With this win Peter Hanson secured his first victory on The European Tour International Schedule and beat his previous best performance of tied second at the 2004 Scandinavian Masters presented by Carlsberg. It was also his second win as a professional, following the 2001 Günther Hamburg Classics on the European Challenge Tour.
Gains a two year Tour exemption until the end of 2007
The 21st different Swede to win on The European Tour
The 57th Swedish win on The European Tour
Gains his largest European Tour prize of €275,000 (£190,614)
The 70th different former Challenge Tour player to win on The European Tour
The 134th European Tour victory by a former European Challenge Tour player
The fourth victory on the 2005 season by a former Challenge Tour member, following Stephen Dodd (Volvo China Open), Niclas Fasth (Holden New Zealand Open) and Robert-Jan Derksen (Madeira Island Open Caixa Geral Open de Depositos
The 16th different winner from the 17 events played so far on the 2005 European Tour International Schedule
Second wire-to-wire winner in 2005, following Thongchai Jaidee (Carlsberg Malaysian Open)
First wire-to-wire winner of the event since Neil Coles in 1973
First top ten finish of the season
Fifth first-time winner on the 2005 season, following Stephen Dodd, Charl Schwartzel, Nick Dougherty and Thaworn Wiratchant
Joins Joakim Haeggman (1993), Jarmo Sandelin (1999) and Robert Karlsson (2001) as Swedish winners of the event)
His play-off defeat of fellow Swede Peter Gustafsson, was the first all- Swedish play-off in European Tour history
