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Sunday 26 March 2006European TourYear in Review
Velde wins Madeira Island Open Caixa Geral de Depositos
Santo da Serra Golf Club, Madeira, Portugal · Thursday 23 to Sunday 26 March 2006 · Jean van de Velde’s win no. 2 on the European Tour · purse €700,000 EUR · Caixa Geral de Depositos
The headline is set by GNN from the record. Reports from the papers of the day are below as they are found.
The weather
12 h 08 m
of daylight on the final day, the sun 59° up at noon, and that night a waning crescent moon (computed from the date and the place).
- R115°/12°C · wind 23 km/h SW, gusts 65 · 1 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R216°/12°C · wind 14 km/h SW, gusts 46 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R316°/12°C · wind 14 km/h S, gusts 41 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R416°/12°C · wind 16 km/h WSW, gusts 50 · 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
- Lee Slattery ENG · 274Recovered from two early bogeys with eight birdies in 11 holes for a 66 and birdied the last, but van de Velde still won by one despite a double-bogey six on the 72nd. Madeira Island Open round 4 report - Golf Today (Wayback Machine copy)
144 started, 66 made it
Same week
DP World Tour event
Madeira Island Open Caixa Geral de Depositos
Santo da Serra Golf Club, Santo da Serra Golf Club, Madeira, Portugal
4 of 5 researched
Winner
Jean van de Velde
Runner-up not yet researched.
From the papers
Golf Today
26 March 2006
I was comfortable at the last and I just had to walk back up the hill but I made the walk interesting
BBC Sport
26 March 2006
It gives me a lot of oxygen to breathe and I can now take weeks off if my knee gives me too much trouble.
BBC Sport
26 March 2006
This is just what I needed to get my confidence up.
Top 10
| Pos | Player | Rounds | Total | To par |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Jean van de Velde | 69 · 65 · 71 · 68 | 273 | −15 |
| 2 | Lee Slattery | 74 · 68 · 66 · 66 | 274 | −14 |
| 3 | Pedro Linhart | 71 · 67 · 69 · 68 | 275 | −13 |
| 4 | Simon Wakefield | 72 · 68 · 68 · 68 | 276 | −12 |
| T5 | Mattias Eliasson | 74 · 69 · 71 · 64 | 278 | −10 |
| T5 | Richard Finch | 70 · 69 · 72 · 67 | 278 | −10 |
| T7 | David Griffiths | 72 · 69 · 71 · 67 | 279 | |
| T7 | Jarmo Sandelin | 66 · 68 · 74 · 71 | 279 | −9 |
| T7 | Tom Whitehouse | 73 · 65 · 71 · 70 | 279 | −9 |
| 10 | Damien McGrane | 68 · 69 · 71 · 72 | 280 | −8 |
The golfer
born 1966-05-29, Mont-de-Marsan, France; FRA; turned pro 1987; age 39 that week; tour wins to date: 2; majors to date: 0; world No. 296 that week (OWGR rankBefore (week 12, 2006) from OWGR player profile events table).
What’s in the bag
No bag on file yet