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Sunday 10 September 2006European TourYear in Review
Dredge wins Omega European Masters
Crans-sur-Sierre Golf Club, Crans-Montana, Switzerland · Thursday 7 to Sunday 10 September 2006 · Bradley Dredge’s win no. 2 on the European Tour · purse €2,000,000 EUR · Omega
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 35 m
of daylight on the final day, the sun 48° up at noon, and that night a waning gibbous moon (computed from the date and the place).
- R123°/10°C · wind 7 km/h SSE, gusts 28 · 1 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R220°/13°C · wind 5 km/h NNE, gusts 28 · 0.1 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R320°/10°C · wind 6 km/h SE, gusts 30 · 0.1 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R420°/8°C · wind 6 km/h SE, gusts 23 · 4.3 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
- Marcel Siem GER · 275Playing partner of the overnight leader, two behind starting the final round; Dredge birdied the first three holes and Siem finished eight back. Omega European Masters 2006 round 4 report - Golf Today (Wayback Machine copy)
- Francesco Molinari ITA · 275Shared second, eight strokes behind; never got close to Dredge. Dredge powers to eight-shot win - BBC Sport
156 started, 65 made it
Same week
DP World Tour event
Omega European Masters
Crans-sur-Sierre Golf Club, Crans-sur-Sierre Golf Club, Crans-Montana, Switzerland
4 of 5 researched
Winner
Bradley Dredge
Runner-up not yet researched.
From the papers
Golf Today
10 September 2006
I'm over the moon I have won again. The win has been a bit overdue and is a reward for my patience.
BBC Sport
10 September 2006
It was getting very frustrating, getting into position and not finishing off events.
Top 10
| Pos | Player | Rounds | Total | To par |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Bradley Dredge | 68 · 67 · 65 · 67 | 267 | −17 |
| T2 | Marcel Siem | 68 · 67 · 67 · 73 | 275 | −9 |
| T2 | Francesco Molinari | 68 · 68 · 70 · 69 | 275 | −9 |
| T4 | Sergio Garcia | 68 · 69 · 68 · 71 | 276 | −8 |
| T4 | Soren Kjeldsen | 70 · 69 · 67 · 70 | 276 | −8 |
| T4 | Marc Warren | 69 · 71 · 69 · 67 | 276 | −8 |
| T7 | Martin Erlandsson | 70 · 68 · 70 · 69 | 277 | |
| T7 | Andrew McLardy | 70 · 65 · 71 · 71 | 277 | |
| T7 | Ariel Canete | 72 · 70 · 69 · 66 | 277 | |
| T7 | Mikko Ilonen | 73 · 67 · 71 · 66 | 277 | |
| T7 | Cesar Monasterio | 74 · 69 · 68 · 66 | 277 |
The golfer
born 1973-07-06, Tredegar, Wales; WAL; turned pro 1996; age 33 that week; tour wins to date: 2; world No. 93 that week (OWGR rankBefore (player profile, week 36 2006)).
What’s in the bag
No bag on file yet