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Sunday 5 February 2006European TourYear in Review
Woods wins Dubai Desert Classic
Emirates Golf Club, Dubai, United Arab Emirates · Thursday 2 to Sunday 5 February 2006 · Tiger Woods’s win no. 26 on the European Tour · purse US$2,400,000 USD
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 57 m
of daylight on the final day, the sun 49° up at noon, and that night a first-quarter moon (computed from the date and the place).
- R126°/14°C · wind 17 km/h NNE, gusts 29 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R232°/15°C · wind 24 km/h E, gusts 37 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R330°/19°C · wind 20 km/h ESE, gusts 31 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R430°/17°C · wind 18 km/h E, gusts 32 · 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
- Ernie Els RSA · 269Defending champion closed with 67 to tie at 19 under, then drove into palm trees and hit his second into the water on the first playoff hole (18th). Tiger Woods beats Ernie Els in playoff - Golf Today (AP copy)
120 started, 76 made it
Same week
DP World Tour event
Dubai Desert Classic
Emirates Golf Club (Majlis course), Emirates Golf Club, Dubai, United Arab Emirates
4 of 5 researched
Winner
Tiger Woods
Runner-up not yet researched.
From the papers
ASAP Sports (interview transcript)
5 February 2006
To be honest with you, anybody can win when they are playing well. It's when you have an opportunity to have to fix it, which I did, turn it around, and somehow end up on top.
ASAP Sports (interview transcript)
5 February 2006
Well, it was hit and hope, really. I was in the rocks, but the problem was that I had a rock that was sticking up right in front of the ball.
ASAP Sports (interview transcript)
5 February 2006
I cannot complain. After all the hassle I had with the leg, to come back, this was strongest field in the world this year, biggest week and to almost win it, is fine.
Top 10
| Pos | Player | Rounds | Total | To par |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tiger Woods | 67 · 66 · 67 · 69 | 269 | −19 |
| 2 | Ernie Els | 68 · 66 · 68 · 67 | 269 | −19 |
| 3 | Richard Green | 64 · 69 · 69 · 68 | 270 | −18 |
| T4 | Miguel A Jimenez | 69 · 67 · 66 · 69 | 271 | −17 |
| T4 | Anders Hansen | 68 · 63 · 69 · 71 | 271 | −17 |
| 6 | Retief Goosen | 64 · 67 · 70 · 71 | 272 | −16 |
| T7 | Darren Clarke | 68 · 68 · 70 · 67 | 273 | |
| T7 | Henrik Stenson | 67 · 70 · 68 · 68 | 273 | |
| T9 | Emanuele Canonica | 69 · 68 · 71 · 66 | 274 | |
| T9 | Nick Dougherty | 67 · 66 · 70 · 71 | 274 |
The golfer
born 1975-12-30, Cypress, California; USA; turned pro 1996; age 30 that week; tour wins to date: 26; majors to date: 10; world No. 1 that week (OWGR rankBefore (week 5, 2006) from OWGR player profile events table; age computed from Wikipedia birth date and event end date; majors 10 = Wikipedia infobox major wins dated before Feb 2006 (Masters 1997/2001/2002/2005, U.S. Open 2000/2002, Open 2000/2005, PGA 1999/2000); tour_wins_to_date = No. 26 in Wikipedia's European Tour wins list).
What’s in the bag
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