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Sunday 21 June 1998European TourYear in Review
Lanner wins Madeira Island Open
Santo da Serra Golf Club, Madeira, Portugal · Thursday 18 to Sunday 21 June 1998 · Mats Lanner’s win no. 3 on the European Tour · purse £300,000 GBP · final round began after a near three-hour delay for low cloud on the mountain-top course (Golftoday/Reuters)
The headline is set by GNN from the record. Reports from the papers of the day are below as they are found.
The weather
14 h 09 m
of daylight on the final day, the sun 81° up at noon, and that night a waning crescent moon (computed from the date and the place).
- R122°/13°C · wind 9 km/h N, gusts 25 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the town centre Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R220°/14°C · wind 11 km/h NNW, gusts 35 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the town centre Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R320°/12°C · wind 11 km/h N, gusts 31 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the town centre Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R419°/15°C · wind 16 km/h NNE, gusts 44 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the town centre 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
- Stephen Scahill NZL · 278long-time leader after a second-round 61, he bogeyed the first and dropped three more shots before the turn; closed with a 76 Golftoday: Madeira Island Open 1998 Final Round: Scahill falters to let Lanner win by one-shot (Reuters) (Wayback Machine)
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DP World Tour event
Madeira Island Open
Santo da Serra Golf Club, Santo da Serra Golf Club, Madeira, Portugal
4 of 5 researched
Winner
Mats Lanner
Runner-up not yet researched.
From the papers
Golftoday (Reuters report)
21 June 1998
I'll remember that bunker shot for the rest of my life. It feels like getting my job back.
Golftoday (Reuters report)
21 June 1998
I thought about Nick Faldo winning the 1987 British Open with 18 pars in the fog but then I promptly made my only bogey.
Golftoday (Reuters report)
21 June 1998
if someone had said on the first day I'd be second and shoot a 61 I'd have been happy.
Top 10
| Pos | Player | Rounds | Total | To par |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mats Lanner | 70 · 66 · 68 · 73 | 277 | −11 |
| 2 | Stephen Scahill | 72 · 61 · 69 · 76 | 278 | |
| 3 | Andrew Beal | 71 · 68 · 67 · 73 | 279 | |
| T4 | Thomas Gogele | 68 · 68 · 73 · 73 | 282 | |
| T4 | Francisco Cea | 69 · 69 · 71 · 73 | 282 | |
| T6 | Carl Suneson | 70 · 72 · 69 · 72 | 283 | |
| T6 | Rudi Sailer | 70 · 68 · 70 · 75 | 283 | |
| T8 | John Mellor | 69 · 70 · 73 · 72 | 284 | |
| T8 | Christian Cevaer | 70 · 71 · 69 · 74 | 284 | |
| T10 | Katsuyoshi Tomori | 70 · 72 · 68 · 76 | 286 | |
| T10 | Ivo Giner | 72 · 67 · 70 · 77 | 286 | |
| T10 | Tom Gillis | 70 · 69 · 69 · 78 | 286 | |
| T10 | Fredrik Jacobson | 71 · 71 · 65 · 79 | 286 |
The golfer
born 1961-03-05, Gothenburg, Sweden; SWE; turned pro 1981; age 37 that week; tour wins to date: 3; world No. 605 that week (OWGR rankBefore (OWGR player profile, 1998 events table)).
What’s in the bag
No bag on file yet