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Sunday 12 January 2003European TourYear in Review
Immelman wins South African Airways Open
Erinvale Golf Club, South Africa (region; the course comes with research) · Thursday 9 to Sunday 12 January 2003 · Trevor Immelman’s win no. 1 on the European Tour · purse £500,000 GBP · South African Airways
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 36 m
of daylight on the final day, the sun 84° up at noon, and that night a waxing gibbous moon (computed from the date and the place).
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The name over time
Not yet traced: its earlier names, sponsors and courses come with research.
The ones it got away from
- Tim Clark RSA · 274Defending champion; missed a 15-foot birdie putt on the 72nd hole for outright victory and a similar putt at the first playoff hole; a quadruple bogey on the 16th in round three cost him (Golftoday). Immelman wins first title in playoff - Golftoday
153 started, 81 made it
Same week
DP World Tour event
South African Airways Open
Erinvale Golf Club, Erinvale Golf Club, South Africa
4 of 5 researched
Winner
Trevor Immelman
Runner-up not yet researched.
From the papers
Golftoday
12 January 2003
I've done this plenty of times in my dreams, I'm actually pretty good down the stretch when I'm dreaming. It was just incredible.
The Independent
12 January 2003
It's a dream come true for me. I can't tell you how many times I've walked down these fairways dreaming about a chance to do this.
Golftoday
12 January 2003
I went out today and tried to forget yesterday, but I was unlucky and some putts didn't go in but it is not the end of the world -- I came second.
Top 10
| Pos | Player | Rounds | Total | To par |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Trevor Immelman | 70 · 71 · 66 · 67 | 274 | −14 |
| 2 | Tim Clark | 67 · 67 · 71 · 69 | 274 | −14 |
| T3 | Charl Schwartzel | 75 · 69 · 68 · 65 | 277 | |
| T3 | Tjaart van der Walt | 69 · 76 · 64 · 68 | 277 | |
| T3 | Bobby Lincoln | 71 · 68 · 69 · 69 | 277 | |
| T3 | Bradford Vaughan | 69 · 71 · 68 · 69 | 277 | |
| T3 | Jean Hugo | 66 · 73 · 65 · 73 | 277 | |
| T8 | Stephen Dodd | 71 · 73 · 67 · 67 | 278 | |
| T8 | Andrew Coltart | 68 · 69 · 73 · 68 | 278 | |
| T8 | Gary Murphy | 71 · 67 · 71 · 69 | 278 | |
| T8 | Rolf Muntz | 68 · 70 · 69 · 71 | 278 | |
| T8 | Brian Davis | 71 · 69 · 67 · 71 | 278 | |
| T8 | Justin Rose | 72 · 69 · 66 · 71 | 278 |
The golfer
born 1979-12-16, Cape Town, South Africa; RSA; turned pro 1999; age 23 that week; tour wins to date: 1; majors to date: 0; world No. 100 that week (OWGR rankBefore (week 2, 2003) from OWGR player profile events table; age 23 stated by Golftoday and The Independent; majors_to_date 0 = Wikipedia lists one major, the 2008 Masters, after this date).
What’s in the bag
No bag on file yet