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Sunday 26 November 2023DP World TourYear in Review
Burmester wins Joburg Open
Houghton Golf Club, Johannesburg, Gauteng, South Africa · Thursday 23 to Sunday 26 November 2023 · Dean Burmester’s win no. 3 on the DP World Tour · purse R20,500,000 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 29 m
of daylight on the final day, the sun 85° up at noon, and that night a waxing gibbous moon (computed from the date and the place).
- R131°/18°C · wind 20 km/h NNE, gusts 39 · 0.1 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R231°/19°C · wind 22 km/h N, gusts 45 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R330°/18°C · wind 19 km/h NNE, gusts 40 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R430°/19°C · wind 16 km/h N, gusts 35 · 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
- Darren Fichardt RSA · 265finished three shots behind; 54-hole leader Thriston Lawrence shot 75 and fell to T7 2023 Joburg Open final results: Prize money payout, leaderboard and how much each golfer won
156 started · cut E, 72 made it
Same week
Nothing else in our record that week.
DP World Tour event
Joburg Open
Houghton Golf Club, Houghton Golf Club, Johannesburg, Gauteng, South Africa
4 of 5 researched
Winner
Dean Burmester
Runner-up not yet researched.
From the papers
Sky Sports
26 November 2023
I was a little rusty coming in but my team did such a great job getting me ready for this week … It paid off.
Top 10
| Pos | Player | Rounds | Total | To par |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dean Burmester | 68 · 62 · 68 · 64 | 262 | −18 |
| 2 | Darren Fichardt | 66 · 67 · 68 · 64 | 265 | −15 |
| 3 | Dan Bradbury | 66 · 69 · 68 · 64 | 267 | −13 |
| T4 | Zander Lombard | 66 · 65 · 69 · 68 | 268 | −12 |
| T4 | Jacques Kruyswijk | 66 · 64 · 69 · 69 | 268 | −12 |
| 6 | Nikhil Rama | 65 · 62 · 72 · 70 | 269 | −11 |
| T7 | Gavin Green | 70 · 69 · 67 · 64 | 270 | −10 |
| T7 | Thriston Lawrence | 62 · 66 · 67 · 75 | 270 | −10 |
| T9 | Darius Van Driel | 67 · 73 · 68 · 63 | 271 | −9 |
| T9 | Jayden Schaper | 66 · 70 · 67 · 68 | 271 | −9 |
| T9 | Christiaan Bezuidenhout | 69 · 66 · 68 · 68 | 271 | −9 |
The golfer
born 1989-06-02, Mutare, Zimbabwe; RSA; turned pro 2010; age 34 that week; tour wins to date: 3; majors to date: 0; world No. 154 that week (OWGR rankBefore for the Joburg Open week (OWGR player profile events table, 2023)).
What’s in the bag
No bag on file yet