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Sunday 4 March 2018European TourYear in Review
Coetzee wins Tshwane Open
Pretoria Country Club, Pretoria, Gauteng, South Africa · Thursday 1 to Sunday 4 March 2018 · George Coetzee’s win no. 4 on the European Tour · purse R15,000,000 ZAR · final round suspended for thunder and lightning at 3.37pm (resumed 1 hour 34 minutes later, with a further 17-minute delay); completed Sunday
The headline is set by GNN from the record. Reports from the papers of the day are below as they are found.
The weather
12 h 28 m
of daylight on the final day, the sun 71° up at noon, and that night a waning gibbous moon (computed from the date and the place).
- R129°/15°C · wind 13 km/h SE, gusts 24 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R227°/15°C · wind 16 km/h E, gusts 26 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R328°/14°C · wind 12 km/h NE, gusts 26 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R428°/15°C · wind 12 km/h E, gusts 27 · 0.6 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
- Sam Horsfield ENG · 268Playing partner of the leader; birdied his last three holes for a 67 but finished two behind. George Coetzee Captures Second Tshwane Open Title - Pro Golf Weekly
157 started, 74 made it
Same week
DP World Tour event
Tshwane Open
Pretoria Country Club, Pretoria Country Club, Pretoria, Gauteng, South Africa
4 of 5 researched
Winner
George Coetzee
Runner-up not yet researched.
From the papers
Pro Golf Weekly (European Tour interview)
4 March 2018
I broke my ankle and I kind of needed to show myself that I could win on Tour again and it’s nice to come and do it again in front of the home crowd,
Today's Golfer (European Tour interview)
4 March 2018
On the eighth hole I started making everything, me and the greens became one. That really made it easier for me to not worry so much about where I’m hitting it.
Top 10
| Pos | Player | Rounds | Total | To par |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | George Coetzee | 67 · 64 · 68 · 67 | 266 | −18 |
| 2 | Sam Horsfield | 68 · 69 · 64 · 67 | 268 | −16 |
| 3 | Mikko Korhonen | 68 · 64 · 69 · 68 | 269 | −15 |
| T4 | Daniel van Tonder | 67 · 72 · 66 · 65 | 270 | −14 |
| T4 | Sebastien Gros | 69 · 70 · 66 · 65 | 270 | −14 |
| T4 | Felipe Aguilar | 65 · 67 · 71 · 67 | 270 | −14 |
| 7 | Scott Jamieson | 67 · 69 · 67 · 68 | 271 | −13 |
| T8 | Pedro Oriol | 71 · 69 · 71 · 62 | 273 | −11 |
| T8 | Thomas Aiken | 65 · 71 · 67 · 70 | 273 | −11 |
| 10 | Erik van Rooyen | 68 · 68 · 67 · 71 | 274 | −10 |
The golfer
born 1986-07-18, Pretoria, South Africa; RSA; turned pro 2007; age 31 that week; tour wins to date: 4; majors to date: 0; world No. 140 that week (OWGR rankBefore (owgr.com player profile)).
What’s in the bag
No bag on file yet