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Sunday 8 May 2005European TourYear in Review
Webster wins Telecom Italia Open
Castello di Tolcinasco Golf & Country Club, Milan, Italy · Thursday 5 to Sunday 8 May 2005 · Steve Webster’s win no. 1 on the European Tour · purse €1,300,000 EUR · Telecom Italia
The headline is set by GNN from the record. Reports from the papers of the day are below as they are found.
The weather
14 h 24 m
of daylight on the final day, the sun 62° up at noon, and that night a new moon (computed from the date and the place).
- R123°/13°C · wind 13 km/h SE, gusts 25 · 0.8 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R226°/12°C · wind 18 km/h NW, gusts 40 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R325°/12°C · wind 18 km/h W, gusts 36 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R425°/14°C · wind 22 km/h NNW, gusts 46 · 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
- Bradley Dredge WAL · 273One behind on the 72nd tee, pulled his tee shot into the lake and bogeyed to fall into a share of second. Steve Webster gains maiden European Tour win - Golf Today (Wayback Machine copy)
- Richard Finch ENG · 273Started the final round one behind Webster; closed with a 70, three back. Steve Webster gains maiden European Tour win - Golf Today (Wayback Machine copy)
- Anders Hansen DEN · 273Closed with a best-of-the-day 66; his 25-foot birdie putt at the last shaved the hole. Steve Webster gains maiden European Tour win - Golf Today (Wayback Machine copy)
156 started, 71 made it
Same week
DP World Tour event
Telecom Italia Open
Castello di Tolcinasco Golf & Country Club, Castello di Tolcinasco Golf & Country Club, Milan, Italy
4 of 5 researched
Winner
Steve Webster
Runner-up not yet researched.
From the papers
Golf Today
8 May 2005
Of course I've under-achieved on tour. Ten years is a long time and when I look at players who have done well - no names mentioned - I know I am better than them.
Golf Today
8 May 2005
To win is amazing really. I started the week pretty confident, but you never know until the weekend
Top 10
| Pos | Player | Rounds | Total | To par |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Steve Webster | 68 · 68 · 66 · 68 | 270 | −18 |
| T2 | Bradley Dredge | 67 · 66 · 71 · 69 | 273 | −15 |
| T2 | Richard Finch | 69 · 63 · 71 · 70 | 273 | −15 |
| T2 | Anders Hansen | 72 · 68 · 67 · 66 | 273 | −15 |
| 5 | Emanuele Canonica | 68 · 68 · 71 · 67 | 274 | −14 |
| T6 | Gonzalo Fernandez-Castano | 66 · 73 · 69 · 70 | 278 | −10 |
| T6 | Simon Khan | 67 · 69 · 68 · 74 | 278 | −10 |
| T6 | Andrew McLardy | 72 · 69 · 68 · 69 | 278 | −10 |
| T6 | Jamie Spence | 69 · 71 · 65 · 73 | 278 | −10 |
| T10 | Adam Groom | 69 · 68 · 72 · 70 | 279 | |
| T10 | Stuart Little | 72 · 64 · 69 · 74 | 279 | |
| T10 | Gary Orr | 70 · 71 · 67 · 71 | 279 | |
| T10 | Marcel Siem | 68 · 68 · 71 · 72 | 279 |
The golfer
born 1975-01-17, Nuneaton, Warwickshire, England; ENG; turned pro 1995; age 30 that week; tour wins to date: 1; world No. 228 that week (OWGR rankBefore (week 19, 2005) from OWGR player profile events table).
What’s in the bag
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