox (OWGR now shows IRL); tour_wins_to_date 16 = Wikipedia season page '(16)', European Tour wins table no. 16 and Golftoday ('his 16th European Tour title'); majors_to_date null: infobox majorwins blank).
What’s in the bag
No bag on file yet