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Sunday 23 July 2006European Tour · PGA TourYear in Review
Woods wins the Open
Royal Liverpool Golf Club, Hoylake, England · Thursday 20 to Sunday 23 July 2006 · Tiger Woods’s win no. 49 on the European Tour · purse £4,000,000 GBP · 135th Open Championship; hard, fast, brown links
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 55 m
of daylight on the final day, the sun 57° up at noon, and that night a waning crescent moon (computed from the date and the place).
- R126°/19°C · wind 11 km/h W, gusts 31 · 1 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R226°/16°C · wind 13 km/h W, gusts 30 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R326°/16°C · wind 9 km/h SSW, gusts 21 · 3.7 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R424°/16°C · wind 13 km/h WSW, gusts 30 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
The name over time
- The Open
1860–2026 in our record, 154 editions.
The ones it got away from
- Chris DiMarco USA · 272Closed with 68 and got within one, but Woods answered with three straight birdies from the 14th Woods earns 11th career major win at British Open (AP via ESPN)
156 started · cut -1, 71 made it
Same week
Men's major
The Open
Royal Liverpool Golf Club, Hoylake
4 of 5 researched
Winner
Runner-up: Chris DiMarco
From the papers
ASAP Sports (interview transcript)
23 July 2006
But at that moment it just came pouring out and of all the things that my father has meant to me and the game of golf, and I just wish he could have seen it one more time.
ASAP Sports (interview transcript)
23 July 2006
I know my mom would be very proud of me right now. One, for playing well; but two, just because that's how she was.
Associated Press via ESPN
23 July 2006
I don't think anyone has ever hit long irons that well,
Top 10
| Pos | Player | Rounds | Total | To par |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tiger Woods | 67 · 65 · 71 · 67 | 270 | −18 |
| 2 | Chris DiMarco | 70 · 65 · 69 · 68 | 272 | −16 |
| 3 | Ernie Els | 68 · 65 · 71 · 71 | 275 | −13 |
| 4 | Jim Furyk | 68 · 71 · 66 · 71 | 276 | −12 |
| T5 | Hideto Tanihara | 72 · 68 · 66 · 71 | 277 | −11 |
| T5 | Sergio Garcia | 68 · 71 · 65 · 73 | 277 | −11 |
| 7 | Ángel Cabrera | 71 · 68 · 66 · 73 | 278 | −10 |
| T8 | Andres Romero | 70 · 70 · 68 · 71 | 279 | −9 |
| T8 | Adam Scott | 68 · 69 · 70 · 72 | 279 | −9 |
| T8 | Carl Pettersson | 68 · 72 · 70 · 69 | 279 | −9 |
The golfer
born 1975-12-30, Cypress, California; USA; turned pro 1996; age 30 that week; tour wins to date: 49; majors to date: 11; world No. 1 that week (OWGR rankBefore (owgr.com player profile, THE OPEN CHAMPIONSHIP 2006)).
What’s in the bag
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