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Sunday 20 December 2009European TourYear in Review
Ramsay wins South African Open Championship
Pearl Valley Golf Estates, Western Cape, South Africa (region; the course comes with research) · Thursday 17 to Sunday 20 December 2009 · Richie Ramsay’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 44 m
of daylight on the final day, the sun 86° up at noon, and that night a waxing crescent moon (computed from the date and the place).
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The name over time
Not yet traced: its earlier names, sponsors and courses come with research.
The ones it got away from
- Shiv Kapur IND · 275
156 started, 80 made it
Same week
Nothing else in our record that week.
DP World Tour event
South African Open Championship
Pearl Valley Golf Estates, Pearl Valley Golf Estates, Western Cape, South Africa
4 of 5 researched
Winner
Richie Ramsay
Runner-up not yet researched.
From the papers
BBC Sport
20 December 2009
There's no greater feeling than winning and I'm just a flood of emotions - I'm holding back the tears
Golf Monthly
20 December 2009
Things just went for me, but I am a lot more positive now - I go out believing and thinking I can win.
Top 10
| Pos | Player | Rounds | Total | To par |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Richie Ramsay | 67 · 75 · 68 · 65 | 275 | −13 |
| 2 | Shiv Kapur | 71 · 68 · 69 · 67 | 275 | −13 |
| 3 | Anders Hansen | 66 · 69 · 72 · 69 | 276 | −12 |
| T4 | Edoardo Molinari | 68 · 69 · 69 · 71 | 277 | −11 |
| T4 | Fredrik Andersson Hed | 71 · 68 · 68 · 70 | 277 | −11 |
| T6 | Pablo Martin | 65 · 68 · 72 · 73 | 278 | −10 |
| T6 | Darren Fichardt | 73 · 71 · 68 · 66 | 278 | −10 |
| T8 | Chris Swanepoel Jr. | 72 · 69 · 68 · 70 | 279 | −9 |
| T8 | Michael Jonzon | 68 · 75 · 69 · 67 | 279 | −9 |
| T8 | Michiel Bothma | 68 · 73 · 68 · 70 | 279 | −9 |
| T8 | Soren Hansen | 70 · 72 · 70 · 67 | 279 | −9 |
| T8 | James Kingston | 72 · 66 · 69 · 72 | 279 | −9 |
The golfer
born 1983-06-15, Aberdeen, Scotland; SCO; turned pro 2007; age 26 that week; tour wins to date: 1; majors to date: 0; world No. 240 that week (OWGR rankBefore (week 51, 2009); BBC, Golf Monthly and SGV all state he entered ranked 240th).
What’s in the bag
No bag on file yet