Golf Network News
Sunday 2 April 2006European TourYear in Review
Broadhurst wins Algarve Open de Portugal
Le Meridien Penina Golf and Resort, Algarve, Portugal (region; the course comes with research) · Thursday 30 March to Sunday 2 April 2006 · Paul Broadhurst’s win no. 6 on the European Tour · purse €1,250,000 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
12 h 28 m
of daylight on the final day, the sun 56° up at noon, and that night a waxing crescent moon (computed from the date and the place).
- R1Not yet researched
- R2Not yet researched
- R3Not yet researched
- R4Not yet researched
The name over time
Not yet traced: its earlier names, sponsors and courses come with research.
The ones it got away from
- Anthony Wall ENG · 272Closed with a 67 and drew level when Broadhurst bogeyed the 17th, then left a long eagle putt on the 18th a foot short; Broadhurst chipped close on the last for a winning birdie. Broadhurst prevails in Portugal - BBC Sport (2 Apr 2006)
156 started, 76 made it
Same week
DP World Tour event
Algarve Open de Portugal
Le Meridien Penina Golf and Resort, Le Meridien Penina Golf and Resort, Algarve, Portugal
4 of 5 researched
Winner
Paul Broadhurst
Runner-up not yet researched.
From the papers
BBC Sport
2 April 2006
There's no scoreboards so I had no idea what was going on until the 16th
BBC Sport
2 April 2006
I thought 'I'm not going to have a better chance of winning than this' but I made it hard work down the stretch.
Golf Today
2 April 2006
Bob will be really pleased. My win is a tribute to his hard work
Top 10
| Pos | Player | Rounds | Total | To par |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Paul Broadhurst | 64 · 69 · 71 · 67 | 271 | −17 |
| 2 | Anthony Wall | 71 · 67 · 67 · 67 | 272 | −16 |
| 3 | Andres Romero | 69 · 70 · 68 · 66 | 273 | −15 |
| T4 | Ricardo Gonzalez | 73 · 66 · 64 · 71 | 274 | −14 |
| T4 | Charl Schwartzel | 69 · 70 · 67 · 68 | 274 | −14 |
| 6 | Jose Manuel Lara | 71 · 70 · 68 · 66 | 275 | |
| T7 | Markus Brier | 72 · 70 · 66 · 69 | 277 | |
| T7 | Mattias Eliasson | 70 · 67 · 71 · 69 | 277 | |
| 9 | Jarmo Sandelin | 67 · 70 · 68 · 73 | 278 | |
| T10 | Brian Davis | 70 · 71 · 67 · 71 | 279 | −9 |
| T10 | Niclas Fasth | 71 · 68 · 67 · 73 | 279 |
The golfer
born 1965-08-14, Walsall, West Midlands, England; ENG; turned pro 1988; age 40 that week; tour wins to date: 6; majors to date: 0; world No. 67 that week (OWGR rankBefore (week 13, 2006) from OWGR player profile events table).
What’s in the bag
No bag on file yet