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Sunday 25 March 2001European TourYear in Review
Fichardt wins São Paulo Brazil Open
Sao Paulo Golf Club, São Paulo, Brazil · Thursday 22 to Sunday 25 March 2001 · Darren Fichardt’s win no. 1 on the European Tour · purse €750,000 EUR · weather: thunderstorms halted play three times; after Saturday's round was washed out the event was reduced to 54 holes, the second round being completed on Saturday morning (Golftoday; BBC Sport)
The headline is set by GNN from the record. Reports from the papers of the day are below as they are found.
The weather
11 h 56 m
of daylight on the final day, the sun 65° up at noon, and that night a waxing crescent moon (computed from the date and the place).
- R131°/20°C · wind 11 km/h N, gusts 27 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R231°/20°C · wind 11 km/h NW, gusts 30 · 0.7 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R330°/21°C · wind 6 km/h N, gusts 21 · 13.7 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R430°/20°C · wind 7 km/h E, gusts 26 · 14.3 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
- Brett Rumford AUS · 200Closed the gap around the turn but double-bogeyed the par-five 8th; finished with late birdies for 69, five behind. Fichardt gains first European Tour win - Golftoday final round report (Wayback Machine copy)
- Jose Coceres ARG · 200Two birdies and an eagle around the turn cut the gap to three after a birdie at 12, but a bogey at 14 ended his chances. Fichardt strikes in Sao Paulo - BBC Sport, 25 March 2001 (incl. leading scores)
- Richard S. Johnson SWE · 200Closed with a 65 (eight birdies, two bogeys) to share second, five behind. Fichardt gains first European Tour win - Golftoday final round report (Wayback Machine copy)
117 started, 79 made it
Same week
DP World Tour event
São Paulo Brazil Open
Sao Paulo Golf Club, Sao Paulo Golf Club, São Paulo, Brazil
4 of 5 researched
Winner
Darren Fichardt
Runner-up not yet researched.
From the papers
Golftoday
25 March 2001
In the South African Open last year, I thought I had it in the bag and lost by one shot. But this is a breakthrough for me. I'm really happy about this.
Golftoday
25 March 2001
This is a bit bigger than the win in South Africa last month. The prize money is four times bigger.
BBC Sport
25 March 2001
I just told myself to keep the ball on the fairway and hit the greens - the safe way worked
Top 10
| Pos | Player | Rounds | Total | To par |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Darren Fichardt | 67 · 61 · 67 | 195 | −18 |
| T2 | Richard S. Johnson | 68 · 67 · 65 | 200 | |
| T2 | Jose Coceres | 68 · 64 · 68 | 200 | |
| T2 | Brett Rumford | 66 · 65 · 69 | 200 | |
| T5 | Nic Henning | 70 · 64 · 67 | 201 | −12 |
| T5 | Raphael Jacquelin | 66 · 70 · 65 | 201 | −12 |
| 7 | Anthony Wall | 71 · 67 · 64 | 202 | −11 |
| T8 | Simon D. Hurley | 69 · 69 · 65 | 203 | −10 |
| T8 | Christopher Hanell | 68 · 65 · 70 | 203 | |
| T8 | Matthew Blackey | 67 · 68 · 68 | 203 | −10 |
| T8 | Neil Cheetham | 69 · 67 · 67 | 203 | −10 |
The golfer
born 1975-05-13, Pretoria, South Africa; RSA; turned pro 1994; age 25 that week; tour wins to date: 1; world No. 272 that week (OWGR rankBefore (week 12, 2001) from OWGR player profile events table; age 25 stated by BBC Sport; tour win 1 = Wikipedia season page '(1)', Golftoday and BBC 'first European Tour title'; majors_to_date null (infobox majorwins blank)).
What’s in the bag
No bag on file yet