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Sunday 7 June 1998European TourYear in Review
Westwood wins National Car Rental English Open
Marriott Hanbury Manor, Ware, Hertfordshire, England · Thursday 4 to Sunday 7 June 1998 · Lee Westwood’s win no. 4 on the European Tour · purse £650,000 GBP · National Car Rental
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 18 m
of daylight on the final day, the sun 61° up at noon, and that night a waxing gibbous moon (computed from the date and the place).
- R115°/10°C · wind 14 km/h ENE, gusts 28 · 0.2 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R216°/10°C · wind 22 km/h ENE, gusts 43 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R321°/13°C · wind 18 km/h S, gusts 37 · 0.4 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R419°/12°C · wind 26 km/h SW, gusts 56 · 3.7 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
- Greg Chalmers AUS · 273Birdied the first three holes to take the lead after a third-round course-record 61, was caught and passed by Westwood by the turn, and a bogey at the short 16th left him sharing second. Westwood wins by two-shots for second victory in a week - Golf Today final round report (Wayback Machine copy)
- Olle Karlsson SWE · 273Closed with a 66 including seven birdies to move up into a share of second, two behind. Westwood wins by two-shots for second victory in a week - Golf Today final round report (Wayback Machine copy)
156 started, 75 made it
Same week
DP World Tour event
National Car Rental English Open
Marriott Hanbury Manor, Marriott Hanbury Manor, Ware, Hertfordshire, England
4 of 5 researched
Winner
Lee Westwood
Runner-up not yet researched.
From the papers
Golf Today (final round report, unbylined)
7 June 1998
I keep ticking things off on my list of goals. It's nice to be top of the Order of Merit and I've only got one thing left now. That's obviously to win a major,
Golf Today (final round report, unbylined)
7 June 1998
There's no reason why I can't win the U.S. Open. I'm certainly comfortable and confident now whether or not I'm leading or chasing.
Top 10
| Pos | Player | Rounds | Total | To par |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Lee Westwood | 68 · 68 · 67 · 68 | 271 | −17 |
| T2 | Greg Chalmers | 70 · 73 · 61 · 69 | 273 | −15 |
| T2 | Olle Karlsson | 70 · 70 · 67 · 66 | 273 | −15 |
| 4 | Colin Montgomerie | 64 · 72 · 69 · 69 | 274 | −14 |
| 5 | Patrik Sjöland | 68 · 67 · 70 · 70 | 275 | −13 |
| 6 | Phillip Price | 73 · 71 · 67 · 65 | 276 | −12 |
| 7 | Robert Allenby | 67 · 71 · 70 · 69 | 277 | −11 |
| T8 | Jeev Milkha Singh | 71 · 69 · 67 · 71 | 278 | −10 |
| T8 | Roger Wessels | 68 · 69 · 70 · 71 | 278 | −10 |
| T10 | Christy O'Connor Jnr | 71 · 70 · 68 · 71 | 280 | −8 |
| T10 | Knud Storgaard | 71 · 70 · 72 · 67 | 280 | −8 |
| T10 | Mark McNulty | 73 · 68 · 66 · 73 | 280 | −8 |
| T10 | Stephen Leaney | 66 · 69 · 70 · 75 | 280 | −8 |
The golfer
born 1973-04-24, Worksop, Nottinghamshire, England; ENG; turned pro 1993; age 25 that week; tour wins to date: 4; world No. 13 that week (OWGR rankBefore (week 23, 1998) from the OWGR player profile events table; the OWGR event page also lists rank 13. Age 25 stated by Golf Today ('The 25-year-old Englishman'). tour_wins_to_date 4 = Wikipedia 1998 European Tour season table '(4)'; majors_to_date null (infobox majorwins blank).).
What’s in the bag
No bag on file yet