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Sunday 12 January 2020European Tour · sunshineYear in Review
Grace wins South African Open
Randpark Golf Club, Johannesburg, South Africa · Thursday 9 to Sunday 12 January 2020 · Branden Grace’s win no. 9 on the European Tour · purse R17,500,000 ZAR
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 30 m
of daylight on the final day, the sun 86° up at noon, and that night a waning gibbous moon (computed from the date and the place).
- R126°/19°C · wind 14 km/h NNE, gusts 32 · 0.6 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R223°/17°C · wind 24 km/h E, gusts 47 · 10 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R323°/16°C · wind 17 km/h ENE, gusts 38 · 2.5 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R427°/16°C · wind 8 km/h ENE, gusts 24 · 2.3 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 · 266the defending champion finished three shots back after Grace closed with a 62 2020 South African Open final results: Prize money payout and leaderboard - Golf News Net
240 started · cut -4, 76 made it
Same week
DP World Tour event
South African Open
Randpark Golf Club (Firethorn Course), Randpark Golf Club, Johannesburg, South Africa
4 of 5 researched
Winner
Branden Grace
Runner-up not yet researched.
From the papers
ESPN (Reuters wire)
12 January 2020
That was remarkable, I'm lost for words ... I can't remember the last time the putter was that hot.
ESPN (Reuters wire)
12 January 2020
This is the one I really wanted, my concentration was great and I played really well.
Top 10
| Pos | Player | Rounds | Total | To par |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Branden Grace | 64 · 70 · 67 · 62 | 263 | −21 |
| 2 | Louis Oosthuizen | 65 · 69 · 64 · 68 | 266 | −18 |
| 3 | Marcus Armitage | 65 · 72 · 62 · 69 | 268 | −16 |
| T4 | Jaco Ahlers | 66 · 66 · 68 · 69 | 269 | −15 |
| T4 | Jack Senior | 67 · 66 · 69 · 67 | 269 | −15 |
| T6 | George Coetzee | 65 · 69 · 68 · 69 | 271 | −13 |
| T6 | Hennie Du Plessis | 67 · 67 · 69 · 68 | 271 | −13 |
| T6 | Jc Ritchie | 63 · 72 · 67 · 69 | 271 | −13 |
| T6 | Martin Rohwer | 66 · 71 · 64 · 70 | 271 | −13 |
| T6 | Jayden Trey Schaper | 65 · 67 · 69 · 70 | 271 | −13 |
| T6 | Andy Sullivan | 66 · 68 · 67 · 70 | 271 | −13 |
The golfer
born 1988-05-20; RSA; age 31 that week; tour wins to date: 9; world No. 129 that week (OWGR rankBefore (OWGR player profile events table)).
What’s in the bag
No bag on file yet