Golf Network News
Sunday 8 June 1997European TourYear in Review
Montgomerie wins Compaq European Grand Prix
Slaley Hall, Northumberland, England (region; the course comes with research) · Thursday 5 to Sunday 8 June 1997 · Colin Montgomerie’s win no. 13 on the European Tour · purse £650,000 GBP · Compaq
The headline is set by GNN from the record. Reports from the papers of the day are below as they are found.
The weather
16 h 27 m
of daylight on the final day, the sun 60° up at noon, and that night a waxing crescent moon (computed from the date and the place).
- R1Not yet researched
- R2Not yet researched
- R3Not yet researched
- 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
- Retief Goosen RSA · 275Defending champion trailed by a stroke early in the final round, closed with a 69 and was blown away by Montgomerie's 30 on the back nine, finishing five behind. Montgomerie wins by 5 at Compaq European Grand Prix - GOLFonline (AP), 8 June 1997 (Wayback Machine copy)
150 started, 76 made it
Same week
DP World Tour event
Compaq European Grand Prix
Slaley Hall, Slaley Hall, Northumberland, England
4 of 5 researched
Winner
Colin Montgomerie
Runner-up not yet researched.
From the papers
GOLFonline (AP final round story)
8 June 1997
Now there will be no one more confident than me going to Congressional.
GOLFonline (AP final round story)
8 June 1997
I chose to play here rather than in the Kemper Open (on the U.S. PGA Tour) because I wanted to be in contention, and I wanted the competition the week before the U.S. Open,
The Independent
9 June 1997
I've been 26 under par for my last five rounds and made only two bogeys.
Top 10
| Pos | Player | Rounds | Total | To par |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Colin Montgomerie | 69 · 68 · 68 · 65 | 270 | −18 |
| 2 | Retief Goosen | 69 · 69 · 68 · 69 | 275 | −13 |
| 3 | Lee Westwood | 70 · 70 · 66 · 70 | 276 | −12 |
| T4 | David Gilford | 71 · 69 · 69 · 69 | 278 | −10 |
| T4 | Scott Henderson | 69 · 71 · 68 · 70 | 278 | −10 |
| T6 | Roger Wessels | 71 · 69 · 73 · 67 | 280 | −8 |
| T6 | John Mellor | 71 · 72 · 67 · 70 | 280 | −8 |
| T6 | Jon Robson | 72 · 68 · 70 · 70 | 280 | −8 |
| T6 | David Carter | 69 · 70 · 70 · 71 | 280 | −8 |
| T6 | Jamie Spence | 69 · 72 · 67 · 72 | 280 | −8 |
The golfer
born 1963-06-23, Glasgow, Scotland; SCO; turned pro 1987; age 33 that week; tour wins to date: 13; world No. 6 that week (OWGR rankBefore (week 23, 1997) from the OWGR player profile events table; OWGR event page rankFrom 6. Age 33 stated by AP ("the 33-year-old Scot"). tour_wins_to_date 13 = Wikipedia 1997 season table "(13)" and AP "13th in 10 years". majors_to_date null (infobox majorwins blank).).
What’s in the bag
No bag on file yet