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Sunday 18 December 2005European TourYear in Review
Goosen wins South African Airways Open
The Links at Fancourt, South Africa · Thursday 15 to Sunday 18 December 2005 · Retief Goosen’s win no. 13 on the European Tour · purse €1,000,000 EUR · 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
14 h 16 m
of daylight on the final day, the sun 79° up at noon, and that night a waning gibbous moon (computed from the date and the place).
- R125°/17°C · wind 17 km/h S, gusts 35 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R223°/16°C · wind 22 km/h SSW, gusts 41 · 2.8 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R320°/14°C · wind 28 km/h SW, gusts 49 · 2.7 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R421°/14°C · wind 20 km/h SE, gusts 40 · 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
- Ernie Els RSA · 283Closed with 68 after three straight birdies from the 14th, but his eagle putt on the 18th skirted the lip and Goosen birdied the last two holes to win by one. Retief Goosen holds off Ernie Els to claim win - Golf Today
156 started, 80 made it
Same week
Nothing else in our record that week.
DP World Tour event
South African Airways Open
The Links at Fancourt, The Links at Fancourt, South Africa
3 of 5 researched
Winner
Retief Goosen
Runner-up not yet researched.
Top 10
| Pos | Player | Rounds | Total | To par |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Retief Goosen | 73 · 70 · 69 · 70 | 282 | −10 |
| 2 | Ernie Els | 76 · 70 · 69 · 68 | 283 | |
| T3 | Darren Fichardt | 78 · 69 · 69 · 74 | 290 | −2 |
| T3 | Gregory Bourdy | 75 · 75 · 70 · 70 | 290 | −2 |
| T5 | Mattias Eliasson | 70 · 75 · 72 · 75 | 292 | |
| T5 | Keith Horne | 73 · 72 · 72 · 75 | 292 | |
| T5 | Gregory Havret | 72 · 74 · 74 · 72 | 292 | |
| 8 | Francesco Molinari | 71 · 75 · 72 · 75 | 293 | |
| T9 | Tim Clark | 68 · 78 · 72 · 76 | 294 | +2 |
| T9 | Ross Fisher | 68 · 70 · 78 · 78 | 294 | +2 |
The golfer
born 1969-02-03, Pietersburg (Polokwane), South Africa; RSA; turned pro 1990; age 36 that week; tour wins to date: 13; majors to date: 2; world No. 4 that week (OWGR rankBefore (week 51, 2005) from OWGR player profile events table (Golf Today also calls him world number four); age computed from Wikipedia birth date and event end date; majors 2 = Wikipedia infobox U.S. Open wins 2001 and 2004; tour wins = No. 13 in Wikipedia European Tour wins table).
What’s in the bag
No bag on file yet
From the papers
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