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Sunday 7 August 2005European TourYear in Review
Canonica wins Johnnie Walker Championship at Gleneagles
Gleneagles Hotel (PGA Centenary Course), Auchterarder, Perthshire, Scotland · Thursday 4 to Sunday 7 August 2005 · Emanuele Canonica’s win no. 1 on the European Tour · purse £1,400,000 GBP · Johnnie Walker
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 27 m
of daylight on the final day, the sun 50° up at noon, and that night a waxing crescent moon (computed from the date and the place).
- R116°/12°C · wind 22 km/h WSW, gusts 53 · 1.7 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R217°/11°C · wind 22 km/h W, gusts 50 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R318°/8°C · wind 16 km/h WNW, gusts 36 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R419°/7°C · wind 17 km/h NNW, gusts 39 · 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
- Nicolas Colsaerts BEL · 283led by two overnight but closed with a 75, three straight bogeys from the 13th ending his chance Emanuele Canonica wins after 14 years - Golf Today (Wayback Machine copy)
- Barry Lane ENG · 283closed with a 70 to share second, two behind Emanuele Canonica wins after 14 years - Golf Today (Wayback Machine copy)
- Bradley Dredge WAL · 283closed with a 72 to share second, two behind Emanuele Canonica wins after 14 years - Golf Today (Wayback Machine copy)
- David Lynn ENG · 283set the clubhouse target with a closing 69 and shared second, two behind Emanuele Canonica wins after 14 years - Golf Today (Wayback Machine copy)
156 started, 85 made it
Same week
DP World Tour event
Johnnie Walker Championship at Gleneagles
Gleneagles Hotel, PGA Centenary Course, Gleneagles Hotel (PGA Centenary Course), Auchterarder, Perthshire, Scotland
4 of 5 researched
Winner
Emanuele Canonica
Runner-up not yet researched.
From the papers
Golf Today
7 August 2005
I nearly stopped playing at the end of last season because my confidence had nearly gone,
Golf Today
7 August 2005
I stayed on the fairways by hitting one-irons and two-irons. I can hit my one-iron as long as some guys drive anyway.
BBC Sport
7 August 2005
They said I was too good a player and must keep going, so I decided to give it another two years,
Top 10
| Pos | Player | Rounds | Total | To par |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Emanuele Canonica | 70 · 71 · 69 · 71 | 281 | −7 |
| T2 | Barry Lane | 73 · 74 · 66 · 70 | 283 | −5 |
| T2 | David Lynn | 70 · 71 · 73 · 69 | 283 | −5 |
| T2 | Bradley Dredge | 70 · 72 · 69 · 72 | 283 | −5 |
| T2 | Nicolas Colsaerts | 70 · 71 · 67 · 75 | 283 | −5 |
| T6 | Wade Ormsby | 73 · 73 · 66 · 72 | 284 | |
| T6 | Francesco Molinari | 75 · 69 · 71 · 69 | 284 | |
| T8 | Gary Orr | 77 · 71 · 69 · 68 | 285 | |
| T8 | Steve Webster | 71 · 67 · 74 · 73 | 285 | |
| T8 | Raphael Jacquelin | 75 · 66 · 76 · 68 | 285 | |
| T8 | Richard Bland | 71 · 71 · 68 · 75 | 285 | |
| T8 | Sam Little | 71 · 68 · 75 · 71 | 285 |
The golfer
born 1971-01-07, Moncalieri, Italy; ITA; turned pro 1991; age 34 that week; tour wins to date: 1; world No. 353 that week (OWGR rankBefore 353 (rankAfter 197) per OWGR player profile events table 2005; '353rd in the world' also stated by Golf Today and The Irish Times).
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