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Sunday 10 January 2010European TourYear in Review
Schwartzel wins Africa Open
East London Golf Club, East London, Eastern Cape, South Africa · Thursday 7 to Sunday 10 January 2010 · Charl Schwartzel’s win no. 4 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
14 h 02 m
of daylight on the final day, the sun 79° up at noon, and that night a waning crescent moon (computed from the date and the place).
- R127°/20°C · wind 22 km/h SSW, gusts 46 · 1.9 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R223°/20°C · wind 18 km/h S, gusts 37 · 3.9 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R327°/20°C · wind 25 km/h ENE, gusts 51 · 0.4 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R433°/22°C · wind 18 km/h NNE, gusts 47 · 2.2 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
- Thomas Aiken RSA · 273
156 started, 67 made it
Same week
DP World Tour event
Africa Open
East London Golf Club, East London Golf Club, East London, Eastern Cape, South Africa
3 of 5 researched
Winner
Charl Schwartzel
Runner-up not yet researched.
Top 10
| Pos | Player | Rounds | Total | To par |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Charl Schwartzel | 67 · 70 · 68 · 67 | 272 | −20 |
| 2 | Thomas Aiken | 67 · 67 · 69 · 70 | 273 | −19 |
| 3 | Jbe Kruger | 69 · 68 · 67 · 70 | 274 | −18 |
| T4 | Trevor Fisher Jr | 66 · 66 · 71 · 72 | 275 | −17 |
| T4 | Chris Swanepoel Jr. | 71 · 68 · 68 · 68 | 275 | −17 |
| T4 | Rick Kulacz | 72 · 69 · 67 · 67 | 275 | −17 |
| T4 | James Morrison | 68 · 70 · 69 · 68 | 275 | −17 |
| T8 | Miles Tunnicliff | 68 · 71 · 67 · 70 | 276 | −16 |
| T8 | Pelle Edberg | 69 · 68 · 70 · 69 | 276 | −16 |
| T8 | Branden Grace | 70 · 70 · 70 · 66 | 276 | −16 |
| T8 | Michiel Bothma | 69 · 69 · 70 · 68 | 276 | −16 |
| T8 | James Kingston | 68 · 69 · 71 · 68 | 276 | −16 |
The golfer
born 1984-08-31, Johannesburg, South Africa; RSA; turned pro 2002; age 25 that week; tour wins to date: 4; majors to date: 0; world No. 66 that week (OWGR rankBefore (week 2, 2010) from OWGR player profile; SGV also states world rank 66 entering the event).
What’s in the bag
No bag on file yet
From the papers
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