Bell's South African Open
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Key Facts

 Dates: Thursday, January 10th through Sunday, January 13th
 Site: Durban Country Club, Durban, South Africa
 Par: 72
 Yardage: 6,733
 Hole-By-Hole: 1 - Par 4 387 yds   10 - Par 5 560 yds
               2 - Par 3 188 yds   11 - Par 4 480 yds
               3 - Par 5 512 yds   12 - Par 3 156 yds
               4 - Par 3 180 yds   13 - Par 4 339 yds
               5 - Par 4 459 yds   14 - Par 5 527 yds
               6 - Par 4 352 yds   15 - Par 3 195 yds
               7 - Par 4 372 yds   16 - Par 4 417 yds
               8 - Par 5 501 yds   17 - Par 4 401 yds
               9 - Par 4 434 yds   18 - Par 4 273 yds
                   -------------        -------------
                    36 3,385 Yds         36 3,348 Yds

 Annual: 91st
 Defending Champion: Mark McNulty
 Runner-Up: Justin Rose
 Tournament Record: 267 (Tony Johnstone, 1993)
 18-Hole Record: 62 (John Bland, 1993 - Durban Country Club)
 Total Purse: $722,752
 Shares: 1st Place - $114,556; 2nd Place - 83,123; 3rd Place - 49,946

                             2001 Finish
                             -----------

 Player                Score              Player                 Score
 ------                -----              ------                 -----
 Mark McNulty           280               Hennie Otto             283
 Justin Rose            281               Bradford Vaughan        284
 Thomas Bjorn           282               Malcolm Mackenzie       284
 Roger Wessels          282               Seven players at        285
 Mikael Lundberg        283

         Past South African Open Championship Winners and Runners-Up
         -----------------------------------------------------------

 2001 -- Mark McNulty (280) -- Justin Rose
 2000 -- Mathias Gronberg (274) -- Darren Fichardt, Nick Price, Ricardo Gonzalez
 1999 -- David Frost (279) -- Jeev Milkha Singh, Scott Dunlap
 1998 -- Ernie Els (270) -- David Frost
 1997 -- Vijay Singh (270) -- Nick Price
 1996 -- Ernie Els (275) -- Brenden Pappas
 1995 -- Retief Goosen (275) -- Ernie Els
 1994 -- Not held in 1994 because of two in 1993
 1993 -- Tony Johnstone (267) -- Ernie Els
 1993 -- Clinton Whitelaw (279) -- Retief Goosen
 1992 -- Ernie Els (275) -- Derek James
 1991 -- Wayne Westner (272) -- Tony Johnstone, Mark James
 1990 -- Trevor Dodds (285) -- Hugh Royer
 1989 -- Fred Wadsworth (278) -- Tom Lehman
 1988 -- Wayne Westner (275) -- Ian Mosey
 1987 -- *Mark McNulty (278) -- Fulton Allem
 1986 -- David Frost (275) -- Tony Johnstone
 1985 -- Gavin Levenson (280) -- Phil Simmons
 1984 -- Tony Johnstone (274) -- Fulton Allem
 1983 -- Charlie Bolling (278) -- Tertius Claassens
 1982 -- Not held
 1981 -- *Gary Player (272) -- John Bland, Warren Humphreys
 1980 -- Bobby Cole (279) -- Mark McNulty
 1979 -- Gary Player (279) -- Ian Mosey
 1978 -- Hugh Baiocchi (285) -- Gary Levenson
 1977 -- Gary Player (273) -- Dale Hayes, Bobby Cole
 1976 -- Gary Player (280) -- Dave Suddards, Bobby Verwey
 1976 -- *Dale Hayes (287) -- John Fourie
 1975 -- Gary Player (278) -- Allan Henning
 1974 -- Bobby Cole (272) -- Allan Henning
 1973 -- Bob Charles (282) -- Vin Baker, Graham Marsh, Bobby Cole
 1972 -- Gary Player (274) -- Bobby Cole
 1971 -- Simon Hobday (276) -- Gary Player
 1970 -- Tommy Horton (285) -- Terry Westbrook
 1969 -- Gary Player (273) -- Trevor Wilkes
 1968 -- Gary Player (274) -- Cobie Legrange
 1967 -- Gary Player (279) -- Allan Henning
 1966 -- Gary Player (278) -- Harold Henning, Cobie Legrange
 1965 -- Gary Player (273) -- John Hayes
 1964 -- Allan Henning (278) -- Bruce Keyter
 1963 -- Retief Waltman (281) -- Papwa Sewgolum
 1962 -- Harold Henning (285) -- Denis Hutchinson
 1961 -- Retief Waltman (289) -- Barry Franklin
 1960 -- Gary Player (280) -- Harold Henning, Tommy Trevena
 1959 -- Denis Hutchinson (282) -- Gary Player
 1958 -- Arthur Stewart (281) -- Bobby Locke
 1957 -- *Harold Henning (289) -- Sandy Guthrie
 1956 -- Gary Player (286) -- Bruce Keyter
 1955 -- Bobby Locke (283) -- Reg Taylor
 1954 -- Reg Taylor (289) -- Jannie le Roux
 1953 -- *Jimmy Boyd (302) -- Otway Hayes
 1952 -- Sid Brews (305) -- Sandy Guthrie
 1951 -- Bobby Locke (277) -- Jimmy Boyd, Harry Bradshaw
 1950 -- Bobby Locke (280) -- Sandy Guthrie
 1949 -- Sid Brews (291) -- Eric Moore
 1948 -- Mickey Janks (298) -- Sandy Guthrie
 1947 -- Ronnie Glennie (293) -- Eric Moore
 1946 -- Bobby Locke (285) -- Steve Boshoff
 1945 -- Not held
 1944 -- Not held
 1943 -- Not held
 1942 -- Not held
 1941 -- Not held
 1940 -- Bobby Locke (293) -- Steve Boshoff
 1939 -- Bobby Locke (279) -- Clarence Olander, Bobby Bodmer
 1938 -- Bobby Locke (279) -- Sid Brews
 1937 -- Bobby Locke (288) -- Clarence Olander
 1936 -- *Clarence Olander (297) -- John Robertson
 1935 -- Bobby Locke (296) -- Jock Verwey
 1934 -- Sid Brews (319) -- Jock Verwey
 1933 -- Sid Brews (297) -- Charles Mcllvenny
 1932 -- Charles Mcllvenny (304) -- Bob Grimsdell
 1931 -- Sid Brews (302) -- Bob Grimsdell, Charles Mcllvenny
 1930 -- Sid Brews (297) -- Jock Brews
 1929 -- Archie Tosh (315) -- Jock Brews
 1928 -- Jock Brews (297) -- Sid Brews
 1927 -- Sid Brews (301) -- Bertie Elkin, Charles Mcllvenny
 1926 -- Jock Brews (301) -- Bertie Elkin
 1925 -- Sid Brews (295) -- Jock Brews
 1924 -- Bertie Elkin (316) -- Jock Brews, Sid Brews
 1923 -- Jock Brews (315) -- Archie Tosh
 1922 -- F. Jangle (310) -- Jock Brews
 1921 -- Jock Brews (316) -- Archie Tosh
 1920 -- Laurie Waters (302) -- Bertie Elkin
 1919 -- W.H. Horne (320) -- H.G. Stewart
 1918 -- Not held
 1917 -- Not held
 1916 -- Not held
 1915 -- Not held
 1914 -- George Fotheringham (299) -- Jock Brews
 1913 -- James Prentice (304) -- J. Binnie, J. Fotheringham
 1912 -- George Fotheringham (305) -- Laurie Waters
 1911 -- George Fotheringham (301) -- Dave Guthrie
 1910 -- George Fotheringham (315) -- A.G. Gray
 1909 -- John Fotheringham (306) -- George Fotheringham
 1908 -- George Fotheringham (294) -- Laurie Waters
 1907 -- Laurie Waters (146) -- A.G. Gray
 1906 -- A.G. Gray (151) -- H. Fraser Watson
 1905 -- A.G. Gray (NA) -- George Fotheringham
 1904 -- Laurie Waters (143) -- A.G. Gray
 1903 -- Laurie Waters (163) -- J.W. Stewart

 * - Won in playoff

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