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Sunday 9 October 2005European TourYear in Review
Bickerton wins Abama Open de Canarias
Abama Golf Club, Tenerife, Canary Islands, Spain (region; the course comes with research) · Thursday 6 to Sunday 9 October 2005 · John Bickerton’s win no. 1 on the European Tour · purse €450,000 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
11 h 10 m
of daylight on the final day, the sun 42° up at noon, and that night a waxing crescent moon (computed from the date and the place).
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The name over time
Not yet traced: its earlier names, sponsors and courses come with research.
The ones it got away from
- Stuart Little ENG · 279One behind overnight after double-bogeying the 54th hole; closed with a 72 to tie for second, five back. John Bickerton gains maiden European Tour win - Golf Today (Wayback Machine copy)
- Michael Kirk RSA · 279Closed with a 69 to tie for second; the result lifted him 20 places to second on the Challenge Tour rankings. John Bickerton gains maiden European Tour win - Golf Today (Wayback Machine copy)
132 started, 71 made it
Same week
DP World Tour event
Abama Open de Canarias
Abama Golf Club, Abama Golf Club, Tenerife, Canary Islands, Spain
4 of 5 researched
Winner
John Bickerton
Runner-up not yet researched.
From the papers
Golf Today (Reuters copy)
9 October 2005
I was very worried about the card, because it's your whole living, but that made me more determined this week and I coped with the pressure.
BBC Sport
9 October 2005
It's your career, your future lies on this game and a few quid makes such a difference.
Top 10
| Pos | Player | Rounds | Total | To par |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | John Bickerton | 69 · 68 · 69 · 68 | 274 | −10 |
| T2 | Stuart Little | 68 · 67 · 72 · 72 | 279 | −5 |
| T2 | Michael Kirk | 69 · 66 · 75 · 69 | 279 | −5 |
| T4 | Mark Roe | 69 · 68 · 71 · 72 | 280 | −4 |
| T4 | Marc Warren | 68 · 71 · 72 · 69 | 280 | −4 |
| T4 | Johan Axgren | 72 · 67 · 71 · 70 | 280 | −4 |
| T7 | Fredrik Widmark | 70 · 73 · 67 · 71 | 281 | |
| T7 | Lee Slattery | 69 · 72 · 71 · 69 | 281 | |
| T9 | Jose Manuel Carriles | 72 · 70 · 66 · 74 | 282 | |
| T9 | Stephen Scahill | 70 · 66 · 73 · 73 | 282 |
The golfer
born 1969-12-23, Redditch, England; ENG; turned pro 1991; age 35 that week; tour wins to date: 1; world No. 353 that week (OWGR rankBefore (player profile, week 41 2005)).
What’s in the bag
No bag on file yet