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Sunday 6 September 1998European TourYear in Review
Strüver wins Canon European Masters
Crans-sur-Sierre Golf Club, Crans-Montana, Switzerland · Thursday 3 to Sunday 6 September 1998 · Sven Strüver’s win no. 3 on the European Tour · purse £800,000 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 49 m
of daylight on the final day, the sun 49° up at noon, and that night a full moon (computed from the date and the place).
- R119°/11°C · wind 8 km/h SSW, gusts 44 · 7.4 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R219°/5°C · wind 6 km/h SSE, gusts 35 · 3.5 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R313°/7°C · wind 7 km/h WNW, gusts 45 · 22.3 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R418°/6°C · wind 6 km/h WSW, gusts 38 · 0 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
- Patrik Sjöland SWE · 263Led by four after 54 holes; missed three short putts early and bogeyed twice late, regained the lead with a birdie at the 17th, then lost when Strüver birdied the 18th in regulation and at the first extra hole. Double joy for Struver on 18th to beat Sjoland - Golf Today (Reuters)
146 started, 68 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
Sven Strüver
Runner-up not yet researched.
From the papers
Golf Today (Reuters)
6 September 1998
I've never won in a sudden-death before, so it's a good way to add my third title.
Golf Today (Reuters)
6 September 1998
I thought I'd need to shoot 63 or 64 to beat Patrik and wouldn't have thought 66 was good enough but the key was definitely the 18th. I played it five times altogether and birdied it four times.
Golf Today (Reuters)
6 September 1998
Sadly I couldn't hole short putts on six, seven and eight which just shaved the hole and the back nine par-fives were the key to losing in the end,
Top 10
| Pos | Player | Rounds | Total | To par |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sven Strüver | 69 · 63 · 65 · 66 | 263 | −21 |
| 2 | Patrik Sjöland | 65 · 66 · 62 · 70 | 263 | −21 |
| 3 | Darren Clarke | 64 · 68 · 66 · 67 | 265 | −19 |
| 4 | Costantino Rocca | 67 · 66 · 67 · 68 | 268 | −16 |
| T5 | Alex Cejka | 70 · 66 · 67 · 66 | 269 | −15 |
| T5 | Gordon Brand Jnr. | 68 · 68 · 66 · 67 | 269 | −15 |
| T7 | Miguel Angel Jimenez | 67 · 69 · 70 · 64 | 270 | −14 |
| T7 | Jean Van de Velde | 67 · 66 · 72 · 65 | 270 | −14 |
| T7 | Robert Karlsson | 69 · 69 · 66 · 66 | 270 | −14 |
| T7 | Mathias Grönberg | 69 · 68 · 64 · 69 | 270 | −14 |
The golfer
born in Bremen, Germany; GER; turned pro 1990; tour wins to date: 3; world No. 183 that week (OWGR rankBefore (week 36, 1998) from OWGR player profile events table; = OWGR event page rank).
What’s in the bag
No bag on file yet