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Sunday 19 June 2005European TourYear in Review
Bäckström wins Aa St Omer Open
Aa Saint Omer Golf Club, Lumbres, France · Thursday 16 to Sunday 19 June 2005 · Joakim Bäckström’s win no. 1 on the European Tour · purse €400,000 EUR
The headline is set by GNN from the record. Reports from the papers of the day are below as they are found.
The weather
16 h 16 m
of daylight on the final day, the sun 63° up at noon, and that night a waxing gibbous moon (computed from the date and the place).
- R119°/12°C · wind 24 km/h SW, gusts 47 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R221°/15°C · wind 22 km/h WSW, gusts 41 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R327°/14°C · wind 14 km/h ESE, gusts 31 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R430°/16°C · wind 14 km/h SE, gusts 30 · 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
- Paul Dwyer ENG · 280Closed with a 68 to tie at 280, then missed a two-foot putt to bogey the first playoff hole. Joakim Backstrom wins in playoff - Aa Saint Omer Open 2005 - Golf Today (Wayback Machine copy)
156 started, 77 made it
Same week
DP World Tour event
Aa St Omer Open
Aa Saint Omer Golf Club (Val Course), Aa Saint Omer Golf Club, Lumbres, France
4 of 5 researched
Winner
Joakim Bäckström
Runner-up not yet researched.
From the papers
Golf Today
19 June 2005
Having a one-year exemption means everything
Top 10
| Pos | Player | Rounds | Total | To par |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Joakim Bäckström | 72 · 70 · 68 · 70 | 280 | −4 |
| 2 | Paul Dwyer | 73 · 68 · 71 · 68 | 280 | −4 |
| T3 | James Heath | 70 · 66 · 73 · 72 | 281 | −3 |
| T3 | Steven Jeppesen | 73 · 70 · 70 · 68 | 281 | −3 |
| T3 | Michael Jonzon | 69 · 73 · 71 · 68 | 281 | −3 |
| T6 | Ross Fisher | 70 · 70 · 68 · 74 | 282 | −2 |
| T6 | James Hepworth | 69 · 71 · 69 · 73 | 282 | −2 |
| T6 | Ben Mason | 71 · 74 · 70 · 67 | 282 | −2 |
| T6 | Alvaro Salto | 74 · 69 · 69 · 70 | 282 | −2 |
| T6 | Carl Suneson | 74 · 69 · 65 · 74 | 282 | −2 |
The golfer
born 1978-03-16, Umeå, Sweden; SWE; turned pro 1999; age 27 that week; tour wins to date: 1; world No. 805 that week (OWGR rankBefore (week 25, 2005) from OWGR player profile events table).
What’s in the bag
No bag on file yet