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Sunday 22 March 1998European TourYear in Review
Mitchell wins Portuguese Open
Le Meridien Penina, Penina, Algarve, Portugal (region; the course comes with research) · Thursday 19 to Sunday 22 March 1998 · Peter Mitchell’s win no. 3 on the European Tour · purse £350,000 GBP
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 00 m
of daylight on the final day, the sun 52° up at noon, and that night a waning 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
- Jarmo Sandelin SWE · 275Closed with 67 but bogeyed the 15th from a greenside bunker and three-putted from just off the 72nd green, missing a playoff by one. Golf: Mitchell wins from the front - The Independent
- David Gilford ENG · 275Third after 54 holes, closed with 68 to tie for second, one behind. Golf Today - Portuguese Open 1998 final round scores
142 started, 75 made it
Same week
DP World Tour event
Portuguese Open
Le Meridien Penina, Le Meridien Penina, Penina, Algarve, Portugal
4 of 5 researched
Winner
Peter Mitchell
Runner-up not yet researched.
From the papers
The Independent
23 March 1998
The hole just suited me. There were trees left and it was a marker for me because I like to see the ball going left to right.
The Independent
23 March 1998
I enjoyed this win more because I was in front going into the last round and I thought I coped very well.
Top 10
| Pos | Player | Rounds | Total | To par |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Peter Mitchell | 67 · 70 · 67 · 70 | 274 | −18 |
| T2 | Jarmo Sandelin | 73 · 71 · 64 · 67 | 275 | |
| T2 | David Gilford | 70 · 67 · 70 · 68 | 275 | |
| T4 | Eduardo Romero | 68 · 75 · 68 · 65 | 276 | |
| T4 | Sam Torrance | 74 · 66 · 70 · 66 | 276 | |
| T4 | Jonathan Lomas | 71 · 69 · 69 · 67 | 276 | |
| T7 | Peter Baker | 72 · 70 · 67 · 68 | 277 | |
| T7 | Wayne Riley | 68 · 66 · 74 · 69 | 277 | |
| 9 | Darren Clarke | 66 · 74 · 69 · 69 | 278 | |
| T10 | Tony Johnstone | 68 · 73 · 70 · 68 | 279 | |
| T10 | David Carter | 73 · 66 · 71 · 69 | 279 |
The golfer
born 1958-04-06, London, England; ENG; turned pro 1974; age 39 that week; tour wins to date: 3; world No. 144 that week (OWGR rankBefore 144 (week 12, 1998) from OWGR player profile events table; OWGR event page rankFrom 144. Age 39 = sourced birth date 1958-04-06 (Wikipedia, OWGR) subtracted from end date. tour_wins_to_date 3 = Wikipedia season table "(3)" and wins table no. 3; majors_to_date null (infobox majorwins blank).).
What’s in the bag
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