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Sunday 31 August 1997European TourYear in Review
Karlsson wins BMW International Open
Golfclub München Eichenried, Munich, Bavaria, Germany · Thursday 28 to Sunday 31 August 1997 · Robert Karlsson’s win no. 2 on the European Tour · purse £750,000 GBP · BMW
The headline is set by GNN from the record. Reports from the papers of the day are below as they are found.
The weather
13 h 13 m
of daylight on the final day, the sun 50° up at noon, and that night a waning crescent moon (computed from the date and the place).
- R127°/10°C · wind 28 km/h WSW, gusts 54 · 7.5 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R216°/10°C · wind 24 km/h WSW, gusts 49 · 12.7 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R320°/11°C · wind 18 km/h W, gusts 37 · 0.5 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R424°/15°C · wind 12 km/h W, gusts 28 · 4.1 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
The name over time
Not yet traced: its earlier names, sponsors and courses come with research.
The ones it got away from
- Carl Watts ENG · 264birdied the 72nd hole to force a play-off, then lost at the third extra hole after hooking his drive into a pond at the 18th The Independent: Golf: Harrington left without a ticket to Ryder (Andy Farrell, 1 Sep 1997)
139 started, 74 made it
Same week
DP World Tour event
BMW International Open
Golfclub München Eichenried, Golfclub München Eichenried, Munich, Bavaria, Germany
4 of 5 researched
Winner
Robert Karlsson
Runner-up not yet researched.
From the papers
The Independent (Andy Farrell)
31 August 1997
I'm trying to be more laid back but I'm not Ernie Els yet,
The Independent (Andy Farrell)
1 September 1997
It is not often you shoot a 66 and drop a place,
Top 10
| Pos | Player | Rounds | Total | To par |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Robert Karlsson | 67 · 67 · 64 · 66 | 264 | −24 |
| 2 | Carl Watts | 64 · 68 · 67 · 65 | 264 | |
| 3 | Colin Montgomerie | 65 · 67 · 67 · 66 | 265 | |
| 4 | Fabrice Tarnaud | 63 · 68 · 68 · 67 | 266 | |
| 5 | Thomas Bjorn | 68 · 65 · 68 · 66 | 267 | |
| T6 | Paul Broadhurst | 68 · 67 · 67 · 66 | 268 | |
| T6 | Jose Coceres | 69 · 66 · 66 · 67 | 268 | |
| T6 | Phillip Price | 65 · 69 · 68 · 66 | 268 | |
| T9 | Eduardo Romero | 67 · 70 · 64 · 68 | 269 | |
| T9 | Miguel Angel Jimenez | 67 · 70 · 69 · 63 | 269 | |
| T9 | Padraig Harrington | 66 · 64 · 71 · 68 | 269 |
The golfer
born 1969-09-03, Katrineholm, Sweden; SWE; turned pro 1989; age 27 that week; tour wins to date: 2; world No. 267 that week (OWGR rankBefore (OWGR player profile 1997 events table; = rankFrom on the OWGR event page)).
What’s in the bag
No bag on file yet