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Sunday 13 August 2006European TourYear in Review
Dyson wins KLM Open
Kennemer Golf & Country Club, Zandvoort, Netherlands · Thursday 10 to Sunday 13 August 2006 · Simon Dyson’s win no. 2 on the European Tour · purse €1,600,000 EUR · KLM
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 36 m
of daylight on the final day, the sun 52° up at noon, and that night a waning gibbous moon (computed from the date and the place).
- R116°/14°C · wind 25 km/h WNW, gusts 42 · 5.4 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R215°/13°C · wind 25 km/h WNW, gusts 45 · 19 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R317°/12°C · wind 14 km/h N, gusts 27 · 2.6 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R419°/12°C · wind 19 km/h NE, gusts 31 · 0.4 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
- Richard Green AUS · 270closed with a 65 (after a course-record 62 in round three) to tie Dyson on 270, then lost at the first play-off hole to Dyson's birdie Simon Dyson claims win in playoff - Golf Today (Wayback Machine copy)
156 started, 72 made it
Same week
DP World Tour event
KLM Open
Kennemer Golf & Country Club, Kennemer Golf & Country Club, Zandvoort, Netherlands
4 of 5 researched
Winner
Simon Dyson
Runner-up not yet researched.
From the papers
Golf Today
13 August 2006
The short putt at the last I hit too straight and firm but the putt at the playoff hole dropped deadweight.
Golf Today
13 August 2006
I've given it as good an effort over the weekend as I could and I know I'm now playing well enough to win a another tournament soon.
Top 10
| Pos | Player | Rounds | Total | To par |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Simon Dyson | 67 · 71 · 66 · 66 | 270 | −14 |
| 2 | Richard Green | 73 · 70 · 62 · 65 | 270 | −14 |
| 3 | Damien McGrane | 69 · 68 · 64 · 70 | 271 | |
| 4 | Christian Cevaer | 65 · 71 · 69 · 67 | 272 | |
| 5 | Garry Houston | 72 · 68 · 67 · 66 | 273 | |
| 6 | Peter Lawrie | 69 · 71 · 64 · 70 | 274 | |
| T7 | Phillip Archer | 68 · 68 · 70 · 69 | 275 | |
| T7 | Andrew McLardy | 68 · 71 · 69 · 67 | 275 | |
| T7 | Anders Hansen | 65 · 72 · 71 · 67 | 275 | |
| T7 | David Lynn | 75 · 65 · 71 · 64 | 275 | |
| T7 | Markus Brier | 66 · 73 · 68 · 68 | 275 | |
| T7 | Alejandro Canizares | 67 · 73 · 66 · 69 | 275 |
The golfer
born 1977-12-21, York, England; ENG; turned pro 1999; age 28 that week; tour wins to date: 2; world No. 110 that week (OWGR rankBefore 110 (rankAfter 77) per OWGR player profile events table 2006).
What’s in the bag
No bag on file yet