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Sunday 6 February 2005European TourYear in Review
Parry wins Heineken Classic
Royal Melbourne Golf Club, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia · Thursday 3 to Sunday 6 February 2005 · Craig Parry’s win no. 6 on the European Tour · purse A$2,000,000 AUD · Heineken
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 44 m
of daylight on the final day, the sun 68° up at noon, and that night a waning crescent moon (computed from the date and the place).
- R117°/12°C · wind 36 km/h SSE, gusts 86 · 34.6 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R218°/12°C · wind 9 km/h NNW, gusts 27 · 5.5 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R321°/13°C · wind 20 km/h W, gusts 44 · 1.5 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R420°/12°C · wind 15 km/h W, gusts 33 · 0.2 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
- Nick O'Hern AUS · 270Led by a stroke overnight and closed with a level-par 71, then missed three-metre putts on the first two playoff holes and lost to Parry's birdie on the fourth. Craig Parry beats Nick O'Hern in playoff - Golf Today
156 started, 82 made it
Same week
DP World Tour event
Heineken Classic
Royal Melbourne Golf Club, Royal Melbourne Golf Club, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
4 of 5 researched
Winner
Craig Parry
Runner-up not yet researched.
From the papers
Golf Today
6 February 2005
I played my heart out today and it just didn't happen,
Top 10
| Pos | Player | Rounds | Total | To par |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Craig Parry | 69 · 66 · 65 · 70 | 270 | −14 |
| 2 | Nick O'Hern | 69 · 67 · 63 · 71 | 270 | −14 |
| T3 | Simon Dyson | 68 · 70 · 65 · 68 | 271 | |
| T3 | Jarrod Lyle | 68 · 66 · 66 · 71 | 271 | |
| 5 | Ernie Els | 72 · 64 · 66 · 70 | 272 | |
| T6 | Trevor Immelman | 65 · 69 · 70 · 69 | 273 | |
| T6 | Henrik Stenson | 69 · 66 · 68 · 70 | 273 | |
| T8 | Simon Khan | 69 · 71 · 68 · 66 | 274 | |
| T8 | Peter Lonard | 65 · 68 · 70 · 71 | 274 | |
| 10 | Camilo Villegas | 66 · 71 · 68 · 70 | 275 |
The golfer
born 1966-01-12, Sunshine, Victoria, Australia; AUS; turned pro 1985; age 39 that week; tour wins to date: 6; world No. 65 that week (OWGR rankBefore (week 6, 2005) from OWGR player profile events table; age computed from Wikipedia birth date (12 Jan 1966) and event end date; tour wins = No. 6 in Wikipedia European Tour wins table and the season page's (6); majorwins infobox field blank -> null).
What’s in the bag
No bag on file yet