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Sunday 11 December 2005European TourYear in Review
Els wins Dunhill Championship
Leopard Creek Country Club, Malalane, Mpumalanga, South Africa · Thursday 8 to Sunday 11 December 2005 · Ernie Els’s win no. 22 on the European Tour · purse €1,000,000 EUR · 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 34 m
of daylight on the final day, the sun 88° up at noon, and that night a waxing gibbous moon (computed from the date and the place).
- R132°/18°C · wind 20 km/h SE, gusts 46 · 5.6 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R222°/17°C · wind 20 km/h SSE, gusts 43 · 4.7 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R326°/19°C · wind 16 km/h NNW, gusts 40 · 2.2 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R432°/21°C · wind 12 km/h E, gusts 30 · 0.1 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 · 277Defending champion began three off the lead, birdied the first two holes but bogeyed 10 and 11 and tied for second, three behind. Dunhill Championship 2005 final round report - Golf Today
- Louis Oosthuizen RSA · 277Double-bogeyed the ninth after finding water twice, rallied with four back-nine birdies to tie for second, three behind. Dunhill Championship 2005 final round report - Golf Today
156 started, 77 made it
Same week
Nothing else in our record that week.
DP World Tour event
Dunhill Championship
Leopard Creek Country Club, Leopard Creek Country Club, Malalane, Mpumalanga, South Africa
4 of 5 researched
Winner
Ernie Els
Runner-up not yet researched.
From the papers
Golf Today
11 December 2005
It's a dream, but it took a lot of work and a lot of rehab. After an injury like that, you're unsure of the future and how it will react,
Golf Today
11 December 2005
You have to feel for Ulrich. After the wheels came off on 11 and then again on 16, he never lost his composure.
Golf Today
11 December 2005
I melted down. I hit a bad tee shot on 11 and lost a lot of confidence.
Top 10
| Pos | Player | Rounds | Total | To par |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ernie Els | 71 · 67 · 68 · 68 | 274 | −14 |
| T2 | Charl Schwartzel | 70 · 67 · 70 · 70 | 277 | −11 |
| T2 | Louis Oosthuizen | 69 · 67 · 71 · 70 | 277 | −11 |
| T4 | Bobby Lincoln | 72 · 70 · 73 · 65 | 280 | |
| T4 | David Lynn | 73 · 68 · 71 · 68 | 280 | |
| T4 | Trevor Immelman | 69 · 69 · 74 · 68 | 280 | |
| T4 | Ulrich Van Den Berg | 70 · 69 · 65 · 76 | 280 | |
| T8 | Joakim Haeggman | 70 · 70 · 73 · 68 | 281 | |
| T8 | Sean Farrell | 69 · 68 · 73 · 71 | 281 | |
| T8 | Alan Michell | 70 · 68 · 71 · 72 | 281 | |
| T8 | Jaco Van Zyl | 68 · 71 · 69 · 73 | 281 |
The golfer
born 1969-10-17, Johannesburg, South Africa; RSA; turned pro 1989; age 36 that week; tour wins to date: 22; majors to date: 3; world No. 5 that week (OWGR rankBefore (week 50, 2005) from OWGR player profile events table (Golf Today: 'World number five'); age computed from Wikipedia birth date and event end date; majors 3 = Wikipedia infobox wins before Dec 2005 (U.S. Open 1994, 1997; Open 2002); tour wins = No. 22 in Wikipedia European Tour wins table, and Golf Today's '22nd European Tour triumph').
What’s in the bag
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