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Sunday 2 October 2005European TourYear in Review

Montgomerie wins Dunhill Links Championship

Old Course, St Andrews, Fife, Scotland · Thursday 29 September to Sunday 2 October 2005 · Colin Montgomerie’s win no. 29 on the European Tour · purse US$5,000,000 USD · Dunhill

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 04 m

of daylight on the final day, the sun 29° up at noon, and that night a new moon (computed from the date and the place).

  1. R114°/10°C · wind 28 km/h WSW, gusts 47 · 2.6 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
  2. R218°/11°C · wind 36 km/h SW, gusts 62 · 2.5 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
  3. R314°/10°C · wind 34 km/h W, gusts 61 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
  4. R415°/9°C · wind 26 km/h W, gusts 44 · 0.4 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

  • Kenneth Ferrie ENG · 280

168 started, 72 made it

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