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Sunday 2 July 2006European TourYear in Review
Bickerton wins Open de France Alstom
Le Golf National, Guyancourt, France · Thursday 29 June to Sunday 2 July 2006 · John Bickerton’s win no. 2 on the European Tour · purse €4,000,000 EUR · Alstom
The headline is set by GNN from the record. Reports from the papers of the day are below as they are found.
The weather
15 h 52 m
of daylight on the final day, the sun 64° up at noon, and that night a waxing crescent moon (computed from the date and the place).
- R126°/13°C · wind 12 km/h NNE, gusts 26 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R228°/15°C · wind 11 km/h NE, gusts 24 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R329°/16°C · wind 16 km/h ENE, gusts 31 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R429°/16°C · wind 12 km/h ENE, gusts 26 · 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
- Padraig Harrington IRL · 274
156 started, 72 made it
Same week
DP World Tour event
Open de France Alstom
Le Golf National, Le Golf National, Guyancourt, France
4 of 5 researched
Winner
John Bickerton
Runner-up not yet researched.
From the papers
BBC Sport
2 July 2006
I first realised I could win it on Thursday. That score (a 63) was a good score to go out in for first round. This is definitely the best week of my career.
Top 10
| Pos | Player | Rounds | Total | To par |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | John Bickerton | 63 · 70 · 71 · 69 | 273 | −11 |
| 2 | Padraig Harrington | 69 · 70 · 69 · 66 | 274 | −10 |
| T3 | Ian Poulter | 68 · 70 · 69 · 69 | 276 | −8 |
| T3 | Michael Campbell | 65 · 70 · 68 · 73 | 276 | −8 |
| T3 | Marcus Fraser | 70 · 68 · 69 · 69 | 276 | −8 |
| 6 | Anders Hansen | 70 · 68 · 68 · 71 | 277 | −7 |
| T7 | Peter O'Malley | 71 · 68 · 71 · 68 | 278 | |
| T7 | Richard Green | 71 · 70 · 68 · 69 | 278 | |
| T7 | Andrew Coltart | 68 · 73 · 70 · 67 | 278 | |
| T10 | Alastair Forsyth | 69 · 69 · 70 · 71 | 279 | |
| T10 | Jose Maria Olazabal | 74 · 68 · 70 · 67 | 279 |
The golfer
born 1969-12-23, Redditch, England; ENG; turned pro 1991; age 36 that week; tour wins to date: 2; world No. 190 that week (OWGR rankBefore 190 (rankAfter 89) per OWGR player profile events table 2006).
What’s in the bag
No bag on file yet