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Sunday 3 April 2005European TourYear in Review

Broadhurst wins Estoril Open de Portugal

Quinta da Marinha Oitavos Golfe, Cascais, Portugal · Thursday 31 March to Sunday 3 April 2005 · Paul Broadhurst’s win no. 5 on the European Tour · purse €1,250,000 EUR · Estoril · Saturday's rain delays forced six players, Broadhurst among them, to complete their third rounds on Sunday (Irish Times; Golf Today).

The headline is set by GNN from the record. Reports from the papers of the day are below as they are found.

The weather

12 h 31 m

of daylight on the final day, the sun 56° up at noon, and that night a waning crescent moon (computed from the date and the place).

  1. R124°/14°C · wind 25 km/h ESE, gusts 40 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
  2. R218°/14°C · wind 23 km/h SSW, gusts 36 · 0.8 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
  3. R315°/14°C · wind 27 km/h SW, gusts 51 · 9.4 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
  4. R417°/13°C · wind 19 km/h W, gusts 28 · 1 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

156 started, 75 made it

Same week

DP World Tour event

Estoril Open de Portugal

Quinta da Marinha Oitavos Golfe, Quinta da Marinha Oitavos Golfe, Cascais, Portugal

4 of 5 researched

Winner

Paul Broadhurst

271Total
−13To par
1 strokeMargin

Runner-up not yet researched.

From the papers

Golf Today

I should have been further ahead in case something like that happened (the 17th). One poor shot killed me.

Paul Lawrie, quoted in Golf Today, 3 April 2005. The report
Top 10
PosPlayerRoundsTotalTo par
1Paul Broadhurst68 · 66 · 70 · 67271−13
2Paul Lawrie69 · 67 · 66 · 70272−12
3Jose-Filipe Lima69 · 65 · 69 · 70273−11
4Richard Sterne71 · 67 · 70 · 66274−10
5Barry Lane68 · 67 · 68 · 72275−9
6Stephen Dodd68 · 69 · 70 · 69276
7Gary Emerson73 · 71 · 66 · 67277
T8Jamie Donaldson75 · 68 · 72 · 64279
T8Charl Schwartzel72 · 65 · 74 · 68279
T8Ian Garbutt70 · 66 · 73 · 70279
T8Stephen Scahill67 · 70 · 72 · 70279
T8Niclas Fasth70 · 71 · 68 · 70279
T8Ignacio Garrido71 · 66 · 71 · 71279
The golfer

born 1965-08-14, Walsall, West Midlands, England; ENG; turned pro 1988; age 39 that week; tour wins to date: 5; world No. 198 that week (OWGR rankBefore (week 14, 2005) from OWGR player profile events table; age computed from Wikipedia birth date and the event end date (BBC: 'turns 40 this year'); majors_to_date null (infobox majorwins blank); tour_wins_to_date = No. 5 in Wikipedia European Tour wins table and season page (5); Irish Times calls him 'the 39-year-old').

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