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Sunday 30 July 2006European TourYear in Review
Karlsson wins Deutsche Bank Players Championship of Europe
Gut Kaden Golf Club, Alveslohe, Schleswig-Holstein, Germany · Thursday 27 to Sunday 30 July 2006 · Robert Karlsson’s win no. 7 on the European Tour · purse €3,600,000 EUR · Deutsche Bank
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 36 m
of daylight on the final day, the sun 55° up at noon, and that night a waxing crescent moon (computed from the date and the place).
- R132°/19°C · wind 14 km/h SE, gusts 32 · 0.7 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R227°/20°C · wind 8 km/h WNW, gusts 25 · 3.4 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R326°/18°C · wind 12 km/h WNW, gusts 28 · 6.5 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R427°/15°C · wind 13 km/h SW, gusts 28 · 1.3 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
- Lee Westwood ENG · 267
- Charl Schwartzel RSA · 267was six behind Karlsson playing the last and finished four back in a share of second Robert Karlsson claims four shot victory - Golf Today (Wayback Machine copy)
156 started, 71 made it
Same week
DP World Tour event
Deutsche Bank Players Championship of Europe
Gut Kaden Golf Club, Gut Kaden Golf Club, Alveslohe, Schleswig-Holstein, Germany
4 of 5 researched
Winner
Robert Karlsson
Runner-up not yet researched.
From the papers
ASAP Sports (interview transcript)
30 July 2006
Obviously this year with all the hot weather, there wasn't much rough out there, but you've still got to do it. It's never, ever easy to go 25 under, but it was doable this week.
ASAP Sports (interview transcript)
30 July 2006
It's 1 1 now, isn't it?
Golf Today
30 July 2006
After going four behind at the fourth it was tough going from there but this will lift me up the world rankings now, so I am quite positive for the rest of the year and optimistic.
Top 10
| Pos | Player | Rounds | Total | To par |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Robert Karlsson | 64 · 66 · 66 · 67 | 263 | −25 |
| T2 | Lee Westwood | 63 · 68 · 67 · 69 | 267 | |
| T2 | Charl Schwartzel | 68 · 64 · 68 · 67 | 267 | |
| T4 | Emanuele Canonica | 67 · 68 · 66 · 67 | 268 | |
| T4 | Retief Goosen | 64 · 68 · 69 · 67 | 268 | |
| T4 | Graeme McDowell | 68 · 70 · 65 · 65 | 268 | −20 |
| T4 | Andres Romero | 70 · 65 · 67 · 66 | 268 | |
| 8 | Gary Orr | 67 · 64 · 70 · 68 | 269 | |
| T9 | Sergio Garcia | 69 · 66 · 67 · 68 | 270 | |
| T9 | Soren Hansen | 70 · 67 · 66 · 67 | 270 |
The golfer
born 1969-09-03, Katrineholm, Sweden; SWE; turned pro 1989; age 36 that week; tour wins to date: 7; world No. 88 that week (OWGR rankBefore 88 (rankAfter 50) per OWGR player profile events table 2006).
What’s in the bag
No bag on file yet