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Sunday 29 January 2006European TourYear in Review
Stenson wins Commercialbank Qatar Masters
Doha Golf Club, Doha, Qatar · Thursday 26 to Sunday 29 January 2006 · Henrik Stenson’s win no. 3 on the European Tour · purse US$2,000,000 USD · Commercialbank
The headline is set by GNN from the record. Reports from the papers of the day are below as they are found.
The weather
10 h 48 m
of daylight on the final day, the sun 46° up at noon, and that night a new moon (computed from the date and the place).
- R124°/15°C · wind 24 km/h SE, gusts 37 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R224°/16°C · wind 25 km/h SSE, gusts 38 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R322°/17°C · wind 29 km/h NNW, gusts 41 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R421°/15°C · wind 33 km/h NNW, gusts 45 · 0.1 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 · 276Playing partner of Stenson, closed with 70; birdied 16 to close within one but Stenson holed a 30-foot birdie putt on 17 as Broadhurst missed from 15 feet. Henrik Stenson gains wire to wire victory - Golf Today
120 started, 65 made it
Same week
DP World Tour event
Commercialbank Qatar Masters
Doha Golf Club, Doha Golf Club, Doha, Qatar
4 of 5 researched
Winner
Henrik Stenson
Runner-up not yet researched.
From the papers
Golf Today
29 January 2006
Walking up to the putt on 17 from the fringe I thought last year I had one that looked in and missed it unbelievably and I thought this hole owes me one. And I went up and rolled it in.
Golf Today
29 January 2006
I rallied a bit in the end, put a bit of pressure on but his 30 foot putt on 17 just killed it off really.
Top 10
| Pos | Player | Rounds | Total | To par |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Henrik Stenson | 66 · 68 · 71 · 68 | 273 | −15 |
| 2 | Paul Broadhurst | 72 · 67 · 67 · 70 | 276 | −12 |
| 3 | Darren Fichardt | 67 · 72 · 70 · 68 | 277 | −11 |
| T4 | Nick Dougherty | 69 · 67 · 73 · 70 | 279 | −9 |
| T4 | Ricardo Gonzalez | 66 · 69 · 72 · 72 | 279 | −9 |
| T4 | Richard Finch | 68 · 68 · 71 · 72 | 279 | −9 |
| T4 | Niclas Fasth | 68 · 70 · 68 · 73 | 279 | −9 |
| 8 | Graeme Storm | 68 · 71 · 70 · 71 | 280 | −8 |
| T9 | Maarten Lafeber | 71 · 68 · 72 · 71 | 282 | −6 |
| T9 | David Lynn | 70 · 70 · 71 · 71 | 282 | −6 |
| T9 | Thomas Bjorn | 71 · 68 · 71 · 72 | 282 | −6 |
| T9 | Paul McGinley | 69 · 70 · 70 · 73 | 282 | −6 |
The golfer
born 1976-04-05, Gothenburg, Sweden; SWE; turned pro 1998; age 29 that week; tour wins to date: 3; majors to date: 0; world No. 28 that week (OWGR rankBefore (week 4, 2006) from OWGR player profile events table; age 29 stated by Golf Today and consistent with Wikipedia birth date; majors 0 = Wikipedia infobox lists his only major win as the 2016 Open; tour wins No. 3 in Wikipedia European Tour wins table).
What’s in the bag
No bag on file yet