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Sunday 14 December 2014European TourYear in Review
Grace wins Alfred Dunhill Championship
Leopard Creek Country Club, Malelane, Mpumalanga, South Africa · Thursday 11 to Sunday 14 December 2014 · Branden Grace’s win no. 5 on the European Tour · purse €1,500,000 EUR · Alfred Dunhill
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 34 m
of daylight on the final day, the sun 88° up at noon, and that night a last-quarter moon (computed from the date and the place).
- R130°/21°C · wind 15 km/h SE, gusts 38 · 14.1 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R232°/22°C · wind 14 km/h NNW, gusts 37 · 0.3 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R326°/21°C · wind 23 km/h SSE, gusts 53 · 3.7 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R431°/20°C · wind 14 km/h NE, gusts 32 · 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
- Louis Oosthuizen RSA · 275Closed with a 69 to finish alone in second, seven behind as Grace never looked threatened. Branden Grace wins Alfred Dunhill Championship - Golf Monthly
156 started, 75 made it
Same week
Nothing else in our record that week.
DP World Tour event
Alfred Dunhill Championship
Leopard Creek Country Club, Leopard Creek Country Club, Malelane, Mpumalanga, South Africa
4 of 5 researched
Winner
Branden Grace
Runner-up not yet researched.
From the papers
ESPN (AP)
14 December 2014
It's special to win it wire-to-wire, more so because it's in front of a local crowd.
ESPN (AP)
14 December 2014
It was a pretty flawless round today and the perfect way to finish off an incredible tournament -- a great week in the office,
Golf Monthly
14 December 2014
It's been a long year, a hard, year but now it's a fairytale ending just before Christmas.
Top 10
| Pos | Player | Rounds | Total | To par |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Branden Grace | 62 · 66 · 72 · 68 | 268 | −20 |
| 2 | Louis Oosthuizen | 69 · 69 · 68 · 69 | 275 | −13 |
| 3 | Andrew Johnston | 69 · 67 · 68 · 73 | 277 | −11 |
| T4 | Trevor Fisher Jr | 73 · 67 · 69 · 69 | 278 | −10 |
| T4 | Danny Willett | 66 · 69 · 67 · 76 | 278 | −10 |
| T6 | David Drysdale | 71 · 68 · 71 · 69 | 279 | −9 |
| T6 | Francesco Molinari | 68 · 65 · 70 · 76 | 279 | −9 |
| T8 | Thomas Pieters | 71 · 71 · 68 · 70 | 280 | −8 |
| T8 | Tjaart van der Walt | 67 · 67 · 75 · 71 | 280 | −8 |
| T8 | Shaun Norris | 68 · 67 · 73 · 72 | 280 | −8 |
The golfer
born 1988-05-20, Pretoria, South Africa; RSA; turned pro 2007; age 26 that week; tour wins to date: 5; majors to date: 0; world No. 117 that week (OWGR rankBefore (week 50, 2014) from OWGR player profile API).
What’s in the bag
No bag on file yet