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Friday 26 March 2021European TourYear in Review
Tonder wins Kenya Savannah Classic
Karen Country Club, Nairobi, Kenya · Tuesday 23 to Friday 26 March 2021 · Daniel van Tonder’s win no. 1 on the European Tour · purse €1,000,000 EUR · Tuesday-Friday event (23-26 March), second of two straight events at Karen CC
The headline is set by GNN from the record. Reports from the papers of the day are below as they are found.
The weather
11 h 60 m
of daylight on the final day, the sun 87° up at noon, and that night a waxing gibbous moon (computed from the date and the place).
- R126°/15°C · wind 18 km/h ENE, gusts 45 · 0.4 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R227°/14°C · wind 20 km/h ENE, gusts 44 · 0.4 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R329°/13°C · wind 18 km/h ENE, gusts 40 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R428°/14°C · wind 16 km/h ENE, gusts 36 · 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
- Jazz Janewattananond THA · 263Missed his birdie putt on the 72nd hole and finished level; lost when van Tonder birdied the third playoff hole. Van Tonder hits right note to beat Jazz and win Savannah Classic (Reuters via ESPN)
156 started · cut -4, 73 made it
Same week
DP World Tour event
Kenya Savannah Classic
Karen Country Club, Karen Country Club, Nairobi, Kenya
4 of 5 researched
Winner
Daniel van Tonder
Runner-up not yet researched.
From the papers
Reuters via ESPN
26 March 2021
I'm overwhelmed, very happy. Me and my wife have been a good team winning together,
Reuters via ESPN
26 March 2021
If it wasn't for the Sunshine Tour, I don't think we would have done this.
Top 10
| Pos | Player | Rounds | Total | To par |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Daniel van Tonder | 65 · 64 · 70 · 64 | 263 | −21 |
| 2 | Jazz Janewattananond | 66 · 68 · 65 · 64 | 263 | −21 |
| T3 | Calum Hill | 67 · 68 · 65 · 64 | 264 | −20 |
| T3 | Sam Horsfield | 66 · 68 · 66 · 64 | 264 | −20 |
| T5 | Jacques Kruyswijk | 70 · 64 · 68 · 64 | 266 | −18 |
| T5 | David Drysdale | 65 · 65 · 69 · 67 | 266 | −18 |
| T7 | Matthias Schwab | 66 · 70 · 66 · 65 | 267 | −17 |
| T7 | Joost Luiten | 64 · 68 · 70 · 65 | 267 | −17 |
| T7 | Victor Dubuisson | 67 · 66 · 68 · 66 | 267 | −17 |
| T10 | Nino Bertasio | 67 · 70 · 68 · 63 | 268 | −16 |
| T10 | Darius Van Driel | 70 · 62 · 69 · 67 | 268 | −16 |
| T10 | Marcus Armitage | 65 · 67 · 67 · 69 | 268 | −16 |
| T10 | Darren Fichardt | 65 · 66 · 68 · 69 | 268 | −16 |
The golfer
born 1991-03-12, Soweto, South Africa; RSA; turned pro 2011; age 30 that week; tour wins to date: 1; majors to date: 0; world No. 140 that week (OWGR rankBefore (OWGR player profile events table)).
What’s in the bag
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