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Sunday 20 January 2002European TourYear in Review
Rose wins Dunhill Championship
Houghton Golf Club, Johannesburg, South Africa · Thursday 17 to Sunday 20 January 2002 · Justin Rose’s win no. 1 on the European Tour · purse £500,000 GBP · 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 24 m
of daylight on the final day, the sun 84° up at noon, and that night a first-quarter moon (computed from the date and the place).
- R129°/17°C · wind 25 km/h NNW, gusts 52 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R227°/14°C · wind 14 km/h SW, gusts 30 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R328°/13°C · wind 22 km/h NNE, gusts 43 · 3.5 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R425°/14°C · wind 13 km/h NNE, gusts 32 · 0.8 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
- Martin Maritz RSA · 270Led after 54 holes by four but dropped shots at the 2nd, 4th, 7th and 13th; eagles at the 14th and 16th got him back to a share of second, two behind. Justin Rose claims first European win - Golftoday
- Retief Goosen RSA · 270Three birdies and a bogey on the front nine left him behind; five back-nine birdies for a 65 earned a share of second, two behind. Justin Rose claims first European win - Golftoday
- Mark Foster ENG · 270A mixed 69 with five birdies and bogeys at the 2nd and 14th left him two behind in a share of second. Justin Rose claims first European win - Golftoday
151 started, 73 made it
Same week
DP World Tour event
Dunhill Championship
Houghton Golf Club, Houghton Golf Club, Johannesburg, South Africa
4 of 5 researched
Winner
Justin Rose
Runner-up not yet researched.
From the papers
The Independent
21 January 2002
I've always believed deep down I have the talent. But my family's support really helped me through all those missed cuts. I never lost belief. I knew it would come right and it has.
The Independent
21 January 2002
I wanted my first win to be the one which stops people just remembering me for Birkdale
RTÉ Sport
20 January 2002
One of my goals was to win before the Benson and Hedges in May. To do it so early is great, but I've got a lot more that are still on my list
Top 10
| Pos | Player | Rounds | Total | To par |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Justin Rose | 71 · 66 · 66 · 65 | 268 | −20 |
| T2 | Retief Goosen | 68 · 67 · 70 · 65 | 270 | −18 |
| T2 | Mark Foster | 69 · 67 · 65 · 69 | 270 | −18 |
| T2 | Martin Maritz | 72 · 64 · 63 · 71 | 270 | −18 |
| T5 | Anthony Wall | 68 · 67 · 71 · 65 | 271 | −17 |
| T5 | Mark Mouland | 68 · 69 · 67 · 67 | 271 | −17 |
| T5 | Paul McGinley | 66 · 71 · 66 · 68 | 271 | −17 |
| 8 | Sandeep Grewal | 70 · 64 · 68 · 70 | 272 | |
| 9 | Ernie Els | 68 · 72 · 63 · 70 | 273 | −15 |
| T10 | Alan McLean | 71 · 70 · 69 · 64 | 274 | |
| T10 | Roger Wessels | 68 · 66 · 69 · 71 | 274 |
The golfer
born 1980-07-30, Johannesburg, South Africa; ENG; turned pro 1998; age 21 that week; tour wins to date: 1; majors to date: 0; world No. 165 that week (OWGR rankBefore (week 3, 2002) from OWGR player profile events table; age 21 stated by Golftoday and The Independent, matches born 1980-07-30 (Wikipedia, OWGR); majors_to_date 0 = Wikipedia major championships table (only win 2013 U.S. Open); tour win 1 = Wikipedia European Tour wins table + season page '(1)').
What’s in the bag
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