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Sunday 22 January 2012European TourYear in Review
Grace wins Volvo Golf Champions
The Links at Fancourt, George, South Africa · Thursday 19 to Sunday 22 January 2012 · Branden Grace’s win no. 2 on the European Tour · purse €2,000,000 EUR · Volvo
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 53 m
of daylight on the final day, the sun 76° up at noon, and that night a waning crescent moon (computed from the date and the place).
- R128°/22°C · wind 15 km/h SSW, gusts 30 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R227°/21°C · wind 18 km/h SSW, gusts 35 · 0.1 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R324°/20°C · wind 24 km/h ESE, gusts 46 · 1.6 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R428°/20°C · wind 23 km/h ESE, gusts 42 · 0.5 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
- Ernie Els RSA · 280
- Retief Goosen RSA · 280
35 started, 35 made it
Same week
DP World Tour event
Volvo Golf Champions
Fancourt (The Links), The Links at Fancourt, George, South Africa
3 of 5 researched
Winner
Branden Grace
Runner-up not yet researched.
Top 10
| Pos | Player | Rounds | Total | To par |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Branden Grace | 68 · 66 · 75 · 71 | 280 | −12 |
| T2 | Ernie Els | 71 · 71 · 71 · 67 | 280 | −12 |
| T2 | Retief Goosen | 72 · 68 · 70 · 70 | 280 | −12 |
| 4 | Nicolas Colsaerts | 64 · 76 · 69 · 72 | 281 | −11 |
| 5 | Charl Schwartzel | 75 · 67 · 68 · 72 | 282 | −10 |
| 6 | José María Olazábal | 71 · 68 · 72 · 73 | 284 | −8 |
| T7 | Raphael Jacquelin | 71 · 69 · 77 · 69 | 286 | −6 |
| T7 | Louis Oosthuizen | 69 · 71 · 72 · 74 | 286 | −6 |
| 9 | Thomas Aiken | 68 · 70 · 77 · 72 | 287 | −5 |
| T10 | Paul Lawrie | 72 · 68 · 74 · 74 | 288 | −4 |
| T10 | Padraig Harrington | 69 · 73 · 70 · 76 | 288 | −4 |
The golfer
born 1988-05-20, Pretoria, South Africa; RSA; turned pro 2007; age 23 that week; tour wins to date: 2; world No. 164 that week (OWGR rankBefore (week 3, 2012) from OWGR player profile).
What’s in the bag
No bag on file yet
From the papers
No clipping yet