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Sunday 14 December 2008European TourYear in Review
Sterne wins Alfred Dunhill Championship
Leopard Creek, Malelane, South Africa · Thursday 11 to Sunday 14 December 2008 · Richard Sterne’s win no. 4 on the European Tour · purse €1,000,000 EUR · Alfred 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 35 m
of daylight on the final day, the sun 88° up at noon, and that night a waning gibbous moon (computed from the date and the place).
- R136°/21°C · wind 12 km/h N, gusts 32 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R230°/23°C · wind 14 km/h SE, gusts 33 · 3.5 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R333°/22°C · wind 10 km/h E, gusts 30 · 2.4 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R435°/23°C · wind 11 km/h N, gusts 32 · 1.3 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
- Johan Edfors SWE · 272Closing 66 with five back-nine birdies set the target, one short after Sterne birdied three in a row from the 13th. Richard Sterne Wins Alfred Dunhill Championship (results with prize money) - Golf Monthly
- Robert Rock ENG · 272Closed with 70 to tie for second, one behind. Golf: Sterne wins Alfred Dunhill Championship (AP) - The Honolulu Advertiser, 14 Dec 2008
156 started, 70 made it
Same week
Nothing else in our record that week.
DP World Tour event
Alfred Dunhill Championship
Leopard Creek Country Club, Leopard Creek, Malelane, South Africa
4 of 5 researched
Winner
Richard Sterne
Runner-up not yet researched.
From the papers
AOL golf news, reprinted by Scottish Golf View
14 December 2008
I actually only saw the leaderboard on 16 and thought the leaders will probably be on 17 or 18 under. So I got a bit of a surprise when I was leading by one.
AOL golf news, reprinted by Scottish Golf View
14 December 2008
The back nine I gave away two very weak bogeys on 10 and 12, but I came back strong and that's what counts on those last six holes on a Sunday.
Top 10
| Pos | Player | Rounds | Total | To par |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Richard Sterne | 68 · 66 · 68 · 69 | 271 | −17 |
| T2 | Johan Edfors | 66 · 69 · 71 · 66 | 272 | −16 |
| T2 | Robert Rock | 66 · 67 · 69 · 70 | 272 | −16 |
| T4 | Rafael Cabrera Bello | 66 · 71 · 68 · 68 | 273 | −15 |
| T4 | Thomas Aiken | 72 · 65 · 61 · 75 | 273 | −15 |
| T6 | Alan McLean | 68 · 74 · 66 · 66 | 274 | −14 |
| T6 | Keith Horne | 70 · 69 · 65 · 70 | 274 | −14 |
| T8 | Michael Jonzon | 65 · 72 · 70 · 68 | 275 | −13 |
| T8 | David Lynn | 68 · 68 · 66 · 73 | 275 | −13 |
| T8 | Tyrone Mordt | 68 · 67 · 68 · 72 | 275 | −13 |
| T8 | Oskar Henningsson | 69 · 64 · 69 · 73 | 275 | −13 |
| T8 | Alvaro Velasco | 68 · 69 · 67 · 71 | 275 | −13 |
| T8 | Robert Dinwiddie | 69 · 70 · 68 · 68 | 275 | −13 |
The golfer
born 1981-08-27, Pretoria, South Africa; RSA; turned pro 2001; age 27 that week; tour wins to date: 4; majors to date: 0; world No. 113 that week (OWGR rankBefore (week 50, 2008) from OWGR player profile; Scottish Golf View/AOL also calls him world number 113).
What’s in the bag
No bag on file yet