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Sunday 25 June 2006European TourYear in Review
Casey wins Johnnie Walker Championship at Gleneagles
The Gleneagles Hotel, Auchterarder, Perthshire, Scotland · Thursday 22 to Sunday 25 June 2006 · Paul Casey’s win no. 6 on the European Tour · purse £1,400,000 GBP · Johnnie Walker
The headline is set by GNN from the record. Reports from the papers of the day are below as they are found.
The weather
17 h 23 m
of daylight on the final day, the sun 57° up at noon, and that night a new moon (computed from the date and the place).
- R116°/10°C · wind 23 km/h W, gusts 53 · 1.8 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R216°/10°C · wind 17 km/h WSW, gusts 36 · 0.1 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R316°/9°C · wind 12 km/h WSW, gusts 30 · 0.3 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R415°/7°C · wind 14 km/h ENE, 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
- Andrew Marshall ENG · 277146th on the Order of Merit coming in, closed with a 69 to set the clubhouse target and finish one behind Paul Casey holds on to claim second win of 2006 - Golf Today (Wayback Machine copy)
- Soren Hansen DEN · 277closed with a 70 to finish one behind, his second successive runner-up finish after the Austrian Open Paul Casey holds on to claim second win of 2006 - Golf Today (Wayback Machine copy)
156 started, 73 made it
Same week
DP World Tour event
Johnnie Walker Championship at Gleneagles
The Gleneagles Hotel, The Gleneagles Hotel, Auchterarder, Perthshire, Scotland
4 of 5 researched
Winner
Paul Casey
Runner-up not yet researched.
From the papers
Golf Today
25 June 2006
I had one hell of a start but I never felt it was a big enough lead to let me switch off,
Top 10
| Pos | Player | Rounds | Total | To par |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Paul Casey | 67 · 71 · 66 · 72 | 276 | −16 |
| T2 | Soren Hansen | 69 · 70 · 68 · 70 | 277 | |
| T2 | Andrew Marshall | 72 · 67 · 69 · 69 | 277 | |
| T4 | Colin Montgomerie | 68 · 68 · 69 · 73 | 278 | |
| T4 | Thomas Bjorn | 65 · 75 · 67 · 71 | 278 | |
| 6 | Alastair Forsyth | 72 · 69 · 67 · 71 | 279 | |
| T7 | Fredrik Henge | 69 · 71 · 72 · 68 | 280 | |
| T7 | Brett Rumford | 69 · 71 · 67 · 73 | 280 | |
| T9 | Robert Karlsson | 71 · 68 · 73 · 69 | 281 | |
| T9 | Kenneth Ferrie | 68 · 73 · 71 · 69 | 281 |
The golfer
born 1977-07-21, Cheltenham, Gloucestershire, England; ENG; turned pro 2000; age 28 that week; tour wins to date: 6; world No. 39 that week (OWGR rankBefore 39 (rankAfter 34) per OWGR player profile events table 2006).
What’s in the bag
No bag on file yet