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Sunday 14 May 2006European TourYear in Review
Edfors wins Quinn Direct British Masters
The Belfry, Wishaw, England · Thursday 11 to Sunday 14 May 2006 · Johan Edfors’s win no. 2 on the European Tour · purse £1,800,000 GBP · Quinn Direct
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 28 m
of daylight on the final day, the sun 56° up at noon, and that night a waning gibbous moon (computed from the date and the place).
- R121°/7°C · wind 10 km/h ENE, gusts 19 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R222°/9°C · wind 14 km/h SW, gusts 26 · 0.4 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R313°/10°C · wind 12 km/h NNE, gusts 32 · 6.4 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R416°/9°C · wind 15 km/h SSE, gusts 30 · 1.1 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
- Gary Emerson ENG · 278Tied second, one behind, after a closing 67; Edfors bogeyed the last but held on. Errors hand title to Johan Edfors - Golf Today (Wayback Machine copy)
- Jarmo Sandelin SWE · 278Tied second, one behind, after a closing 70. Errors hand title to Johan Edfors - Golf Today (Wayback Machine copy)
- Stephen Gallacher SCO · 278Tied second, one behind, after a closing 71. Errors hand title to Johan Edfors - Golf Today (Wayback Machine copy)
156 started, 70 made it
Same week
DP World Tour event
Quinn Direct British Masters
The Belfry, The Belfry, Wishaw, England
4 of 5 researched
Winner
Johan Edfors
Runner-up not yet researched.
From the papers
ASAP Sports (interview transcript)
14 May 2006
Pretty cool feeling I think being up there on 18, thinking about watching TV at the Ryder Cup, a lot of spectacular things that have happened there on the 18th.
ASAP Sports (interview transcript)
14 May 2006
I really thought I had the game to go out on The European Tour, but I realized pretty soon that I didn't have the game, I mean, I wasn't good enough.
Top 10
| Pos | Player | Rounds | Total | To par |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Johan Edfors | 68 · 69 · 70 · 70 | 277 | −11 |
| T2 | Gary Emerson | 68 · 70 · 73 · 67 | 278 | |
| T2 | Stephen Gallacher | 71 · 66 · 70 · 71 | 278 | |
| T2 | Jarmo Sandelin | 67 · 71 · 70 · 70 | 278 | |
| T5 | Michael Campbell | 67 · 70 · 68 · 74 | 279 | |
| T5 | Paul Casey | 67 · 66 · 70 · 76 | 279 | −9 |
| 7 | Paul Broadhurst | 70 · 72 · 70 · 68 | 280 | |
| T8 | Jonathan Lomas | 70 · 73 · 68 · 70 | 281 | |
| T8 | Graeme McDowell | 70 · 68 · 73 · 70 | 281 | −7 |
| T8 | Tom Whitehouse | 70 · 71 · 69 · 71 | 281 |
The golfer
born 1975-10-10, Varberg, Sweden; SWE; turned pro 1997; age 30 that week; tour wins to date: 2; world No. 194 that week (OWGR rankBefore (week 19, 2006) from OWGR player profile events table).
What’s in the bag
No bag on file yet