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Sunday 14 January 2007European TourYear in Review
Canete wins Joburg Open
Royal Johannesburg & Kensington Golf Club, Johannesburg, South Africa · Thursday 11 to Sunday 14 January 2007 · Ariel Canete’s win no. 1 on the European Tour · purse €1,000,000 EUR
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 29 m
of daylight on the final day, the sun 85° up at noon, and that night a waning crescent moon (computed from the date and the place).
- R128°/15°C · wind 12 km/h NW, gusts 28 · 2.1 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R228°/14°C · wind 12 km/h W, gusts 33 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R330°/16°C · wind 22 km/h NNW, gusts 40 · 2 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R428°/16°C · wind 16 km/h NNW, gusts 35 · 2.3 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
- Andrew McLardy RSA · 268Bogeyed the 1st and 10th but made five birdies for a 68; level with Canete after 16 holes, he lost when Canete birdied the 17th and got up and down from a greenside bunker for birdie at the 18th. Ariel Canete gains maiden European Tour win - Golf Today (Wayback copy of dead page)
204 started, 83 made it
Same week
DP World Tour event
Joburg Open
Royal Johannesburg & Kensington Golf Club, Royal Johannesburg & Kensington Golf Club, Johannesburg, South Africa
4 of 5 researched
Winner
Ariel Canete
Runner-up not yet researched.
From the papers
Golf Monthly
15 January 2007
I was in Argentina and it was the holidays. I thought to myself let's go to South Africa and give it a try, you never know. Now I am very, very happy,
Golf Today
14 January 2007
I hit a good shot from the bunker and then I looked at the putt and thought 'I have to make this, just one more putt'.
Golf Today
14 January 2007
I was not even practising and my friend phoned to say I must go and play because I would have a good chance because the field was not the best.
Top 10
| Pos | Player | Rounds | Total | To par |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ariel Canete | 66 · 68 · 65 · 67 | 266 | −19 |
| 2 | Andrew McLardy | 63 · 72 · 65 · 68 | 268 | |
| 3 | Hennie Otto | 65 · 67 · 70 · 67 | 269 | −16 |
| T4 | Mark Murless | 64 · 71 · 69 · 68 | 272 | −13 |
| T4 | Alex Haindl | 68 · 68 · 66 · 70 | 272 | −13 |
| T6 | Adilson da Silva | 71 · 65 · 69 · 68 | 273 | |
| T6 | Edward Rush | 70 · 67 · 67 · 69 | 273 | −12 |
| T8 | James Kingston | 66 · 66 · 72 · 70 | 274 | |
| T8 | Doug McGuigan | 68 · 67 · 71 · 68 | 274 | |
| T8 | Terry Pilkadaris | 67 · 66 · 74 · 67 | 274 | |
| T8 | Edoardo Molinari | 64 · 71 · 69 · 70 | 274 |
The golfer
born 1975-02-07, Santa Teresita, Buenos Aires, Argentina; ARG; turned pro 1995; age 31 that week; tour wins to date: 1; majors to date: 0; world No. 438 that week (OWGR rankBefore (week 2, 2007) from OWGR player profile events table; age 31 stated by Golf Monthly and matches Wikipedia birth date).
What’s in the bag
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