Washout makes Wales World Cup winners
Posted: Sun Nov 20, 2005 4:38 pm
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Washout makes Wales World Cup winners
20/11/2005
Bradley Dredge and Stephen Dodd became World Cup winners for Wales today - without hitting a ball.
Torrential rain on Portugal’s Algarve washed out play and with a forecast of more to come it was decided that the position after 54 holes would be the result.
For Dredge and Dodd that meant a two-stroke victory over defending champions England – Luke Donald and David Howell – and Swedes Henrik Stenson and Niclas Fasth.
And it also meant their biggest ever pay-day. Each of them walked away with cheques for about €600,000 to provide a rich finish to what was already the most lucrative season of both players’ careers.
The last time the World Cup did not manage to complete 72 holes was in 1989. Only two rounds were possible because of flooding on Spain’s Costa del Sol then, with Australians Wayne Grady and Peter Fowler being declared the winners.
Washout makes Wales World Cup winners
20/11/2005
Bradley Dredge and Stephen Dodd became World Cup winners for Wales today - without hitting a ball.
Torrential rain on Portugal’s Algarve washed out play and with a forecast of more to come it was decided that the position after 54 holes would be the result.
For Dredge and Dodd that meant a two-stroke victory over defending champions England – Luke Donald and David Howell – and Swedes Henrik Stenson and Niclas Fasth.
And it also meant their biggest ever pay-day. Each of them walked away with cheques for about €600,000 to provide a rich finish to what was already the most lucrative season of both players’ careers.
The last time the World Cup did not manage to complete 72 holes was in 1989. Only two rounds were possible because of flooding on Spain’s Costa del Sol then, with Australians Wayne Grady and Peter Fowler being declared the winners.
