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Sunday 20 September 1998European TourYear in Review

Jimenez wins Trophée Lancôme

Saint-Nom-la-Bretèche, France · Thursday 17 to Sunday 20 September 1998 · Miguel Angel Jimenez’s win no. 4 on the European Tour · purse £800,000 GBP · Lancôme

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 02 m

of daylight on the final day, the sun 41° up at noon, and that night a new moon (computed from the date and the place).

  1. R118°/10°C · wind 22 km/h NW, gusts 40 · 0.2 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the town centre Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
  2. R220°/8°C · wind 7 km/h SE, gusts 15 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the town centre Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
  3. R322°/8°C · wind 12 km/h E, gusts 27 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the town centre Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
  4. R421°/11°C · wind 19 km/h NE, gusts 36 · 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

132 started, 74 made it

Same week

DP World Tour event

Trophée Lancôme

Saint-Nom-la-Bretèche, Saint-Nom-la-Bretèche, France

4 of 5 researched

Winner

Miguel Angel Jimenez

273Total
−11To par
2 strokesMargin

Runner-up not yet researched.

From the papers

Golf Today (Reuters)

I'm going to remember this for ever,

Miguel Angel Jimenez, quoted in Golf Today (Reuters), 20 September 1998. The report

The Independent

I knew I still had a good chance of a three because I had plenty of green to work with.

Miguel Angel Jimenez, quoted in The Independent, 21 September 1998. The report

Golf Today (Reuters)

I got close and it was a title defence I can be proud of,

Mark O'Meara, quoted in Golf Today (Reuters), 20 September 1998. The report
Top 10
PosPlayerRoundsTotalTo par
1Miguel Angel Jimenez67 · 70 · 67 · 69273−11
T2Jarmo Sandelin68 · 74 · 70 · 63275−9
T2Greg Turner67 · 71 · 68 · 69275−9
T2Mark O'Meara70 · 67 · 69 · 69275−9
T2David Duval275−9
6Nick Faldo70 · 71 · 70 · 65276−8
T7Peter O'Malley68 · 72 · 68 · 69277−7
T7Anthony Wall71 · 70 · 67 · 69277−7
T9Fred Couples70 · 68 · 70 · 70278−6
T9Per-Ulrik Johansson74 · 68 · 68 · 68278−6
The golfer

born 1964-01-05, Málaga, Spain; ESP; turned pro 1982; age 34 that week; tour wins to date: 4; world No. 88 that week (OWGR rankBefore (week 38, 1998) from OWGR player profile events table; = OWGR event page rank).

Source

What’s in the bag

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