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Sunday 22 October 2006European TourYear in Review
Fasth wins Mallorca Classic
Pula Golf Club, Mallorca, Spain · Thursday 19 to Sunday 22 October 2006 · Niclas Fasth’s win no. 5 on the European Tour · purse €1,750,000 EUR
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 38 m
of daylight on the final day, the sun 38° up at noon, and that night a new moon (computed from the date and the place).
- R124°/20°C · wind 22 km/h SW, gusts 37 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R225°/19°C · wind 26 km/h WSW, gusts 40 · 0.6 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R325°/19°C · wind 19 km/h WSW, gusts 31 · 1.5 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R425°/19°C · wind 22 km/h SW, gusts 33 · 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
- Sergio Garcia ESP · 278Closed with a 68 but missed birdie chances, including a six-footer while Fasth was moving three clear; finished alone in second after getting up and down at the last. Niclas Fasth wins by three - Golf Today (Wayback Machine copy)
120 started, 75 made it
Same week
DP World Tour event
Mallorca Classic
Pula Golf Club, Pula Golf Club, Mallorca, Spain
4 of 5 researched
Winner
Niclas Fasth
Runner-up not yet researched.
From the papers
Golf Today
22 October 2006
It's never easy to lead but this time I was able to enjoy the last hole.
Golf Today
22 October 2006
I don't know what he was protesting about and I don't want to know. It was important to get that last putt, though. I had so many birdie chances and the 68 was the highest I could have shot.
Top 10
| Pos | Player | Rounds | Total | To par |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Niclas Fasth | 66 · 71 · 70 · 68 | 275 | −5 |
| 2 | Sergio Garcia | 70 · 70 · 70 · 68 | 278 | |
| T3 | Jose Manuel Lara | 69 · 72 · 71 · 67 | 279 | |
| T3 | Marc Warren | 70 · 68 · 71 · 70 | 279 | |
| 5 | Peter O'Malley | 70 · 70 · 68 · 72 | 280 | |
| T6 | Paul McGinley | 75 · 70 · 69 · 67 | 281 | |
| T6 | Soren Kjeldsen | 72 · 68 · 71 · 70 | 281 | |
| T8 | Robert Karlsson | 71 · 71 · 70 · 70 | 282 | |
| T8 | Ricardo Gonzalez | 68 · 74 · 72 · 68 | 282 | |
| T8 | Robert-Jan Derksen | 76 · 69 · 67 · 70 | 282 | |
| T8 | Gregory Havret | 75 · 70 · 66 · 71 | 282 | |
| T8 | Benn Barham | 70 · 71 · 72 · 69 | 282 |
The golfer
born 1972-04-29, Gothenburg, Sweden; SWE; turned pro 1993; age 34 that week; tour wins to date: 5; world No. 61 that week (OWGR rankBefore (player profile, week 42 2006)).
What’s in the bag
No bag on file yet