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Sunday 9 February 2014European TourYear in Review

Coetzee wins Joburg Open

Royal Johannesburg & Kensington Golf Club, Johannesburg, South Africa · Thursday 6 to Sunday 9 February 2014 · George Coetzee’s win no. 1 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 01 m

of daylight on the final day, the sun 79° up at noon, and that night a waxing gibbous moon (computed from the date and the place).

  1. R126°/19°C · wind 17 km/h ESE, gusts 32 · 6.9 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
  2. R226°/18°C · wind 18 km/h E, gusts 39 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
  3. R328°/18°C · wind 11 km/h ESE, gusts 25 · 10.6 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
  4. R424°/18°C · wind 15 km/h NNE, gusts 34 · 0.3 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

210 started, 76 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, South Africa

4 of 5 researched

Winner

George Coetzee

268Total
−19To par
3 strokesMargin

Runner-up not yet researched.

From the papers

Associated Press (via ESPN)

I'm lost for words. I've been waiting a while and I started doubting so I'm very happy.

George Coetzee, quoted in Associated Press (via ESPN), 9 February 2014. The report

Associated Press (via ESPN)

It was my mum's birthday yesterday and I wanted to do it for her as I forgot to buy her a present.

George Coetzee, quoted in Associated Press (via ESPN), 9 February 2014. The report
Top 10
PosPlayerRoundsTotalTo par
1George Coetzee65 · 68 · 69 · 66268−19
T2Tyrrell Hatton67 · 69 · 69 · 66271−16
T2Jin Jeong65 · 69 · 66 · 71271−16
T2Justin Walters64 · 70 · 64 · 73271−16
T5Andrew Sullivan66 · 72 · 69 · 65272−15
T5Alvaro Quiros69 · 68 · 69 · 66272−15
T5Matthew Baldwin68 · 69 · 68 · 67272−15
T5Thomas Aiken70 · 65 · 63 · 74272−15
9Daniel van Tonder65 · 72 · 69 · 67273
T10Robert-Jan Derksen65 · 74 · 67 · 68274
T10Ross Fisher69 · 69 · 68 · 68274
T10Seve Benson68 · 68 · 70 · 68274
T10Anthony Wall69 · 70 · 66 · 69274
T10David Horsey70 · 63 · 70 · 71274
T10Roope Kakko70 · 64 · 67 · 73274
The golfer

born 1986-07-18, Pretoria, South Africa; RSA; turned pro 2007; age 27 that week; tour wins to date: 1; majors to date: 0; world No. 74 that week (OWGR rankBefore (owgr.com player profile)).

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What’s in the bag

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