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Sunday 10 February 2013European TourYear in Review
Sterne wins Joburg Open
Royal Johannesburg & Kensington Golf Club, Johannesburg, Gauteng, South Africa · Thursday 7 to Sunday 10 February 2013 · Richard Sterne’s win no. 6 on the European Tour · purse €1,300,000 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 00 m
of daylight on the final day, the sun 79° up at noon, and that night a new moon (computed from the date and the place).
- R128°/14°C · wind 16 km/h WNW, gusts 34 · 0.4 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R228°/16°C · wind 20 km/h NW, gusts 41 · 2.6 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R328°/16°C · wind 12 km/h N, gusts 32 · 0.3 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R423°/16°C · wind 13 km/h N, gusts 32 · 3.5 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
- Charl Schwartzel RSA · 267Birdied 17 and 18 for a closing 66 but finished seven shots behind the bogey-free Sterne. Sterne breaks five-year trophy drought - Gulf News
210 started, 69 made it
Same week
DP World Tour event
Joburg Open
Royal Johannesburg & Kensington Golf Club (East and West courses), Royal Johannesburg & Kensington Golf Club, Johannesburg, Gauteng, South Africa
4 of 5 researched
Winner
Richard Sterne
Runner-up not yet researched.
From the papers
Associated Press via ESPN
10 February 2013
At one point the pain was so bad that I even wondered if I'd ever play golf again. But now I know I can.
Gulf News
10 February 2013
The only thing that kept me going was all the other South Africans, they kept winning lots of events and I thought to myself if they can do it, so can I.
Associated Press via ESPN
10 February 2013
That was probably the best final round of my career.
Top 10
| Pos | Player | Rounds | Total | To par |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Richard Sterne | 63 · 65 · 68 · 64 | 260 | −27 |
| 2 | Charl Schwartzel | 68 · 65 · 68 · 66 | 267 | −20 |
| T3 | Ricardo Santos | 70 · 65 · 69 · 64 | 268 | −19 |
| T3 | Felipe Aguilar | 67 · 66 · 68 · 67 | 268 | −19 |
| T3 | George Coetzee | 67 · 64 · 70 · 67 | 268 | −19 |
| T6 | Keith Horne | 67 · 66 · 71 · 65 | 269 | −18 |
| T6 | Thomas Aiken | 67 · 70 · 66 · 66 | 269 | −18 |
| T6 | Trevor Fisher Jr | 66 · 62 · 68 · 73 | 269 | −18 |
| T9 | Garth Mulroy | 70 · 68 · 65 · 67 | 270 | −17 |
| T9 | Lorenzo Gagli | 67 · 68 · 68 · 67 | 270 | −17 |
The golfer
born 1981-08-27, Pretoria, South Africa; RSA; turned pro 2001; age 31 that week; tour wins to date: 6; majors to date: 0; world No. 94 that week (OWGR rankBefore (week 6, 2013) from OWGR player profile; OWGR event page rankFrom 94).
What’s in the bag
No bag on file yet