Madeira Island Open Caixa Geral de Depositos 2006 - DP World Tour

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Top Class Assembles in Madeira
The Madeira Island Open Caixa Geral de Depositos celebrates its return to the European Tour International Schedule this week with one of the strongest field’s in the tournament’s 14 year history. After four years as a dual ranking event between The Tour and the Challenge Tour, this week’s tournament returns
15 years ago
15 years ago
Strong field heralds The European Tour's return to Madeira
The Madeira Island Open Caixa Geral de Depositos celebrates its return to the European Tour International Schedule this week with one of the strongest field’s in the tournament’s 14 year history. After four years as a dual ranking event between The Tour and the Challenge Tour, this week’s tournament returns
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Sandelin and Van de Velde Hoping to Reach a New Plateau in Madeira
The Madeira Island Open Caixa Geral de Depositos is set for a thrilling weekend of golf, with two of the games most enduring personalities – Sweden’s Jarmo Sandelin and Frenchman Jean Van de Velde – leading the field at the halfway stage. It is somewhat fitting that Van de Velde
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Course Information
GREENS Type of grass - Penncross POAHeight of cut - 3.75 mmSpeed/stimpmeter reading - 9.0 on March 21stThe greens slope quite a lot, which can make them difficult to read
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Facts & Figures
First played:1993
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Van de Velde on Course to Complete Dream Comeback in Madeira
Jean Van de Velde takes a two stroke lead into the final round of the Madeira Island Open Caixa Geral de Depositos after his third round of one under par 71 handed the Frenchman an 11 under aggregate on a day of very difficult conditions at Santo da Serra Golf
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Sandelin's Flawless 66 Takes him to the Top at Santo da Serra
Sweden’s Jarmo Sandelin tamed the swirling, gusting winds amidst the mountains of Madeira to produce a flawless opening round of six under par 66 at the Madeira Island Open Caixa Geral de Depositos. His bogey free effort was, according to the man himself, the first time he had played 18
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Course Info
CourseOpened – 1991Course Designer – Robert Trent Jones Jnr.Special Features - The course descends 300 metres from top to bottomGeneral Playability - Can be tricky judging the distance because the altitude and windUndulating/Flat – Very hilly course at 2000 ftTreelined/exposed - Most of the trees are quite a long way
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Did You Know?
When Des Smyth won the 2001 Madeira Island Open he created European Tour history by becoming the oldest winner of a European Tour event, aged 48 and 34 days, beating the record of Neil Coles, who was 48 and 14 days , in winning the 1982 Sanyo Open.Here is a
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Van de Velde Completes Emotional Victory in Madeira
Despite a stumble at the final hole, Jean Van de Velde ended a 13 year wait for his second European Tour title when he won the Madeira Island Open Caixa Geral de Depositos. Van de Velde held a four stroke lead standing on the 72nd tee, but the man who
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