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Sunday 11 June 2006European TourYear in Review
Brier wins BA-CA Golf Open
Fontana GC, Austria (region; the course comes with research) · Thursday 8 to Sunday 11 June 2006 · Markus Brier’s win no. 1 on the European Tour · purse €1,300,000 EUR · BA-CA
The headline is set by GNN from the record. Reports from the papers of the day are below as they are found.
The weather
15 h 42 m
of daylight on the final day, the sun 66° up at noon, and that night a full moon (computed from the date and the place).
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The name over time
Not yet traced: its earlier names, sponsors and courses come with research.
The ones it got away from
- Soren Hansen DEN · 269Closed with a 65 and four straight birdies from the 8th drew him level with Brier, but a bogey at the 16th ended his challenge. Austrian Brier seals home victory - BBC Sport (11 June 2006)
156 started, 73 made it
Same week
DP World Tour event
BA-CA Golf Open
Fontana GC, Fontana GC, Austria
4 of 5 researched
Winner
Markus Brier
Runner-up not yet researched.
From the papers
Golf Today
11 June 2006
When I was coming down 18 I felt my legs could go any moment and I had to stop and take a breather,
Golf Today
11 June 2006
To do this on the European Tour for the first time is just unbelievable and the biggest day of my career.
BBC Sport
11 June 2006
I am just happy to have achieved what I have been trying to do for seven years. It is good to be in the history books. Hopefully my golf will step up now.
Top 10
| Pos | Player | Rounds | Total | To par |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Markus Brier | 65 · 67 · 66 · 68 | 266 | −18 |
| 2 | Soren Hansen | 68 · 67 · 69 · 65 | 269 | −15 |
| 3 | Simon Dyson | 66 · 66 · 67 · 71 | 270 | −14 |
| 4 | Richard Green | 71 · 67 · 70 · 63 | 271 | −13 |
| 5 | Gary Murphy | 68 · 70 · 71 · 65 | 274 | −10 |
| T6 | Miguel Angel Jimenez | 67 · 67 · 74 · 67 | 275 | |
| T6 | Jean-Francois Lucquin | 68 · 69 · 69 · 69 | 275 | |
| T8 | Emanuele Canonica | 70 · 66 · 70 · 71 | 277 | |
| T8 | Darren Fichardt | 69 · 73 · 69 · 66 | 277 | |
| T8 | Steven Jeppesen | 68 · 67 · 75 · 67 | 277 |
The golfer
born 1968-07-05, Vienna, Austria; AUT; turned pro 1995; age 37 that week; tour wins to date: 1; world No. 356 that week (OWGR rankBefore (week 23, 2006) from OWGR player profile events table).
What’s in the bag
No bag on file yet