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Sunday 11 September 2005European TourYear in Review
Goosen wins Linde German Masters
Golf Club Gut Lärchenhof, Pulheim, near Cologne, Germany · Thursday 8 to Sunday 11 September 2005 · Retief Goosen’s win no. 12 on the European Tour · purse €3,000,000 EUR · Linde
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 38 m
of daylight on the final day, the sun 43° up at noon, and that night a first-quarter moon (computed from the date and the place).
- R129°/15°C · wind 8 km/h SSE, gusts 24 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R226°/18°C · wind 11 km/h WNW, gusts 21 · 5.8 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R324°/17°C · wind 13 km/h WSW, gusts 17 · 7.9 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R419°/17°C · wind 11 km/h NNW, gusts 26 · 7.4 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
- Nick Dougherty ENG · 269
- Henrik Stenson SWE · 269Joint overnight leader; closed with a 68 and could not make the birdie at the 18th he needed to force a play-off. Retief Goosen holds on to claim narrow win - Golf Today (Wayback Machine copy)
- Jose Maria Olazabal ESP · 269Closed with a 66 to share second. Retief Goosen holds on to claim narrow win - Golf Today (Wayback Machine copy)
- David Lynn ENG · 269Closed with a 67 to share second. Retief Goosen holds on to claim narrow win - Golf Today (Wayback Machine copy)
132 started, 72 made it
Same week
DP World Tour event
Linde German Masters
Golf Club Gut Lärchenhof, Golf Club Gut Lärchenhof, Pulheim, near Cologne, Germany
4 of 5 researched
Winner
Retief Goosen
Runner-up not yet researched.
From the papers
Golf Today (Reuters copy)
11 September 2005
I wouldn't say I was hitting the ball great, as you can see by the second and the 18th, but I'm recovering well and my putter is saving me.
Top 10
| Pos | Player | Rounds | Total | To par |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Retief Goosen | 67 · 68 · 66 · 67 | 268 | −20 |
| T2 | Jose Maria Olazabal | 68 · 65 · 70 · 66 | 269 | −19 |
| T2 | David Lynn | 68 · 67 · 67 · 67 | 269 | −19 |
| T2 | Henrik Stenson | 71 · 66 · 64 · 68 | 269 | −19 |
| T2 | Nick Dougherty | 71 · 64 · 66 · 68 | 269 | −19 |
| 6 | David Howell | 72 · 66 · 66 · 66 | 270 | −18 |
| T7 | Anthony Wall | 71 · 62 · 68 · 70 | 271 | −17 |
| T7 | Paul Casey | 67 · 67 · 71 · 66 | 271 | −17 |
| 9 | Angel Cabrera | 70 · 68 · 67 · 67 | 272 | −16 |
| T10 | Ricardo Gonzalez | 67 · 71 · 71 · 64 | 273 | −15 |
| T10 | Kenneth Ferrie | 68 · 72 · 66 · 67 | 273 | −15 |
The golfer
born 1969-02-03, Pietersburg, South Africa; RSA; turned pro 1990; age 36 that week; tour wins to date: 12; majors to date: 2; world No. 5 that week (OWGR rankBefore (player profile, week 37 2005)).
What’s in the bag
No bag on file yet