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Sunday 6 July 1997European TourYear in Review
Montgomerie wins Murphy's Irish Open
Druids Glen, County Wicklow, Ireland (region; the course comes with research) · Thursday 3 to Sunday 6 July 1997 · Colin Montgomerie’s win no. 14 on the European Tour · purse £675,000 GBP · Murphy's
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 32 m
of daylight on the final day, the sun 59° up at noon, and that night a waxing crescent 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
- Lee Westwood ENGled by three strokes going into the final round but Montgomerie shot a course-record 62 in the final two-ball, a 10-shot swing; Westwood three-putted the first and dropped five behind by the 13th The Independent: Golf: Monty puts pretender in his place (Andy Farrell, 7 Jul 1997)
155 started, 68 made it
Same week
DP World Tour event
Murphy's Irish Open
Druids Glen, Druids Glen, County Wicklow, Ireland
4 of 5 researched
Winner
Colin Montgomerie
Runner-up not yet researched.
From the papers
The Independent (Andy Farrell)
7 July 1997
I want to savour what is my best performance over four rounds in Europe. I have shot lower, but this round is up there with my best.
The Independent (Andy Farrell)
7 July 1997
Lee did well to hold off Faldo and he'll get over this. He is playing some of the best golf in Europe
The Independent (Andy Farrell)
6 July 1997
Barring disasters. But I'd like to get off to a better start tomorrow.
Top 10
| Pos | Player | Rounds | Total | To par |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Colin Montgomerie | 68 · 70 · 69 · 62 | 269 | −15 |
| 2 | Lee Westwood | 65 · 69 · 70 · 72 | 276 | −8 |
| 3 | Nick Faldo | 69 · 73 · 68 · 68 | 278 | −6 |
| T4 | Ian Woosnam | 71 · 70 · 70 · 69 | 280 | −4 |
| T4 | Michael Jonzon | 72 · 64 · 75 · 69 | 280 | −4 |
| 6 | Jose Maria Olazabal | |||
| T7 | Wayne Westner | 70 · 70 · 70 · 73 | 283 | −1 |
| T7 | Philip Walton | 76 · 69 · 70 · 68 | 283 | −1 |
| T7 | Daniel Chopra | 71 · 69 · 71 · 72 | 283 | −1 |
| T7 | Peter Hedblom | 72 · 73 · 68 · 70 | 283 | −1 |
| T7 | Paul Lawrie | 72 · 72 · 72 · 67 | 283 | −1 |
| T7 | Padraig Harrington | 71 · 72 · 71 · 69 | 283 | −1 |
| T7 | Thomas Bjorn | 66 · 70 · 74 · 73 | 283 | −1 |
| T7 | David Tapping | 72 · 68 · 69 · 74 | 283 | −1 |
The golfer
born 1963-06-23, Glasgow, Scotland; SCO; turned pro 1988; age 34 that week; tour wins to date: 14; world No. 4 that week (OWGR rankBefore (= rankFrom on the OWGR event page)).
What’s in the bag
No bag on file yet