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Saturday 12 July 1997European TourYear in Review
Lehman wins Gulfstream Loch Lomond World Invitational
Loch Lomond Golf Club, Scotland (region; the course comes with research) · purse £800,000 GBP · Gulfstream · Final round played on Saturday 12 July, the week before the Open (The Independent: "after the tournament on Saturday night"); OWGR lists the week as 10-13 July
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 59 m
of daylight on the final day, the sun 56° up at noon, and that night a first-quarter moon (computed from the date and the place).
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The name over time
Not yet traced: its earlier names, sponsors and courses come with research.
The ones it got away from
- Ernie Els RSAclosed with rounds of 65 and 66 from nine under after 54 holes but finished five strokes behind The Independent: Golf: Grounded Lehman flying high (Andy Farrell, 14 Jul 1997)
149 started, 73 made it
Same week
DP World Tour event
Gulfstream Loch Lomond World Invitational
Loch Lomond Golf Club, Loch Lomond Golf Club, Scotland
4 of 5 researched
Winner
Tom Lehman
Runner-up not yet researched.
From the papers
The Independent (Andy Farrell)
14 July 1997
Any time you win is special, but to win in Scotland, against a field of this quality, is even more special. And to shoot 19 under on this course makes you ecstatic.
The Independent (Andy Farrell)
14 July 1997
Most of my wins have come when I am putting well and have been by decisive margins,
The Independent (Andy Farrell)
12 July 1997
I feel I can go lower still. My game is there, but Tom is a good front-runner. He is not going to back off and this is a good course for him.
Top 10
| Pos | Player | Rounds | Total | To par |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tom Lehman | 65 · 66 · 67 · 67 | 265 | −19 |
| 2 | Ernie Els | 70 · 69 · 65 · 66 | 270 | −14 |
| 3 | Retief Goosen | 71 · 70 · 69 · 62 | 272 | −12 |
| T4 | Greg Norman | 68 · 68 · 69 · 68 | 273 | −11 |
| T4 | Pierre Fulke | 70 · 64 · 66 · 73 | 273 | −11 |
| T6 | Payne Stewart | 73 · 67 · 66 · 68 | 274 | −10 |
| T6 | Mats Hallberg | 67 · 71 · 71 · 65 | 274 | −10 |
| T6 | Paul Broadhurst | 68 · 70 · 68 · 68 | 274 | −10 |
| 9 | Steve Jones | 69 · 65 · 68 · 73 | 275 | −9 |
| T10 | Peter O'Malley | 71 · 68 · 68 · 69 | 276 | −8 |
| T10 | Colin Montgomerie | 69 · 70 · 70 · 67 | 276 | −8 |
The golfer
born 1959-03-07, Austin, Minnesota, U.S.; USA; turned pro 1982; age 38 that week; majors to date: 1; world No. 6 that week (OWGR rankBefore (= rankFrom on the OWGR event page)).
What’s in the bag
No bag on file yet