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Sunday 17 November 2019European TourYear in Review
Fleetwood wins Nedbank Golf Challenge hosted by Gary Player
Gary Player Country Club, Sun City, South Africa · Thursday 14 to Sunday 17 November 2019 · Tommy Fleetwood’s win no. 5 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 18 m
of daylight on the final day, the sun 84° up at noon, and that night a waning gibbous moon (computed from the date and the place).
- R132°/17°C · wind 20 km/h W, gusts 46 · 1.9 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R231°/16°C · wind 11 km/h SE, gusts 28 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R332°/18°C · wind 11 km/h ENE, gusts 28 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R434°/19°C · wind 20 km/h NNW, gusts 46 · 0.5 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
- Marcus Kinhult SWE · 276closed with a 68 to tie at 12 under, then lost the playoff on the first extra hole after a poor tee shot led to bogey Tommy Fleetwood wins Nedbank Challenge after play-off – ESPN
63 started, 63 made it
Same week
Nothing else in our record that 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
Tommy Fleetwood
Runner-up not yet researched.
From the papers
ASAP Sports (interview transcript)
17 November 2019
Feels good. Emotional. It has been a long time coming, and I'm not one to complain, but I really did want to win something.
ASAP Sports (interview transcript)
17 November 2019
Winning honestly wasn't on the agenda at the start of the day, probably not. It was just about putting a good round together and moving on to next week.
ESPN (with Reuters)
17 November 2019
Being a golfer these days you have the chance at a young age to set your family up for life ... it's just really cool when you win a tournament.
Top 10
| Pos | Player | Rounds | Total | To par |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tommy Fleetwood | 69 · 69 · 73 · 65 | 276 | −12 |
| 2 | Marcus Kinhult | 69 · 69 · 70 · 68 | 276 | −12 |
| T3 | Thomas Detry | 66 · 71 · 69 · 74 | 280 | −8 |
| T3 | Jason Scrivener | 69 · 70 · 71 · 70 | 280 | −8 |
| T3 | Bernd Wiesberger | 71 · 69 · 70 · 70 | 280 | −8 |
| T6 | Louis Oosthuizen | 63 · 72 · 71 · 75 | 281 | −7 |
| T6 | Lee Westwood | 68 · 73 · 69 · 71 | 281 | −7 |
| T8 | Zander Lombard | 68 · 65 · 72 · 77 | 282 | −6 |
| T8 | Robert MacIntyre | 73 · 76 · 65 · 68 | 282 | −6 |
| T10 | Matthew Fitzpatrick | 71 · 69 · 73 · 71 | 284 | −4 |
| T10 | Joost Luiten | 72 · 70 · 69 · 73 | 284 | −4 |
| T10 | Kalle Samooja | 72 · 71 · 72 · 69 | 284 | −4 |
The golfer
born 1991-01-19, Southport, Merseyside, England; ENG; turned pro 2010; age 28 that week; tour wins to date: 5; majors to date: 0; world No. 18 that week (OWGR rankBefore/rankFrom as stated by owgr.com (player profile and event results)).
What’s in the bag
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