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Sunday 11 November 2018European TourYear in Review
Westwood wins Nedbank Golf Challenge hosted by Gary Player
Gary Player Country Club, Sun City, South Africa · Thursday 8 to Sunday 11 November 2018 · Lee Westwood’s win no. 24 on the European Tour · purse US$7,500,000 USD · Nedbank
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 11 m
of daylight on the final day, the sun 83° up at noon, and that night a waxing crescent moon (computed from the date and the place).
- R125°/13°C · wind 19 km/h NE, gusts 45 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R229°/14°C · wind 12 km/h N, gusts 29 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R331°/16°C · wind 14 km/h N, gusts 34 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R434°/17°C · wind 12 km/h N, gusts 30 · 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
- Sergio Garcia ESP · 276led from the first round into Sunday but closed with a 70 as Westwood came from three behind with a 64 Nedbank Golf Challenge: Big finish from Lee Westwood secures win, first title in four years – ESPN
72 started, 71 made it
Same week
DP World Tour event
Nedbank Golf Challenge hosted by Gary Player
Gary Player Country Club, Gary Player Country Club, Sun City, South Africa
4 of 5 researched
Winner
Lee Westwood
Runner-up not yet researched.
From the papers
ASAP Sports (interview transcript)
11 November 2018
Not really. Pretty emotional. A little bit relieved. Still got it, I guess.
ASAP Sports (interview transcript)
11 November 2018
You know, really sickened me that I kept getting off the first tee and everybody had gold bibs and I didn't have one. I was thinking, it's time you won one of these things.
ESPN
11 November 2018
I'm getting old, I did one for the old men today.
Top 10
| Pos | Player | Rounds | Total | To par |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Lee Westwood | 71 · 69 · 69 · 64 | 273 | −15 |
| 2 | Sergio Garcia | 64 · 71 · 71 · 70 | 276 | −12 |
| 3 | Louis Oosthuizen | 69 · 67 · 72 · 69 | 277 | −11 |
| 4 | Ross Fisher | 71 · 72 · 67 · 70 | 280 | −8 |
| T5 | Haotong Li | 71 · 70 · 75 · 65 | 281 | −7 |
| T5 | Matt Wallace | 69 · 72 · 73 · 67 | 281 | −7 |
| 7 | Thomas Detry | 75 · 66 · 68 · 73 | 282 | −6 |
| 8 | Aaron Rai | 72 · 68 · 75 · 68 | 283 | −5 |
| T9 | Darren Fichardt | 74 · 67 · 71 · 72 | 284 | −4 |
| T9 | Chris Paisley | 72 · 75 · 70 · 67 | 284 | −4 |
The golfer
born 1973-04-24, Worksop, Nottinghamshire, England; ENG; turned pro 1993; age 45 that week; tour wins to date: 24; majors to date: 0; world No. 119 that week (OWGR rankBefore/rankFrom as stated by owgr.com (player profile and event results)).
What’s in the bag
No bag on file yet