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Sunday 6 March 2005European TourYear in Review
Els wins Dubai Desert Classic
Emirates Golf Club, Dubai, United Arab Emirates · Thursday 3 to Sunday 6 March 2005 · Ernie Els’s win no. 19 on the European Tour · purse US$2,200,000 USD
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 36 m
of daylight on the final day, the sun 59° up at noon, and that night a waning crescent moon (computed from the date and the place).
- R125°/16°C · wind 19 km/h SW, gusts 31 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R226°/14°C · wind 16 km/h SE, gusts 21 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R325°/17°C · wind 22 km/h SSE, gusts 32 · 0.1 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R426°/14°C · wind 17 km/h WSW, gusts 28 · 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
- Miguel Angel Jimenez ESP · 270Led by one entering the final round and by two with nine to play; bogeyed the 13th, birdied 16, then two-putted for par at the 18th, missing a birdie putt for a playoff after Els holed for eagle. Els edges out Jimenez for victory - BBC Sport
- Stephen Dodd WAL · 270Blemish-free closing 66, birdieing the par-five 18th, to post 18 under and wait; finished tied second. Ernie Els clinches title with dramatic eagle - Golf Today
150 started, 80 made it
Same week
DP World Tour event
Dubai Desert Classic
Emirates Golf Club (Majlis course), Emirates Golf Club, Dubai, United Arab Emirates
4 of 5 researched
Winner
Ernie Els
Runner-up not yet researched.
From the papers
ASAP Sports (interview transcript)
6 March 2005
I've had some near misses where it looked like I should have or could have won, but I didn't, and this one, I kind of pulled it out of a hat, you know, so it's a bit strange for me.
ASAP Sports (interview transcript)
6 March 2005
I hit it firm and I say, okay, only hit the lip, hit it firm and the putt didn't drop. That's it, that's the game of golf
Top 10
| Pos | Player | Rounds | Total | To par |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ernie Els | 66 · 68 · 67 · 68 | 269 | −19 |
| T2 | Miguel Angel Jimenez | 67 · 65 · 68 · 70 | 270 | −18 |
| T2 | Stephen Dodd | 70 · 65 · 69 · 66 | 270 | −18 |
| 4 | Colin Montgomerie | 70 · 67 · 66 · 69 | 272 | −16 |
| 5 | Gregory Havret | 70 · 68 · 69 · 68 | 275 | −13 |
| T6 | Lee Westwood | 70 · 68 · 67 · 71 | 276 | |
| T6 | Robert Karlsson | 69 · 70 · 68 · 69 | 276 | |
| T6 | Nick Dougherty | 69 · 70 · 69 · 68 | 276 | |
| T9 | David Howell | 67 · 71 · 69 · 70 | 277 | |
| T9 | Soren Kjeldsen | 70 · 70 · 68 · 69 | 277 |
The golfer
born 1969-10-17, Johannesburg, South Africa; RSA; turned pro 1989; age 35 that week; tour wins to date: 19; majors to date: 3; world No. 3 that week (OWGR rankBefore (week 10, 2005) from OWGR player profile events table; Golf Today also calls him 'South Africa's world number three'. Age computed from Wikipedia birth date and event end date; majors 3 = Wikipedia infobox wins before March 2005 (U.S. Open 1994, 1997; Open 2002); tour_wins_to_date = No. 19 in Wikipedia European Tour wins table (season page (19))).
What’s in the bag
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