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Sunday 24 July 2005European TourYear in Review
Fasth wins Deutsche Bank Players Championship of Europe
Gut Kaden Golf Club, Alveslohe (near Hamburg), Germany · Thursday 21 to Sunday 24 July 2005 · Niclas Fasth’s win no. 3 on the European Tour · purse €3,300,000 EUR · Deutsche Bank · Thursday's play washed out by heavy rain; the final 36 holes were played on Sunday
The headline is set by GNN from the record. Reports from the papers of the day are below as they are found.
The weather
15 h 56 m
of daylight on the final day, the sun 56° up at noon, and that night a waning gibbous moon (computed from the date and the place).
- R116°/12°C · wind 29 km/h W, gusts 64 · 22.4 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R220°/15°C · wind 18 km/h WNW, gusts 37 · 2.4 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R317°/14°C · wind 20 km/h WSW, gusts 42 · 0.3 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R420°/13°C · wind 19 km/h WSW, gusts 41 · 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
- Angel Cabrera ARG · 274
156 started, 74 made it
Same week
DP World Tour event
Deutsche Bank Players Championship of Europe
Gut Kaden Golf Club, Gut Kaden Golf Club, Alveslohe (near Hamburg), Germany
4 of 5 researched
Winner
Niclas Fasth
Runner-up not yet researched.
From the papers
ASAP Sports (interview transcript)
24 July 2005
I was okay until the 17th green sort of started to get to me there, but at least I seemed to thrive on this and I'm playing my best when the heat is on.
Golf Today
24 July 2005
Playing 39 holes is tough and I did my best, I got clear but when I made bogey on 18 I knew a good opportunity had escaped. It was never enough.
Top 10
| Pos | Player | Rounds | Total | To par |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Niclas Fasth | 68 · 66 · 72 · 68 | 274 | −14 |
| 2 | Angel Cabrera | 69 · 70 · 68 · 67 | 274 | −14 |
| T3 | John Daly | 74 · 64 · 73 · 65 | 276 | −12 |
| T3 | Stephen Gallacher | 68 · 71 · 68 · 69 | 276 | −12 |
| T5 | Bernhard Langer | 72 · 68 · 69 · 68 | 277 | −11 |
| T5 | Peter Lawrie | 71 · 65 · 70 · 71 | 277 | −11 |
| T5 | Graeme Storm | 70 · 71 · 69 · 67 | 277 | −11 |
| T5 | Bradley Dredge | 66 · 69 · 69 · 73 | 277 | −11 |
| T9 | K.J. Choi | 67 · 71 · 69 · 71 | 278 | |
| T9 | Henrik Stenson | 65 · 72 · 69 · 72 | 278 | |
| T9 | Richard Sterne | 70 · 70 · 67 · 71 | 278 |
The golfer
born 1972-04-29, Gothenburg, Sweden; SWE; turned pro 1993; age 33 that week; tour wins to date: 3; world No. 121 that week (OWGR rankBefore 121 (rankAfter 61) per OWGR player profile events table 2005).
What’s in the bag
No bag on file yet