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Sunday 19 March 2006European TourYear in Review
Edfors wins TCL Classic
Yalong Bay Golf Club, Sanya, Hainan, China · Thursday 16 to Sunday 19 March 2006 · Johan Edfors’s win no. 1 on the European Tour · purse US$1,000,000 USD · TCL
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 57 m
of daylight on the final day, the sun 71° up at noon, and that night a waning gibbous moon (computed from the date and the place).
- R124°/22°C · wind 16 km/h ENE, gusts 24 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R225°/23°C · wind 13 km/h ESE, gusts 20 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R325°/24°C · wind 13 km/h ESE, gusts 19 · 1 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R425°/24°C · wind 16 km/h ENE, gusts 24 · 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
- Andrew Buckle AUS · 264Led Edfors by one entering the final round, double-bogeyed the fifth, drew level on the back nine but missed the birdie he needed at the 18th to force a playoff. Johan Edfors gains maiden European Tour win - Golf Today (Wayback Machine copy)
155 started, 68 made it
Same week
DP World Tour event
TCL Classic
Yalong Bay Golf Club, Yalong Bay Golf Club, Sanya, Hainan, China
4 of 5 researched
Winner
Johan Edfors
Runner-up not yet researched.
From the papers
Golf Today
19 March 2006
It's been a couple of frustrating years. I had the game but never had the opportunity to show it.
Golf Today
19 March 2006
On the second shot (18th hole), I was pretty confident that I had picked the correct club and told myself to calm down. This is the shot I was waiting to hit all my life
Golf Today
19 March 2006
I had eagle putts on 13 and 16 and it would have been nice to get one of those. But I also holed some good par putts so pleased with that
Top 10
| Pos | Player | Rounds | Total | To par |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Johan Edfors | 66 · 66 · 63 · 68 | 263 | −25 |
| 2 | Andrew Buckle | 63 · 66 · 65 · 70 | 264 | −24 |
| 3 | Prayad Marksaeng | 66 · 66 · 68 · 65 | 265 | −23 |
| 4 | Nick Dougherty | 66 · 67 · 64 · 69 | 266 | −22 |
| T5 | Gaurav Ghei | 67 · 69 · 65 · 66 | 267 | −21 |
| T5 | Lu Wen-teh | 69 · 68 · 64 · 66 | 267 | −21 |
| T7 | Warren Abery | 63 · 68 · 71 · 66 | 268 | −20 |
| T7 | Jeev Milkha Singh | 69 · 63 · 66 · 70 | 268 | −20 |
| T7 | David Howell | 64 · 63 · 66 · 75 | 268 | −20 |
| T10 | Paul Casey | 65 · 68 · 68 · 68 | 269 | −19 |
| T10 | Edward Loar | 62 · 69 · 68 · 70 | 269 | −19 |
The golfer
born 1975-10-10, Varberg, Sweden; SWE; turned pro 1997; age 30 that week; tour wins to date: 1; majors to date: 0; world No. 358 that week (OWGR rankBefore (week 11, 2006) from OWGR player profile events table).
What’s in the bag
No bag on file yet