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Sunday 8 September 1996European TourYear in Review
Montgomerie wins Canon European Masters
Crans-sur-Sierre Golf Club, Crans-Montana, Switzerland (region; the course comes with research) · Thursday 5 to Sunday 8 September 1996 · Colin Montgomerie’s win no. 12 on the European Tour · purse £750,000 GBP · Canon
The headline is set by GNN from the record. Reports from the papers of the day are below as they are found.
The weather
12 h 39 m
of daylight on the final day, the sun 48° up at noon, and that night a waning crescent moon (computed from the date and the place).
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- R4Not yet researched
The name over time
Not yet traced: its earlier names, sponsors and courses come with research.
The ones it got away from
- Sam Torrance SCOLed by six after 36 holes and by one again after the 6th on Sunday, but bogeyed the 301-yard 7th as Montgomerie eagled it; Montgomerie then birdied five of the last six. Montgomerie drives into record books - The Independent
143 started, 70 made it
Same week
DP World Tour event
Canon European Masters
Crans-sur-Sierre Golf Club, Crans-sur-Sierre Golf Club, Crans-Montana, Switzerland
4 of 5 researched
Winner
Colin Montgomerie
Runner-up not yet researched.
From the papers
The Independent
9 September 1996
That three-shot swing sent me from one behind to two ahead and I was never headed after that
The Independent
9 September 1996
I'm particularly pleased that I shot a 63 after my 61. It is always difficult to follow a really good round with another.
The Independent
7 September 1996
It was ridiculous. I had eight birdies in my first round and seven today and I'm only six under par,
Top 10
| Pos | Player | Rounds | Total | To par |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Colin Montgomerie | 65 · 71 · 61 · 63 | 260 | −24 |
| 2 | Sam Torrance | |||
| 3 | Paul Curry | |||
| T4 | Seve Ballesteros | |||
| T4 | Peter Mitchell | |||
| T4 | Gary Orr | |||
| T7 | Nozomi Kawahara | |||
| T7 | Darren Clarke | |||
| T7 | Thomas Bjorn | |||
| T10 | Mats Lanner | |||
| T10 | Andrew Oldcorn | |||
| T10 | Paul Broadhurst | |||
| T10 | Lee Westwood |
The golfer
born 1963-06-23, Glasgow, Scotland; SCO; age 33 that week; tour wins to date: 12; world No. 6 that week (OWGR rankFrom (rank entering the event) on the OWGR event page and rankBefore on his OWGR profile, week 36 1996).
What’s in the bag
No bag on file yet