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Sunday 20 August 2006European TourYear in Review
Canizares wins Imperial Collection Russian Open
Moscow Country Club, Nakhabino, Russia · Thursday 17 to Sunday 20 August 2006 · Alejandro Canizares’s win no. 1 on the European Tour · purse US$1,000,000 USD · Imperial Collection
The headline is set by GNN from the record. Reports from the papers of the day are below as they are found.
The weather
14 h 27 m
of daylight on the final day, the sun 46° up at noon, and that night a waning crescent moon (computed from the date and the place).
- R124°/13°C · wind 14 km/h WSW, gusts 31 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R224°/13°C · wind 13 km/h SSW, gusts 31 · 0.3 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R324°/15°C · wind 12 km/h SSW, gusts 35 · 11.1 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R421°/16°C · wind 14 km/h NNE, gusts 31 · 0.5 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
- David Drysdale SCO · 270Equalled the course record with an opening 62 but could not keep pace; missed a short putt at the par-3 16th that would have cut the gap to one as Canizares birdied, and finished four back. Russian Open 2006 round 4 report - Golf Today (Wayback Machine copy)
111 started, 74 made it
Same week
DP World Tour event
Imperial Collection Russian Open
Moscow Country Club, Moscow Country Club, Nakhabino, Russia
4 of 5 researched
Winner
Alejandro Canizares
Runner-up not yet researched.
From the papers
Golf Today
20 August 2006
I didn't expect to win at all. I was confident in my abilities but didn't think my first victory would come so quickly,
Golf Today
20 August 2006
I played alright today, I just didn't make any putts,
Top 10
| Pos | Player | Rounds | Total | To par |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Alejandro Canizares | 66 · 67 · 67 · 66 | 266 | −22 |
| 2 | David Drysdale | 62 · 70 · 69 · 69 | 270 | |
| T3 | Mikael Lundberg | 68 · 67 · 70 · 66 | 271 | −17 |
| T3 | Gary Murphy | 67 · 68 · 68 · 68 | 271 | −17 |
| 5 | Leif Westerberg | 68 · 71 · 63 · 70 | 272 | |
| 6 | Alexandre Rocha | 69 · 68 · 69 · 67 | 273 | |
| 7 | Carlos Rodiles | 63 · 69 · 69 · 73 | 274 | |
| T8 | Jarrod Moseley | 75 · 68 · 65 · 67 | 275 | |
| T8 | James Heath | 71 · 67 · 69 · 68 | 275 | |
| T10 | Massimo Scarpa | 70 · 67 · 69 · 70 | 276 | |
| T10 | Ian Garbutt | 71 · 70 · 68 · 67 | 276 | |
| T10 | Fredrik Henge | 71 · 67 · 69 · 69 | 276 | |
| T10 | Lee Slattery | 72 · 71 · 65 · 68 | 276 | |
| T10 | David Dixon | 69 · 69 · 70 · 68 | 276 | |
| T10 | Adrien Mork | 68 · 69 · 72 · 67 | 276 | |
| T10 | Jorge Benedetti | 69 · 69 · 71 · 67 | 276 | |
| T10 | Seve Benson | 71 · 70 · 69 · 66 | 276 |
The golfer
born 1983-01-09, Madrid, Spain; ESP; turned pro 2006; age 23 that week; tour wins to date: 1; world No. 806 that week (OWGR rankBefore (player profile, week 33 2006)).
What’s in the bag
No bag on file yet