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Sunday 19 January 2003European TourYear in Review
Foster wins Dunhill Championship
Houghton Golf Club, Johannesburg, South Africa · Thursday 16 to Sunday 19 January 2003 · Mark Foster’s win no. 1 on the European Tour · purse £500,000 GBP · Dunhill · weather: Saturday thunderstorms; the third round was completed from 6.30am on Sunday before the final round (The Independent)
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 25 m
of daylight on the final day, the sun 84° up at noon, and that night a waning gibbous moon (computed from the date and the place).
- R131°/17°C · wind 21 km/h NNW, gusts 43 · 2.1 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R230°/16°C · wind 26 km/h NNE, gusts 52 · 2.4 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R330°/16°C · wind 13 km/h NNW, gusts 32 · 5 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R427°/17°C · wind 20 km/h N, gusts 40 · 2.9 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
- Bradford Vaughan RSA · 273Missed a six-foot birdie putt on the 72nd hole for the title, then lost the six-man playoff to Foster's eagle at the second extra hole. Foster defies illness to triumph - The Independent
- Doug McGuigan SCO · 273Took two to escape a bunker on the 17th for a double-bogey six while leading; eliminated at the first playoff hole after missing from six feet. Foster defies illness to triumph - The Independent
- Paul Lawrie SCO · 273Set the clubhouse target of 15 under with a closing 67; lost the playoff at the second extra hole. Foster defies illness to triumph - The Independent
- Trevor Immelman RSA · 273Eagled the 18th for an inward 31 to tie; birdied both playoff holes but lost to Foster's eagle at the second. Foster defies illness to triumph - The Independent
- Anders Hansen DEN · 273Eagled the 18th to join the playoff, then went out with a par five at the first extra hole. Foster defies illness to triumph - The Independent
155 started, 80 made it
Same week
DP World Tour event
Dunhill Championship
Houghton Golf Club, Houghton Golf Club, Johannesburg, South Africa
4 of 5 researched
Winner
Mark Foster
Runner-up not yet researched.
From the papers
The Independent
19 January 2003
I'd just told my caddy to go and get me a Mars bar in case we needed to go down the hole again because I felt my legs were going!
The Independent
19 January 2003
Withdrawing was an option. I was very tired after being up all night with a bug, I'm not sure if it was something I ate or to do with the sun.
The Independent
19 January 2003
But I threw it away on 16 and 17. Not so much three–putting on 16 for par, but leaving that shot in the bunker on 17. I'm probably going to dream about that now.
Top 10
| Pos | Player | Rounds | Total | To par |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mark Foster | 70 · 66 · 69 · 68 | 273 | −15 |
| T2 | Paul Lawrie | 68 · 73 · 67 · 65 | 273 | −15 |
| T2 | Trevor Immelman | 69 · 67 · 70 · 67 | 273 | |
| T2 | Doug McGuigan | 69 · 67 · 69 · 68 | 273 | |
| T2 | Anders Hansen | 70 · 65 · 69 · 69 | 273 | |
| T2 | Bradford Vaughan | 70 · 66 · 66 · 71 | 273 | |
| T7 | Justin Rose | 73 · 67 · 70 · 65 | 275 | |
| T7 | Richard Sterne | 68 · 67 · 70 · 70 | 275 | |
| T9 | Steen Tinning | 72 · 69 · 68 · 67 | 276 | |
| T9 | Paul Casey | 67 · 76 · 65 · 68 | 276 | |
| T9 | Ian Poulter | 70 · 68 · 68 · 70 | 276 |
The golfer
born 1975-08-01, Worksop, Nottinghamshire, England; ENG; turned pro 1995; age 27 that week; tour wins to date: 1; world No. 364 that week (OWGR rankBefore (week 3, 2003) from OWGR player profile events table; age 27 stated by The Independent (born 1975-08-01, Wikipedia/OWGR); majors_to_date null: Wikipedia infobox field blank).
What’s in the bag
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