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Sunday 9 January 2011European TourYear in Review
Oosthuizen wins Africa Open
East London Golf Club, East London, South Africa · Thursday 6 to Sunday 9 January 2011 · Louis Oosthuizen’s win no. 3 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 03 m
of daylight on the final day, the sun 79° up at noon, and that night a waxing crescent moon (computed from the date and the place).
- R128°/21°C · wind 26 km/h ENE, gusts 53 · 0.1 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R229°/21°C · wind 30 km/h NE, gusts 59 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R330°/21°C · wind 19 km/h SE, gusts 39 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R428°/21°C · wind 13 km/h SSW, gusts 32 · 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
- Chris Wood ENG · 276
- Manuel Quiros ESP · 276
156 started, 71 made it
Same week
DP World Tour event
Africa Open
East London Golf Club, East London Golf Club, East London, South Africa
3 of 5 researched
Winner
Louis Oosthuizen
Runner-up not yet researched.
Top 10
| Pos | Player | Rounds | Total | To par |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Louis Oosthuizen | 70 · 67 · 69 · 70 | 276 | −16 |
| T2 | Chris Wood | 72 · 69 · 67 · 68 | 276 | −16 |
| T2 | Manuel Quiros | 71 · 68 · 68 · 69 | 276 | −16 |
| T4 | Charl Schwartzel | 69 · 70 · 68 · 70 | 277 | −15 |
| T4 | Steven O'Hara | 72 · 71 · 68 · 66 | 277 | −15 |
| T4 | Jaco Van Zyl | 67 · 70 · 70 · 70 | 277 | −15 |
| 7 | Robert Dinwiddie | 69 · 74 · 66 · 69 | 278 | −14 |
| T8 | Miles Tunnicliff | 67 · 69 · 72 · 71 | 279 | −13 |
| T8 | Eirik Tage Johansen | 71 · 71 · 70 · 67 | 279 | −13 |
| T8 | Branden Grace | 67 · 69 · 72 · 71 | 279 | −13 |
| T8 | Jbe Kruger | 68 · 72 · 67 · 72 | 279 | −13 |
| T8 | Shaun Norris | 70 · 73 · 70 · 66 | 279 | −13 |
| T8 | Markus Brier | 70 · 66 · 70 · 73 | 279 | −13 |
The golfer
born 1982-10-19, Mossel Bay, South Africa; RSA; turned pro 2002; age 28 that week; tour wins to date: 3; majors to date: 1; world No. 21 that week (OWGR rankBefore (week 2, 2011) from OWGR player profile).
What’s in the bag
No bag on file yet
From the papers
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