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Sunday 17 February 2013European TourYear in Review
Fichardt wins Africa Open
East London Golf Club, East London, Eastern Cape, South Africa · Thursday 14 to Sunday 17 February 2013 · Darren Fichardt’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
13 h 07 m
of daylight on the final day, the sun 70° up at noon, and that night a first-quarter moon (computed from the date and the place).
- R127°/21°C · wind 27 km/h SW, gusts 54 · 0.2 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R221°/19°C · wind 18 km/h SW, gusts 37 · 8.1 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R326°/19°C · wind 23 km/h ENE, gusts 47 · 0.4 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R428°/21°C · wind 32 km/h ENE, gusts 68 · 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
- Jaco Van Zyl RSA · 274Started the final round tied for the lead but closed with a 73, bogeying the last, to finish two behind. Darren Fichardt wins Africa Open - Golf Monthly
- Gregory Bourdy FRA · 274Eagled the 3rd but gave it back with two bogeys; three late birdies lifted him into a tie for second, two behind. Darren Fichardt wins Africa Open - Golf Monthly
156 started, 78 made it
Same week
DP World Tour event
Africa Open
East London Golf Club, East London Golf Club, East London, Eastern Cape, South Africa
4 of 5 researched
Winner
Darren Fichardt
Runner-up not yet researched.
From the papers
Brand South Africa
19 February 2013
To have my name on the trophy with Charl [Schwartzel], Retief [Goosen] and Louis [Oosthuizen] makes winning here in Buffalo City just so much more special.
Brand South Africa
19 February 2013
I've now won four times on the European Tour. I need to start getting into the majors and world events and contend in those events.
Top 10
| Pos | Player | Rounds | Total | To par |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Darren Fichardt | 69 · 67 · 65 · 71 | 272 | −16 |
| T2 | Gregory Bourdy | 70 · 67 · 67 · 70 | 274 | −14 |
| T2 | Jaco Van Zyl | 66 · 67 · 68 · 73 | 274 | −14 |
| 4 | Garth Mulroy | 72 · 67 · 69 · 67 | 275 | −13 |
| T5 | Andy Sullivan | 70 · 70 · 69 · 68 | 277 | −11 |
| T5 | Desvonde Botes | 74 · 67 · 66 · 70 | 277 | −11 |
| T5 | Tjaart van der Walt | 70 · 68 · 68 · 71 | 277 | −11 |
| T5 | Mark Tullo | 69 · 69 · 68 · 71 | 277 | −11 |
| T9 | Andrew Curlewis | 69 · 73 · 69 · 67 | 278 | −10 |
| T9 | Ricardo Santos | 71 · 66 · 70 · 71 | 278 | −10 |
| T9 | Emiliano Grillo | 70 · 71 · 64 · 73 | 278 | −10 |
The golfer
born 1975-05-13, Pretoria, South Africa; RSA; turned pro 1994; age 37 that week; tour wins to date: 4; majors to date: 0; world No. 146 that week (OWGR rankBefore (week 7, 2013) from OWGR player profile; Reuters: 'his current position of 146').
What’s in the bag
No bag on file yet