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Sunday 7 May 2006European TourYear in Review
Molinari wins Telecom Italia Open
Castello di Tolcinasco, Milan, Italy · Thursday 4 to Sunday 7 May 2006 · Francesco Molinari’s win no. 1 on the European Tour · purse €1,400,000 EUR · Telecom Italia
The headline is set by GNN from the record. Reports from the papers of the day are below as they are found.
The weather
14 h 21 m
of daylight on the final day, the sun 61° up at noon, and that night a waxing gibbous moon (computed from the date and the place).
- R123°/12°C · wind 14 km/h E, gusts 25 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R219°/14°C · wind 16 km/h ENE, gusts 31 · 0.5 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R320°/12°C · wind 13 km/h W, gusts 27 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R424°/10°C · wind 9 km/h SW, gusts 23 · 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
- Jarmo Sandelin SWE · 269
- Anders Hansen DEN · 269Closed with a 66 to tie second, four behind; faltered with a late bogey. Local favourite Francesco Molinari claims win - Golf Today (Wayback Machine copy)
156 started, 65 made it
Same week
DP World Tour event
Telecom Italia Open
Castello di Tolcinasco, Castello di Tolcinasco, Milan, Italy
3 of 5 researched
Winner
Francesco Molinari
Runner-up not yet researched.
Top 10
| Pos | Player | Rounds | Total | To par |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Francesco Molinari | 68 · 65 · 67 · 65 | 265 | −23 |
| T2 | Anders Hansen | 70 · 67 · 66 · 66 | 269 | −19 |
| T2 | Jarmo Sandelin | 69 · 68 · 67 · 65 | 269 | −19 |
| 4 | Soren Kjeldsen | 63 · 70 · 69 · 68 | 270 | −18 |
| 5 | Benoit Teilleria | 69 · 68 · 65 · 69 | 271 | |
| T6 | Phillip Archer | 66 · 67 · 68 · 71 | 272 | −16 |
| T6 | Bradley Dredge | 67 · 69 · 68 · 68 | 272 | −16 |
| T8 | Peter Fowler | 68 · 67 · 68 · 70 | 273 | |
| T8 | Garry Houston | 70 · 70 · 65 · 68 | 273 | |
| T8 | Alessandro Tadini | 66 · 72 · 67 · 68 | 273 | |
| T8 | Marc Warren | 69 · 68 · 70 · 66 | 273 |
The golfer
born 1982-11-08, Turin, Italy; ITA; turned pro 2004; age 23 that week; tour wins to date: 1; majors to date: 0; world No. 201 that week (OWGR rankBefore (week 18, 2006) from OWGR player profile events table).
What’s in the bag
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From the papers
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