With this win Emanauele Canonica secured his first European Tour International Schedule victory in his 231st European Tour event as a professional. The win beats his best previous European Tour finishes of second at the 2000 Deutsche Bank – SAP Open TPC of Europe and 2002 Canarias Open de España.
His first win as a professional
The tenth Italian victory on The European Tour
The fifth different Italian to win on The European Tour, following Baldovino Dassu, Massimo Mannelli, Costantino Rocca and Massimo Scarpa
The 311th different winner in the history of The European Tour
The first Italian victory on The European Tour since Massimo Scarpa at the 2000 Buzzgolf.com North West of Ireland Open
Moves from 106th in The European Tour Order of Merit to €486,434
Gains a two year Tour exemption until the end of 2007
Gains his biggest European Tour Prize of €338,442 (£233,330)
Gains a place in the HSBC Champions Tournament
Second consecutive first-time winner, following Mark Hensby at the Scandinavian Masters by Carlsberg
The tenth first-time winner on The 2005 European Tour, following Stephen Dodd (Volvo China Open), Charl Schwarztel (dunhill championship), Nick Dougherty (Caltex Masters, presented by Carlsberg, Singapore 2005), Thaworn Wiratchant (Enjoy Jakarta Standard Chartered Indonesia Open), Peter Hanson (Jazztel Open de España en Andlaucia), Steve Webster (Telecom Italia Open), Gonzalo Fernandez-Castano (The KLM Open) and Joakim Bäckström (Aa St Omer Open) and Mark Hensby (Scandinavian Masters by Carlsberg)
The fourth player to make the Johnnie Walker Championship at Gleneagles their first European Tour title, following Warren Bennett (1999), Paul Casey (2001) and Søren Kjeldsen (2003)
The 26th different winner on The 2005 European Tour International Schedule
Second top ten finish in 2005 and 17th of his European Tour career
