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Sunday 10 April 2005European TourYear in Review
Derksen wins Madeira Island Open Caixa Geral de Depositos
Clube de Golf do Santo da Serra, Santo da Serra, Madeira, Portugal · Thursday 7 to Sunday 10 April 2005 · Robert-Jan Derksen’s win no. 2 on the European Tour · purse €600,000 EUR · Caixa Geral de Depositos
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 39 m
of daylight on the final day, the sun 65° up at noon, and that night a waxing crescent moon (computed from the date and the place).
- R116°/12°C · wind 6 km/h NNW, gusts 20 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R214°/12°C · wind 13 km/h NE, gusts 36 · 0.1 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R313°/11°C · wind 16 km/h NE, gusts 46 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R414°/10°C · wind 18 km/h ENE, gusts 54 · 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
- Andrew McLardy RSA · 277Joint overnight leader; closed with 70 to finish two behind Derksen's closing 67, tied second with Gary Orr. Derksen claims Madeira victory - BBC Sport
- Gary Orr SCO · 277
156 started, 80 made it
Same week
DP World Tour event
Madeira Island Open Caixa Geral de Depositos
Clube de Golf do Santo da Serra, Clube de Golf do Santo da Serra, Santo da Serra, Madeira, Portugal
4 of 5 researched
Winner
Robert-Jan Derksen
Runner-up not yet researched.
From the papers
BBC Sport
10 April 2005
And I am now exempt until the end of the 2006 season so that is something I won't have to worry about for a while.
Top 10
| Pos | Player | Rounds | Total | To par |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Robert-Jan Derksen | 67 · 70 · 71 · 67 | 275 | −13 |
| T2 | Andrew McLardy | 67 · 71 · 69 · 70 | 277 | −11 |
| T2 | Gary Orr | 69 · 70 · 69 · 69 | 277 | −11 |
| 4 | David Higgins | 69 · 66 · 74 · 69 | 278 | −10 |
| 5 | Tom Whitehouse | 71 · 69 · 71 · 69 | 280 | −8 |
| 6 | John Bickerton | 66 · 69 · 74 · 72 | 281 | |
| T7 | Simon Wakefield | 68 · 71 · 73 · 70 | 282 | |
| T7 | Andrew Coltart | 68 · 71 · 72 · 71 | 282 | |
| T7 | Mikko Ilonen | 67 · 74 · 69 · 72 | 282 | |
| T7 | Kyron Sullivan | 64 · 70 · 73 · 75 | 282 |
The golfer
born 1974-01-03, Nijmegen, Netherlands; NED; turned pro 1996; age 31 that week; tour wins to date: 2; world No. 290 that week (OWGR rankBefore (week 15, 2005) from OWGR player profile events table; age 31 stated by BBC/Golf Today and consistent with Wikipedia birth date; majors_to_date null (infobox majorwins blank); tour_wins_to_date = No. 2 in Wikipedia European Tour wins table).
What’s in the bag
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