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Sunday 19 February 2006European TourYear in Review
Wi wins Maybank Malaysian Open
Kuala Lumpur Golf and Country Club, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia · Thursday 16 to Sunday 19 February 2006 · Charlie Wi’s win no. 1 on the European Tour · purse US$1,250,000 USD · Maybank · weather: reduced to 54 holes; third and final round resumed and completed Sunday
The headline is set by GNN from the record. Reports from the papers of the day are below as they are found.
The weather
11 h 55 m
of daylight on the final day, the sun 75° up at noon, and that night a waning gibbous moon (computed from the date and the place).
- R132°/24°C · wind 5 km/h NE, gusts 20 · 6.8 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R232°/24°C · wind 5 km/h NE, gusts 27 · 5.5 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R332°/24°C · wind 5 km/h NNE, gusts 25 · 7.6 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R433°/24°C · wind 6 km/h ENE, gusts 28 · 4.8 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
- Thongchai Jaidee THA · 198Bidding for a third straight Malaysian Open, closed with a 66 but missed birdie putts from 20 and 15 feet on the last two holes to lose by one. Charlie Wi clinches title with closing 63 - Golf Today (Wayback Machine copy)
150 started, 72 made it
Same week
DP World Tour event
Maybank Malaysian Open
Kuala Lumpur Golf and Country Club, Kuala Lumpur Golf and Country Club, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
4 of 5 researched
Winner
Charlie Wi
Runner-up not yet researched.
From the papers
Golf Today
19 February 2006
I'm really speechless. Coming in here, I wasn't expecting to win.
Golf Today
19 February 2006
Even on the last putt, I thought he was going to make it and that I would go into a play-off. Luckily, it just turned out my way
Golf Today
19 February 2006
I shot 66 which wasn't good enough, I guess. I had birdie chances on the last two holes but didn't make them
Top 10
| Pos | Player | Rounds | Total | To par |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Charlie Wi | 66 · 68 · 63 | 197 | −19 |
| 2 | Thongchai Jaidee | 69 · 63 · 66 | 198 | −18 |
| 3 | Raphael Jacquelin | 72 · 65 · 62 | 199 | −17 |
| T4 | Mark Foster | 71 · 66 · 63 | 200 | −16 |
| T4 | John Bickerton | 66 · 68 · 66 | 200 | −16 |
| T6 | Chinarat Phadungsil | 70 · 66 · 66 | 202 | −14 |
| T6 | Gary Simpson | 67 · 68 · 67 | 202 | −14 |
| T8 | Graeme Storm | 70 · 68 · 65 | 203 | −13 |
| T8 | Mattias Eliasson | 70 · 67 · 66 | 203 | −13 |
| T8 | Francesco Molinari | 66 · 67 · 70 | 203 | −13 |
| T8 | David Park | 67 · 64 · 72 | 203 | −13 |
The golfer
born 1972-01-03, Seoul, South Korea; KOR; turned pro 1995; age 34 that week; tour wins to date: 1; majors to date: 0; world No. 380 that week (OWGR rankBefore (week 7, 2006) from OWGR player profile events table).
What’s in the bag
No bag on file yet