Preview - KLM Open 2006

 Dates: August 10th - August 13th
 Site: Kennemer Golf & Country Club, Zandvoort, Netherlands
 Course Architect: Harry Colt (1927)
 Par: 71
 Yardage: 6,862
 Hole-By-Hole: 1 - Par 4 434 Yds   10 - Par 4 446 Yds
               2 - Par 5 569 Yds   11 - Par 3 160 Yds
               3 - Par 3 152 Yds   12 - Par 4 454 Yds
               4 - Par 4 406 Yds   13 - Par 4 359 Yds
               5 - Par 4 426 Yds   14 - Par 3 165 Yds
               6 - Par 4 357 Yds   15 - Par 4 449 Yds
               7 - Par 5 558 Yds   16 - Par 5 523 Yds
               8 - Par 3 224 Yds   17 - Par 4 374 Yds
               9 - Par 4 418 Yds   18 - Par 4 388 Yds
                   -------------        -------------
                    36 3,544 Yds         35 3,318 Yds
 
 Annual: 87th
 Defending Champion: Gonzalo Fernandez-Castano
 Runner-Up: Gary Emerson
 Tournament Record: 263 (Tobias Dier, 2002)
 54-Hole Record: 194 (Tobias Dier, 2002)
 35-Hole Record: 127 (Tobias Dier, 2002)
 18-Hole Record: 60 (Tobias Dier, 2002)
 Total Purse: $2,052,908
 Shares: 1st $342,171; 2nd $228,109; 3rd $128,522
 
 2005 Finish
 -----------
 
 Player                Score 
 ------                -----
 G. Fernandez-Castano   269 
 Gary Emerson           271 
 Paul Broadhurst        272 
 Maarten Lafeber        273
 Markus Brier           273
 
 Past KLM Open Winners
 ---------------------
 
 Year  Winner (Score) -- Runners-Up
 ----  ----------------------------
 2005  Gonzalo Fernandez-Castano (269) -- Gary Emerson
 2004  David Lynn (264) -- Paul McGinley, Richard Green
 2003  Maarten Lafeber (267) -- Soren Hansen, Mathias Gronberg
 2002  Tobias Dier (263) -- Jamie Spence
 2001  *Bernhard Langer (269) -- Warren Bennett
 2000  Stephen Leaney (269) -- Bernhard Langer
 1999  Lee Westwood (269) -- Gary Orr
 1998  Stephen Leaney (266) -- Darren Clarke
 1997  Sven Struver (266) -- Russell Claydon
 1996  Mark McNulty (266) -- Scott Hoch
 1995  Scott Hoch (269) -- Sam Torrance, Michael Jonzon
 1994  Miguel Angel Jimenez (270) -- Howard Clark
 1993  Colin Montgomerie (281) -- Jose Coceres, Jean Van de Velde
 1992  *Bernhard Langer (277) -- Gordon Brand Jr
 1991  Payne Stewart (267) -- Per-Ulrik Johansson, Bernhard Langer
 1990  Stephen McAllister (274) -- Roger Chapman
 1989  *Jose Maria Olazabal (277) -- Roger Chapman, Ronan Rafferty
 1988  Mark Mouland (274) -- Des Smyth
 1987  Gordon Brand, Jr. (272) -- David A. Russell
 1986  Seve Ballesteros (271) -- Jose Rivero
 1985  Graham Marsh (282) -- Bernhard Langer
 1984  Bernhard Langer (275) -- Graham Marsh
 1983  Ken Brown (274) -- Jose Maria Canizares, Vaughan Somers
 1982  Paul Way (276) -- David Feherty, Vicente Fernandez
 1981  Harold Henning (280) -- Ray Floyd, Nick Price
 1980  Seve Ballesteros (280) -- Sandy Lyle
 1979  Graham Marsh (285) -- Malcolm Gregson, Antonio Garrido
 1978  Bob Byman (214) -- Nick Price
 1977  Bob Byman (278) -- Hugh Baiocchi
 1976  Seve Ballesteros (275) -- Howard Clark
 1975  Hugh Baiocchi (279) -- Simon Hobday, P.Hayes
 1974  Brian Barnes (211) -- Peter Oosterhuis, Simon Owen, Eddie Polland
 1973  Doug McClelland (279) -- Peter Oosterhuis
 1972  Jack Newton (277) -- Peter Oosterhuis, Malcolm Gregson
 1971  R.Sota (277)
 1970  Vicente Fernandez (279)
 1969  Guy Wolstenholme (277)
 1968  J.Cockin (292)
 1967  P.Townsend (282)
 1966  R.Sota (276)
 1965  A.Miguel (278)
 1964  Sewsunker Sewgolum (275)
 1963  R.Waltman (279)
 1962  B.Huggett (274)
 1961  B.Wilkes (279)
 1960  Sewsunker Sewgolum (280)
 1959  Sewsunker Sewgolum (283)
 1958  D.Thomas (277)
 1957  J.Jacobs (284)
 1956  A.Cerda (277)
 1955  A.Angelini (280)
 1954  U.Grappasonni (295)
 1953  Flory van Donck (286)
 1952  C.Denny (284)
 1951  Flory van Donck (281)
 1950  Roberto de Vicenzo (269)
 1949  J.Adams (294)
 1948  C.Denny (290)
 1947  Joop Ruhl (290)
 1946  Flory van Donck (290)
 1945  Not Held
 1944  Not Held
 1943  Not Held
 1942  Not Held
 1941  Not Held
 1940  Not Held
 1939  Bobby Locke (281)
 1938  A.Padgham (281)
 1937  Flory van Donck (286)
 1936  Flory van Donck (285)
 1935  Sid Brews (275)
 1934  Sid Brews (286)
 1933  M.Dallemagne (143)
 1932  A.Boyer (137)
 1931  F.Dyer (145)
 1930  J.Oosterveer (152)
 1929  J.J. Taylor (153)
 1928  E.Whitcombe (141)
 1927  Percy Boomer (147)
 1926  Aubrey Boomer (151)
 1925  Aubrey Boomer (144)
 1924  Aubrey Boomer (138)
 1923  H.Burrows (153)
 1922  G.Pannell (160)
 1921  H.Burrows (151)
 1920  H.Burrows (155)
 1919  D.Oosterveer (158)
 1918  F.Gevers (159)
 1917  J.Oosterveer (160)
 1916  Major C.H. Bryce (152)
 1915  G.M. del Court Van Krimpen (152)
 1914  Not Held
 1913  Not Held
 1912  G.Pannell (162)
 
 * - Won in Playoff
 
 Note: Formerly called KLM Dutch Open (1981-90), Heineken Dutch Open (1991-95),
       Sun Microsystems Dutch Open (1996-97), TNT Dutch Open (1998-2002), Dutch
       Open (2003). Prior to 1934 only 36 holes.