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Joburg Open Preview

Round 1: Tyrone Ferreira & Mark Murless share lead

Round 2: Mark Murless eagles way in to lead

Round 3: Mark Murless extends lead to two shots

Round 4: Richard Sterne claims title in a playoff

Joburg Open Scores

2008 European Tour Schedule and Results

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DATES: Thursday, January 10th - Sunday, January 13th

SITE: Royal Johannesburg and Kensington Golf Club, Johannesburg, South Africa

COURSE ARCHITECT: West Course - Laurie Waters (1909), Mark Muller (1998),

East Course - Robert Grimsdell (1935), Mark Muller (1998)

PAR: 71

YARDAGE: 7,119 (West Course)

Hole-By-Hole:	1 - Par 4 409 yds	10 - Par 4 422 yds
	2 - Par 5 536 yds	11 - Par 4 372 yds
	3 - Par 4 465 yds	12 - Par 4 451 yds
	4 - Par 4 386 yds	13 - Par 3 206 yds
	5 - Par 3 121 yds	14 - Par 4 475 yds
	6 - Par 4 408 yds	15 - Par 5 535 yds
	7 - Par 4 492 yds	16 - Par 3 178 yds
	8 - Par 3 234 yds	17 - Par 4 381 yds
	9 - Par 5 554 yds	18 - Par 4 494 yds
	-------------	-------------
	36 3,605 Yds	35 3,514 Yds

PAR: 71

YARDAGE: 7,590 (East Course)

Hole-By-Hole:	1 - Par 4 516 yds	10 - Par 4 518 yds
	2 - Par 3 253 yds	11 - Par 4 500 yds
	3 - Par 4 475 yds	12 - Par 3 198 yds
	4 - Par 4 476 yds	13 - Par 4 420 yds
	5 - Par 3 177 yds	14 - Par 4 452 yds
	6 - Par 5 580 yds	15 - Par 4 481 yds
	7 - Par 4 420 yds	16 - Par 3 208 yds
	8 - Par 5 553 yds	17 - Par 4 387 yds
	9 - Par 4 425 yds	18 - Par 5 551 yds
	-------------	-------------
	36 3,875 Yds	35 3,710 Yds

Annual:	2nd
Defending Champion:	Ariel Canete
Runner-Up:	Andrew McLardy
Tournament Record:	266 (Ariel Canete, 2007)
54-Hole Record:	199 (Ariel Canete, 2007)
36-Hole Record:	132 (James Kingston, Hennie Otto, Jake Roos, 2007)
Course Record:	63 (Andrew McLardy, 2007 - East Course)
	64 (Edoardo Molinari, 2007 - West Course)
Total Purse:	$1,616,197
Shares:	1st Place - $256,167; 2nd Place - $185,862; 3rd Place - $111,848

2007 Finish
Player	Score	Player	Score
Ariel Canete	266	Adilson Da Silva	273
Andrew McLardy	268	Edward Rush	273
Hennie Otto	269	James Kingston	274
Alex Haindl	272	Doug McGuigan	274
Mark Murless	272	Edoardo Molinari	274
		Terry Pilkadaris	274

Past Joburg Open Winners
Year	Winner (Score) -- Runners-Up
2007	Ariel Canete (266) -- Andrew McLardy

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