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Sunday 12 January 2014European TourYear in Review
Oosthuizen wins Volvo Golf Champions
Durban Country Club, Durban, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa · Thursday 9 to Sunday 12 January 2014 · Louis Oosthuizen’s win no. 7 on the European Tour · purse US$4,000,000 USD · 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 46 m
of daylight on the final day, the sun 82° up at noon, and that night a waxing gibbous moon (computed from the date and the place).
- R129°/23°C · wind 30 km/h NE, gusts 56 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R228°/23°C · wind 27 km/h S, gusts 48 · 0.6 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R327°/23°C · wind 14 km/h S, gusts 32 · 2.8 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R433°/23°C · wind 27 km/h ENE, gusts 53 · 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
- Branden Grace RSA · 277Posted 11 under with a closing 68; Oosthuizen birdied the 17th to tie him and the 18th to win by one. Louis Oosthuizen clutch in triumph (Associated Press) - ESPN
36 started, 36 made it
Same week
DP World Tour event
Volvo Golf Champions
Durban Country Club, Durban Country Club, Durban, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa
4 of 5 researched
Winner
Louis Oosthuizen
Runner-up not yet researched.
From the papers
ASAP Sports (interview transcript)
12 January 2014
And then 18, everyone thinks you just need to make a birdie, but around that green, it's not easy, and luckily I was far enough where I could pitch it back into the grain and I could get it close.
ASAP Sports (interview transcript)
12 January 2014
It's a good thing before the cricket is coming. Yeah, I think the home crowd is really spurring us along, and I saw Branden up there and I knew he wasn't going away.
ASAP Sports (interview transcript)
12 January 2014
It was terrible watching it. You'd rather just go and walk with the guy and see what they are doing coming in.
Top 10
| Pos | Player | Rounds | Total | To par |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Louis Oosthuizen | 68 · 69 · 71 · 68 | 276 | −12 |
| 2 | Branden Grace | 74 · 67 · 68 · 68 | 277 | −11 |
| T3 | Joost Luiten | 70 · 67 · 70 · 71 | 278 | −10 |
| T3 | Tommy Fleetwood | 70 · 67 · 69 · 72 | 278 | −10 |
| T5 | Padraig Harrington | 71 · 71 · 70 · 67 | 279 | −9 |
| T5 | Raphael Jacquelin | 67 · 73 · 70 · 69 | 279 | −9 |
| T5 | Victor Dubuisson | 69 · 69 · 69 · 72 | 279 | −9 |
| T8 | Thomas Aiken | 72 · 72 · 70 · 67 | 281 | −7 |
| T8 | Julien Quesne | 74 · 73 · 66 · 68 | 281 | −7 |
| T10 | Thomas Bjørn | 79 · 68 · 67 · 69 | 283 | −5 |
| T10 | Matteo Manassero | 72 · 67 · 73 · 71 | 283 | −5 |
| T10 | Brett Rumford | 73 · 70 · 68 · 72 | 283 | −5 |
The golfer
born 1982-10-19, Mossel Bay, South Africa; RSA; turned pro 2002; age 31 that week; tour wins to date: 7; majors to date: 1; world No. 34 that week (OWGR rankBefore (week 2, 2014) from OWGR player profile; OWGR event page rankFrom 34).
What’s in the bag
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