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Sunday 3 September 2006European TourYear in Review
Stenson wins BMW International Open
Golfclub München Eichenried, Eichenried, near Munich, Germany · Thursday 31 August to Sunday 3 September 2006 · Henrik Stenson’s win no. 4 on the European Tour · purse €2,000,000 EUR · BMW
The headline is set by GNN from the record. Reports from the papers of the day are below as they are found.
The weather
13 h 03 m
of daylight on the final day, the sun 49° up at noon, and that night a waxing gibbous moon (computed from the date and the place).
- R118°/8°C · wind 20 km/h W, gusts 39 · 2.2 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R222°/7°C · wind 8 km/h S, gusts 17 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R325°/11°C · wind 11 km/h SW, gusts 28 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R423°/18°C · wind 23 km/h WSW, gusts 56 · 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
- Padraig Harrington IRL · 273
- Retief Goosen RSA · 273
156 started, 74 made it
Same week
DP World Tour event
BMW International Open
Golfclub München Eichenried, Golfclub München Eichenried, Eichenried, near Munich, Germany
4 of 5 researched
Winner
Henrik Stenson
Runner-up not yet researched.
From the papers
ASAP Sports (interview transcript)
3 September 2006
No, I felt this was mine. I lost in Sweden last year in a playoff and came awfully close at the BMW Asian Open earlier this year, and I thought, well, so it's unlucky. Let's go and get it.
Golf Today
3 September 2006
Sometimes you need those sort of lucky bounces,
Top 10
| Pos | Player | Rounds | Total | To par |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Henrik Stenson | 71 · 68 · 66 · 68 | 273 | −15 |
| T2 | Retief Goosen | 73 · 66 · 67 · 67 | 273 | −15 |
| T2 | Padraig Harrington | 70 · 70 · 64 · 69 | 273 | −15 |
| T4 | Martin Erlandsson | 67 · 68 · 69 · 70 | 274 | |
| T4 | David Howell | 67 · 69 · 66 · 72 | 274 | |
| T6 | Colin Montgomerie | 70 · 68 · 66 · 71 | 275 | |
| T6 | Luke Donald | 68 · 69 · 71 · 67 | 275 | |
| T8 | Robert-Jan Derksen | 69 · 68 · 70 · 70 | 277 | |
| T8 | Simon Wakefield | 69 · 69 · 68 · 71 | 277 | |
| T8 | Markus Brier | 71 · 69 · 70 · 67 | 277 | |
| T8 | Peter Gustafsson | 72 · 71 · 64 · 70 | 277 | |
| T8 | Alexandre Rocha | 73 · 67 · 70 · 67 | 277 |
The golfer
born 1976-04-05, Gothenburg, Sweden; SWE; turned pro 1998; age 30 that week; tour wins to date: 4; majors to date: 0; world No. 17 that week (OWGR rankBefore (player profile, week 35 2006)).
What’s in the bag
No bag on file yet