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Sunday 23 October 2005European TourYear in Review

Olazabal wins Mallorca Classic

Pula Golf Club, Mallorca, Spain · Thursday 20 to Sunday 23 October 2005 · Jose Maria Olazabal’s win no. 23 on the European Tour · purse €1,500,000 EUR

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

The weather

10 h 36 m

of daylight on the final day, the sun 38° up at noon, and that night a waning gibbous moon (computed from the date and the place).

  1. R122°/18°C · wind 15 km/h SW, gusts 19 · 0.3 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
  2. R224°/18°C · wind 18 km/h SW, gusts 25 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
  3. R324°/18°C · wind 20 km/h SW, gusts 30 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
  4. R423°/18°C · wind 17 km/h SSW, gusts 31 · 3.4 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

  • Sergio Garcia ESP · 275
  • Jose Manuel Lara ESP · 275
  • Paul Broadhurst ENG · 275

120 started, 80 made it

Same week

DP World Tour event

Mallorca Classic

Pula Golf Club, Pula Golf Club, Mallorca, Spain

4 of 5 researched

Winner

Jose Maria Olazabal

270Total
−10To par
5 strokesMargin

Runner-up not yet researched.

From the papers

Golf Today (Reuters copy)

It is a very special victory and the last three holes were very emotional.

Jose Maria Olazabal, quoted in Golf Today (Reuters copy), 23 October 2005. The report

Golf Today (Reuters copy)

I've been climbing the world rankings again by working hard and this is a result.

Jose Maria Olazabal, quoted in Golf Today (Reuters copy), 23 October 2005. The report

BBC Sport

It would be great if he made it back. He's always a guy you like to have in the team.

Sergio Garcia, quoted in BBC Sport, 23 October 2005. The report
Top 10
PosPlayerRoundsTotalTo par
1Jose Maria Olazabal69 · 65 · 70 · 66270−10
T2Paul Broadhurst67 · 66 · 72 · 70275−5
T2Sergio Garcia69 · 69 · 71 · 66275−5
T2Jose Manuel Lara68 · 69 · 70 · 68275−5
T5Miles Tunnicliff69 · 68 · 70 · 69276−4
T5Bradley Dredge72 · 67 · 67 · 70276−4
T5Simon Wakefield69 · 71 · 67 · 69276−4
T8Miguel Angel Jimenez67 · 71 · 72 · 67277−3
T8Jean Van de Velde70 · 71 · 66 · 70277−3
T8Mattias Eliasson68 · 68 · 70 · 71277−3
The golfer

born 1966-02-05, Hondarribia, Basque Country, Spain; ESP; turned pro 1985; age 39 that week; tour wins to date: 23; majors to date: 2; world No. 38 that week (OWGR rankBefore (player profile, week 43 2005)).

Source

What’s in the bag

No bag on file yet