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Sunday 6 May 2007European TourYear in Review
Fernández-Castaño wins Telecom Italia Open
Castello di Tolcinasco, near Milan, Italy · Thursday 3 to Sunday 6 May 2007 · Gonzalo Fernández-Castaño’s win no. 3 on the European Tour · purse €1,700,000 EUR · Telecom Italia · Shortened to 54 holes due to weather; rain on day two cost almost nine hours and early second-round scores were scrapped to allow lift-and-place
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 19 m
of daylight on the final day, the sun 61° up at noon, and that night a waning gibbous moon (computed from the date and the place).
- R118°/11°C · wind 8 km/h NW, gusts 20 · 0.9 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R215°/12°C · wind 23 km/h ENE, gusts 46 · 25.5 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R319°/12°C · wind 5 km/h W, gusts 17 · 5.4 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R421°/12°C · wind 8 km/h SW, gusts 20 · 0.4 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
- Markus Brier AUT · 200Tied on 200 after 54 holes; lost to a birdie at the second extra hole. Gonzalo Fernández-Castaño - Wikipedia
156 started, 70 made it
Same week
DP World Tour event
Telecom Italia Open
Castello di Tolcinasco, Castello di Tolcinasco, near Milan, Italy
3 of 5 researched
Winner
Gonzalo Fernández-Castaño
Runner-up not yet researched.
Top 10
| Pos | Player | Rounds | Total | To par |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Gonzalo Fernández-Castaño | 67 · 68 · 65 | 200 | −16 |
| 2 | Markus Brier | 63 · 69 · 68 | 200 | |
| T3 | Fredrik Andersson Hed | 69 · 68 · 64 | 201 | |
| T3 | Henrik Nystrom | 67 · 68 · 66 | 201 | |
| T3 | Nick Dougherty | 67 · 64 · 70 | 201 | |
| T3 | Francesco Molinari | 67 · 69 · 65 | 201 | |
| T7 | Andrew McLardy | 65 · 65 · 72 | 202 | |
| T7 | Raphael Jacquelin | 66 · 71 · 65 | 202 | |
| T7 | Marcus Fraser | 68 · 66 · 68 | 202 | |
| T7 | Alexandre Rocha | 70 · 64 · 68 | 202 |
The golfer
born 1980-10-13, Madrid, Spain; ESP; turned pro 2004; age 26 that week; tour wins to date: 3; majors to date: 0; world No. 203 that week (OWGR rankBefore (owgr.com player profile, week 18 2007)).
What’s in the bag
No bag on file yet
From the papers
No clipping yet