Week 5 - J.B. HOLMES WINS THE FBR OPEN AND SOARS TO WORLD NUMBER 77
week 5

J.B. Holmes won the FBR Open on the PGA TOUR by a seven stroke margin from five players tied in second place. Holmes, winner of last year’s PGA TOUR Qualifying Tournament, is now World Number 77, an improvement of 387 places. Tiger Woods completed a Play-Off victory for the second successive week as he overcame Ernie Els at the first extra hole of the Dubai Desert Classic on the European Tour.

6TH FEBRUARY 2006 | 12:22 PM

J.B. Holmes won the FBR Open on the PGA TOUR by a seven stroke margin from five players tied in second place. Holmes, winner of last year’s PGA TOUR Qualifying Tournament, is now World Number 77, an improvement of 387 places.

Tiger Woods completed a Play-Off victory for the second successive week as he overcame Ernie Els at the first extra hole of the Dubai Desert Classic on the European Tour. World Number One Woods now heads Vijay Singh by a margin of 8.6 points while World Number 5 Els closes the gap on Phil Mickelson in 4th to 0.1 points.

This week’s other winners were Warren Abery at the Nashua Masters on the Sunshine Tour and Miguel Carballo at the Abierto Movistar de Guatemala on the European Challenge Tour.

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