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Sunday 23 August 1998European TourYear in Review
Gronberg wins Smurfit European Open
The K Club, Straffan, County Kildare, Ireland · Thursday 20 to Sunday 23 August 1998 · Mathias Gronberg’s win no. 2 on the European Tour · purse £1.25 million GBP · Smurfit
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 01 m
of daylight on the final day, the sun 48° up at noon, and that night a waxing crescent moon (computed from the date and the place).
- R118°/13°C · wind 33 km/h WSW, gusts 66 · 1.2 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R218°/12°C · wind 27 km/h WNW, gusts 56 · 0.9 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R318°/11°C · wind 19 km/h WNW, gusts 39 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R420°/12°C · wind 26 km/h W, gusts 55 · 10.9 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
- Miguel Angel Jiménez ESP · 285closed with a 69 to share second place, ten strokes behind Golftoday: Smurfit European Open 1998 Final Round Scores (Wayback Machine)
- Phillip Price WAL · 285closed with a 71 to share second place, ten strokes behind Golftoday: Smurfit European Open 1998 Final Round Scores (Wayback Machine)
155 started, 66 made it
Same week
DP World Tour event
Smurfit European Open
The K Club, The K Club, Straffan, County Kildare, Ireland
4 of 5 researched
Winner
Mathias Gronberg
Runner-up not yet researched.
From the papers
Golftoday (unbylined report)
23 August 1998
I was hungry. I missed breakfast in the morning because I was a bit disorganised,
Golftoday (unbylined report)
23 August 1998
I felt good all day, even at the start of the day. It was after I sank a 45-foot putt at the sixth for a birdie that I really started to feel confident,
The Independent (Andy Farrell)
24 August 1998
It is not every day you win by 10 shots,
Top 10
| Pos | Player | Rounds | Total | To par |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mathias Gronberg | 68 · 71 · 67 · 69 | 275 | −13 |
| T2 | Miguel Angel Jiménez | 73 · 72 · 71 · 69 | 285 | −3 |
| T2 | Phillip Price | 72 · 74 · 68 · 71 | 285 | −3 |
| 4 | Darren Clarke | 69 · 74 · 70 · 73 | 286 | −2 |
| T5 | Angel Cabrera | 72 · 73 · 75 · 67 | 287 | −1 |
| T5 | Craig Hainline | 71 · 69 · 69 · 78 | 287 | −1 |
| T7 | Paul Broadhurst | 72 · 73 · 71 · 72 | 288 | E |
| T7 | Jean Van De Velde | 78 · 69 · 69 · 72 | 288 | E |
| T7 | Bernhard Langer | 73 · 65 · 75 · 75 | 288 | E |
| T10 | Costantino Rocca | 72 · 73 · 72 · 72 | 289 | +1 |
| T10 | Sam Torrance | 71 · 76 · 70 · 72 | 289 | +1 |
| T10 | Barry Lane | 75 · 69 · 72 · 73 | 289 | +1 |
| T10 | David Gilford | 75 · 74 · 68 · 72 | 289 | +1 |
| T10 | Paul Lawrie | 72 · 72 · 72 · 73 | 289 | +1 |
| T10 | José Rivero | 72 · 66 · 75 · 76 | 289 | +1 |
The golfer
born 1970-03-12, Stockholm, Sweden; SWE; turned pro 1990; age 28 that week; tour wins to date: 2; world No. 226 that week (OWGR rankBefore (OWGR player profile, 1998 events table)).
What’s in the bag
No bag on file yet