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Sunday 23 January 2005European TourYear in Review
Clark wins South African Airways Open
Durban Country Club, Durban, South Africa · Thursday 20 to Sunday 23 January 2005 · Tim Clark’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 35 m
of daylight on the final day, the sun 80° up at noon, and that night a waxing gibbous moon (computed from the date and the place).
- R129°/23°C · wind 29 km/h NE, gusts 54 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R230°/24°C · wind 18 km/h NE, gusts 41 · 3.1 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R328°/24°C · wind 16 km/h S, gusts 31 · 0.4 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R426°/22°C · wind 20 km/h S, gusts 41 · 12.6 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
- Charl Schwartzel RSA · 279Closed with a 68 to share second, six behind Clark, who pulled clear with birdies at the third and fifth. Tim Clark gains second South African Open title - Golf Today
- Gregory Havret FRA · 279Shot a closing 69 to share second, six behind. Tim Clark gains second South African Open title - Golf Today
156 started, 77 made it
Same week
DP World Tour event
South African Airways Open
Durban Country Club (Country Club Course), Durban Country Club, Durban, South Africa
4 of 5 researched
Winner
Tim Clark
Runner-up not yet researched.
From the papers
Golf Today (quoting Sky Sports)
23 January 2005
I played very solid. I just made very few mistakes and made some nice birdies on the back nine. It's awesome to win two South African Opens - now my biggest goal is to win in the States.
Top 10
| Pos | Player | Rounds | Total | To par |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tim Clark | 68 · 71 · 68 · 66 | 273 | −15 |
| T2 | Gregory Havret | 69 · 69 · 72 · 69 | 279 | −9 |
| T2 | Charl Schwartzel | 68 · 72 · 71 · 68 | 279 | −9 |
| T4 | James Kingston | 71 · 70 · 72 · 67 | 280 | −8 |
| T4 | Graeme Storm | 71 · 68 · 69 · 72 | 280 | −8 |
| T4 | Darren Clarke | 72 · 74 · 67 · 67 | 280 | −8 |
| T4 | Nick Dougherty | 73 · 73 · 68 · 66 | 280 | −8 |
| T8 | David Howell | 73 · 70 · 67 · 71 | 281 | |
| T8 | Tjaart van der Walt | 66 · 71 · 70 · 74 | 281 | |
| T8 | Titch Moore | 65 · 70 · 72 · 74 | 281 | |
| T8 | Gregory Bourdy | 75 · 70 · 68 · 68 | 281 |
The golfer
born 1975-12-17, Durban, South Africa; RSA; turned pro 1998; age 29 that week; tour wins to date: 2; world No. 76 that week (OWGR rankBefore (week 4, 2005) from OWGR player profile events table; age 29 stated by Golf Today and consistent with Wikipedia birth date; tour wins = No. 2 in Wikipedia European Tour wins table and the season page's (2); majorwins infobox field blank -> null).
What’s in the bag
No bag on file yet