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Sunday 9 July 2006European TourYear in Review
Dodd wins Smurfit Kappa European Open
The K Club, Straffan, County Kildare, Ireland · Thursday 6 to Sunday 9 July 2006 · Stephen Dodd’s win no. 3 on the European Tour · purse £2,400,000 GBP · Smurfit Kappa
The headline is set by GNN from the record. Reports from the papers of the day are below as they are found.
The weather
16 h 28 m
of daylight on the final day, the sun 59° up at noon, and that night a waxing gibbous moon (computed from the date and the place).
- R122°/15°C · wind 20 km/h WSW, gusts 40 · 0.9 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R219°/13°C · wind 21 km/h WSW, gusts 44 · 0.3 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R316°/12°C · wind 33 km/h SSW, gusts 70 · 9 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R419°/12°C · wind 29 km/h WSW, gusts 68 · 0.7 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
- Jose Manuel Lara ESP · 28154-hole leader, still led with seven to play but bogeyed three holes in a row from the 12th; birdied 16 and 17 but needed an eagle at the 18th, drove into sand and laid up (74) Stephen Dodd gains two shot victory - Golf Today (Wayback Machine copy)
- Anthony Wall ENG · 281
156 started, 75 made it
Same week
DP World Tour event
Smurfit Kappa European Open
The K Club (Smurfit Course), The K Club, Straffan, County Kildare, Ireland
4 of 5 researched
Winner
Stephen Dodd
Runner-up not yet researched.
From the papers
ASAP Sports (interview transcript)
9 July 2006
There were some times when I thought I didn't want to do this. Golf's golf and you've got to accept that you're going to get rough times and just make the most of the good times when they come along.
ASAP Sports (interview transcript)
9 July 2006
17, I don't even know how long it was. 50 feet maybe. I was just trying to 2 putt the 17th and just fortunately I got the right line and the right pace and it went in.
Golf Today
9 July 2006
I wasn't aware of what was at stake over that putt. I just wanted to make sure I didn't do anything stupid,
Top 10
| Pos | Player | Rounds | Total | To par |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Stephen Dodd | 67 · 69 · 73 · 70 | 279 | −9 |
| T2 | Jose Manuel Lara | 72 · 68 · 67 · 74 | 281 | |
| T2 | Anthony Wall | 70 · 68 · 70 · 73 | 281 | |
| T4 | Graeme Storm | 70 · 73 · 69 · 70 | 282 | −6 |
| T4 | Jeev Milkha Singh | 70 · 68 · 74 · 70 | 282 | −6 |
| T4 | Lee Westwood | 70 · 75 · 67 · 70 | 282 | −6 |
| T4 | Paul McGinley | 75 · 71 · 67 · 69 | 282 | −6 |
| T4 | Simon Khan | 68 · 73 · 68 · 73 | 282 | −6 |
| T9 | Colin Montgomerie | 69 · 71 · 72 · 71 | 283 | |
| T9 | Bradley Dredge | 65 · 70 · 75 · 73 | 283 | |
| T9 | Simon Dyson | 69 · 74 · 71 · 69 | 283 | |
| T9 | Peter Hanson | 68 · 74 · 69 · 72 | 283 |
The golfer
born 1966-07-15, Cardiff, Wales; WAL; turned pro 1990; age 39 that week; tour wins to date: 3; world No. 128 that week (OWGR rankBefore 128 (rankAfter 60) per OWGR player profile events table 2006; Irish Times says he rose 68 places to 60th).
What’s in the bag
No bag on file yet