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Sunday 15 January 2012European TourYear in Review
Grace wins Joburg Open
Royal Johannesburg and Kensington Golf Club, Johannesburg, South Africa (region; the course comes with research) · Thursday 12 to Sunday 15 January 2012 · Branden Grace’s win no. 1 on the European Tour · purse €1,300,000 EUR · weather: lengthy thunderstorm delays on the first two days and Saturday; third round completed on Sunday morning
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 33 m
of daylight on the final day, the sun 84° up at noon, and that night a last-quarter 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
- Jamie Elson ENG · 271
210 started, 67 made it
Same week
DP World Tour event
Joburg Open
Royal Johannesburg and Kensington Golf Club (East and West Courses), Royal Johannesburg and Kensington Golf Club, Johannesburg, South Africa
4 of 5 researched
Winner
Branden Grace
Runner-up not yet researched.
From the papers
Brand South Africa (quoting the Sunshine Tour website)
16 January 2012
It's been a long time coming and it's nice to take my first win at home. Hard work and consistency paid off.
Brand South Africa
16 January 2012
I didn't really look at the leaderboard, but I did see that Jamie was 16-under and finished, so I knew it was up to my hands. But I stuck to my game plan and that was enough at the end.
Top 10
| Pos | Player | Rounds | Total | To par |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Branden Grace | 67 · 66 · 65 · 72 | 270 | −17 |
| 2 | Jamie Elson | 63 · 75 · 70 · 63 | 271 | −16 |
| T3 | David Drysdale | 65 · 72 · 69 · 67 | 273 | −14 |
| T3 | Jaco Van Zyl | 67 · 69 · 69 · 68 | 273 | −14 |
| T3 | Trevor Fisher Jr | 68 · 68 · 69 · 68 | 273 | −14 |
| T3 | Marc Warren | 66 · 69 · 70 · 68 | 273 | −14 |
| T3 | Dawie van der Walt | 70 · 66 · 67 · 70 | 273 | −14 |
| T3 | Michiel Bothma | 68 · 66 · 68 · 71 | 273 | −14 |
| T9 | George Murray | 65 · 69 · 73 · 67 | 274 | −13 |
| T9 | Bernd Wiesberger | 70 · 66 · 69 · 69 | 274 | −13 |
| T9 | Robert Rock | 65 · 67 · 72 · 70 | 274 | −13 |
| T9 | Jbe Kruger | 67 · 66 · 69 · 72 | 274 | −13 |
The golfer
born 1988-05-20, Pretoria, South Africa; RSA; turned pro 2007; age 23 that week; tour wins to date: 1; world No. 258 that week (OWGR rankBefore (week 2, 2012) from OWGR player profile).
What’s in the bag
No bag on file yet