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Sunday 18 January 2004European TourYear in Review
Immelman wins South African Airways Open
Erinvale Golf Course, Somerset West, South Africa · Thursday 15 to Sunday 18 January 2004 · Trevor Immelman’s win no. 2 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 59 m
of daylight on the final day, the sun 77° up at noon, and that night a waning crescent moon (computed from the date and the place).
- R123°/15°C · wind 14 km/h SSW, gusts 37 · 2 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R228°/16°C · wind 20 km/h SE, gusts 52 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R331°/16°C · wind 18 km/h SE, gusts 43 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R432°/16°C · wind 19 km/h ESE, gusts 50 · 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
- Alastair Forsyth SCO · 279Closed with a 68 to share second, three behind; never got within reach as Immelman made five birdies in his first 10 holes. Immelman retains title - BBC Sport
- Steve Webster ENG · 279Closed with a 71 to share second, three behind. Immelman retains South African Open title - Golftoday
156 started, 76 made it
Same week
DP World Tour event
South African Airways Open
Erinvale Golf Course, Erinvale Golf Course, Somerset West, South Africa
4 of 5 researched
Winner
Trevor Immelman
Runner-up not yet researched.
From the papers
BBC Sport
18 January 2004
Those guys are legends in South African sport and it is fantastic for me to have done something that they have done,
Golftoday (Wayback Machine copy)
18 January 2004
I just decided on Friday that I wasn't going to leave any more wedge shots short of the hole and I wanted to be aggressive and fly them at least to the hole, if not past and trust the yardages.
BBC Sport
18 January 2004
I have struggled with my driving which is strange because it is normally one of the strongest parts of my game,
Top 10
| Pos | Player | Rounds | Total | To par |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Trevor Immelman | 71 · 69 · 69 · 67 | 276 | −12 |
| T2 | Steve Webster | 66 · 75 · 67 · 71 | 279 | −9 |
| T2 | Alastair Forsyth | 68 · 69 · 74 · 68 | 279 | −9 |
| 4 | Darren Fichardt | 69 · 75 · 67 · 70 | 281 | −7 |
| T5 | Marcus Fraser | 74 · 71 · 67 · 70 | 282 | |
| T5 | Raphael Jacquelin | 68 · 71 · 70 · 73 | 282 | |
| T5 | David Carter | 74 · 69 · 71 · 68 | 282 | |
| T5 | Miles Tunnicliff | 70 · 71 · 72 · 69 | 282 | |
| T9 | Nico van Rensburg | 67 · 70 · 75 · 71 | 283 | |
| T9 | Anders Hansen | 70 · 69 · 68 · 76 | 283 | |
| T9 | Stephen Dodd | 65 · 73 · 72 · 73 | 283 | |
| T9 | Titch Moore | 71 · 69 · 75 · 68 | 283 | |
| T9 | Brett Rumford | 64 · 74 · 73 · 72 | 283 | |
| T9 | Sven Struver | 70 · 72 · 74 · 67 | 283 | |
| T9 | Stephen Scahill | 67 · 72 · 75 · 69 | 283 |
The golfer
born 1979-12-16, Cape Town, South Africa; RSA; turned pro 1999; age 24 that week; tour wins to date: 2; majors to date: 0; world No. 56 that week (OWGR rankBefore (week 3, 2004) from OWGR player profile events table; age 24 stated by Golftoday and BBC Sport; European Tour win No. 2 per Wikipedia wins table and season page; majors_to_date 0: the only major win in his Wikipedia majors table is the 2008 Masters).
What’s in the bag
No bag on file yet