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Sunday 28 August 2005European TourYear in Review
Howell wins BMW International Open
Golfclub München Eichenried, Munich, Germany · Thursday 25 to Sunday 28 August 2005 · David Howell’s win no. 2 on the European Tour · purse €2,000,000 EUR · BMW
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 24 m
of daylight on the final day, the sun 51° up at noon, and that night a waning crescent moon (computed from the date and the place).
- R122°/13°C · wind 15 km/h SW, gusts 28 · 1.7 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R219°/13°C · wind 16 km/h W, gusts 29 · 0.1 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R322°/10°C · wind 11 km/h NE, gusts 20 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R423°/14°C · wind 8 km/h N, gusts 21 · 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
- John Daly USA · 266
- Brett Rumford AUS · 266closed with a 65 to tie Daly one stroke behind Howell BMW International Open 2005 final day scores - Golf Today (Wayback Machine copy)
156 started, 70 made it
Same week
DP World Tour event
BMW International Open
Golfclub München Eichenried, Golfclub München Eichenried, Munich, Germany
4 of 5 researched
Winner
David Howell
Runner-up not yet researched.
From the papers
Golf Today
28 August 2005
I just told myself I was the best putter in the world and went for it,
Top 10
| Pos | Player | Rounds | Total | To par |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | David Howell | 66 · 68 · 66 · 65 | 265 | −23 |
| T2 | John Daly | 68 · 69 · 65 · 64 | 266 | −22 |
| T2 | Brett Rumford | 65 · 67 · 69 · 65 | 266 | −22 |
| T4 | Niclas Fasth | 71 · 68 · 64 · 64 | 267 | −21 |
| T4 | Soren Kjeldsen | 67 · 69 · 65 · 66 | 267 | −21 |
| 6 | Paul McGinley | 68 · 69 · 66 · 65 | 268 | −20 |
| 7 | Simon Dyson | 69 · 68 · 70 · 62 | 269 | −19 |
| 8 | Simon Khan | 68 · 65 · 68 · 69 | 270 | |
| T9 | Raphael Jacquelin | 72 · 68 · 64 · 67 | 271 | |
| T9 | Bradley Dredge | 67 · 67 · 69 · 68 | 271 |
The golfer
born 1975-06-23, Swindon, Wiltshire, England; ENG; turned pro 1995; age 30 that week; tour wins to date: 2; world No. 30 that week (OWGR rankBefore 30 (rankAfter 22) per OWGR player profile events table 2005).
What’s in the bag
No bag on file yet