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Sunday 27 September 1998European TourYear in Review
Montgomerie wins Linde German Masters
Golf Club Gut Lärchenhof, Pulheim, near Cologne, Germany · Thursday 24 to Sunday 27 September 1998 · Colin Montgomerie’s win no. 17 on the European Tour · purse £1,000,000 GBP · Linde
The headline is set by GNN from the record. Reports from the papers of the day are below as they are found.
The weather
11 h 34 m
of daylight on the final day, the sun 36° up at noon, and that night a waxing crescent moon (computed from the date and the place).
- R121°/10°C · wind 16 km/h SE, gusts 34 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R223°/13°C · wind 12 km/h SE, gusts 24 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R321°/15°C · wind 19 km/h SE, gusts 38 · 2.7 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R419°/14°C · wind 16 km/h SSE, gusts 40 · 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
- Robert Karlsson SWE · 267Pitched in for eagle at the 13th to take a brief lead, bogeyed the next and closed with 65, one behind after Montgomerie birdied twice late. Monty surges back to number one spot - Golf Today (Reuters)
- Vijay Singh FIJ · 267Closed with 66 to finish one behind; Montgomerie holed a five-foot par putt at the last to deny a playoff. Golf: Monty is back on top of his game - The Independent
106 started, 73 made it
Same week
DP World Tour event
Linde German Masters
Golf Club Gut Lärchenhof, Golf Club Gut Lärchenhof, Pulheim, near Cologne, Germany
4 of 5 researched
Winner
Colin Montgomerie
Runner-up not yet researched.
From the papers
Golf Today (Reuters)
27 September 1998
I'm proud of myself for being able to show what I can only call courage to win,
The Independent (Phil Casey)
28 September 1998
It proved I'm coming through the bad spell. When I started back with Bill I told him it would be nice to win twice by the end of the year and I've won twice in three weeks so it's encouraging.
The Independent (Phil Casey)
28 September 1998
That was more about courage than skill,
Top 10
| Pos | Player | Rounds | Total | To par |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Colin Montgomerie | 65 · 68 · 66 · 67 | 266 | −22 |
| T2 | Robert Karlsson | 68 · 65 · 69 · 65 | 267 | −21 |
| T2 | Vijay Singh | 65 · 67 · 69 · 66 | 267 | −21 |
| 4 | Steve Webster | 68 · 65 · 68 · 67 | 268 | −20 |
| 5 | Per-Ulrik Johansson | 68 · 67 · 67 · 67 | 269 | −19 |
| T6 | Lee Westwood | 66 · 67 · 72 · 66 | 271 | −17 |
| T6 | Paul McGinley | 69 · 68 · 67 · 67 | 271 | −17 |
| T8 | Jarmo Sandelin | 66 · 67 · 74 · 65 | 272 | −16 |
| T8 | Jean Van de Velde | 67 · 67 · 70 · 68 | 272 | −16 |
| T8 | Padraig Harrington | 69 · 64 · 67 · 72 | 272 | −16 |
The golfer
born 1963-06-23, Glasgow, Scotland; SCO; turned pro 1987; age 35 that week; tour wins to date: 17; majors to date: 0; world No. 7 that week (OWGR rankBefore (week 39, 1998) from OWGR player profile events table; = OWGR event page rank).
What’s in the bag
No bag on file yet