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Sunday 4 June 2006European TourYear in Review
Karlsson wins Celtic Manor Wales Open
Celtic Manor Resort, Newport, Wales · Thursday 1 to Sunday 4 June 2006 · Robert Karlsson’s win no. 6 on the European Tour · purse £1,500,000 GBP · Celtic Manor
The headline is set by GNN from the record. Reports from the papers of the day are below as they are found.
The weather
16 h 11 m
of daylight on the final day, the sun 61° up at noon, and that night a first-quarter moon (computed from the date and the place).
- R119°/6°C · wind 18 km/h NW, gusts 32 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R220°/8°C · wind 8 km/h NNW, gusts 22 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R322°/10°C · wind 12 km/h NW, gusts 23 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R421°/11°C · wind 17 km/h W, gusts 32 · 0.2 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
- Paul Broadhurst ENG · 263Birdied the last for a closing 68 to take second on his own, three behind after Karlsson had led by six going into the final day. Robert Karlsson gains three stroke victory - Golf Today (Wayback Machine copy)
156 started, 68 made it
Same week
DP World Tour event
Celtic Manor Wales Open
Celtic Manor Resort (Roman Road course), Celtic Manor Resort, Newport, Wales
4 of 5 researched
Winner
Robert Karlsson
Runner-up not yet researched.
From the papers
Golf Today
4 June 2006
It has been a great week, but a hard week, being so much in front each day. It's easy to get in front of yourself. But I just missed too many putts today.
Golf Today
4 June 2006
For a little while '99 did play on my mind and it was because of that I nearly decided to give up the game,
Golf Today
4 June 2006
But if I get in this time it definitely happens as a by-product. It is more important to have total belief in my ability.
Top 10
| Pos | Player | Rounds | Total | To par |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Robert Karlsson | 61 · 63 · 65 · 71 | 260 | −16 |
| 2 | Paul Broadhurst | 64 · 64 · 67 · 68 | 263 | |
| 3 | Jose-Filipe Lima | 69 · 61 · 70 · 64 | 264 | |
| 4 | Colin Montgomerie | 63 · 66 · 69 · 67 | 265 | |
| T5 | Phillip Archer | 60 · 68 · 71 · 67 | 266 | |
| T5 | Johan Skold | 65 · 66 · 67 · 68 | 266 | |
| T7 | Bradley Dredge | 67 · 70 · 66 · 64 | 267 | |
| T7 | Simon Dyson | 66 · 62 · 69 · 70 | 267 | |
| T7 | Henrik Nystrom | 66 · 67 · 64 · 70 | 267 | |
| T7 | Gary Orr | 68 · 63 · 65 · 71 | 267 | |
| T7 | Marcel Siem | 65 · 66 · 68 · 68 | 267 | |
| T7 | Lee Slattery | 64 · 67 · 69 · 67 | 267 | |
| T7 | Graeme Storm | 65 · 67 · 68 · 67 | 267 |
The golfer
born 1969-09-03, Katrineholm, Sweden; SWE; turned pro 1989; age 36 that week; tour wins to date: 6; world No. 155 that week (OWGR rankBefore (week 22, 2006) from OWGR player profile events table).
What’s in the bag
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