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Sunday 1 November 1998European TourYear in Review
Clarke wins Volvo Masters
Montecastillo Hotel & Golf Resort, Jerez, Spain · Thursday 29 October to Sunday 1 November 1998 · Darren Clarke’s win no. 4 on the European Tour · purse £1,000,000 GBP · Volvo
The headline is set by GNN from the record. Reports from the papers of the day are below as they are found.
The weather
10 h 26 m
of daylight on the final day, the sun 38° up at noon, and that night a waxing gibbous moon (computed from the date and the place).
- R128°/10°C · wind 10 km/h NE, gusts 20 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R227°/10°C · wind 12 km/h SSE, gusts 27 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R324°/10°C · wind 9 km/h WSW, gusts 18 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R421°/12°C · wind 9 km/h WSW, gusts 24 · 0 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
- Andrew Coltart SCO · 273Birdied the 16th to draw level with Clarke at 16 under, then three-putted the 17th while Clarke birdied the last; finished two behind. Golf: Ice-cool Monty achieves his goal - The Independent
66 started, 65 made it
Same week
DP World Tour event
Volvo Masters
Montecastillo Hotel & Golf Resort, Montecastillo Hotel & Golf Resort, Jerez, Spain
4 of 5 researched
Winner
Darren Clarke
Runner-up not yet researched.
From the papers
The Independent (Andy Farrell)
2 November 1998
I feel brilliant. I have had a lot of chances to win and finished second three times this year but I played really well today.
The Independent (Andy Farrell)
2 November 1998
His wife and son said one of us should win this week and this victory is for him.
Golf Today (unbylined final round report)
1 November 1998
Both Lee and I tried our hardest to beat Monty this year and we couldn't do it. Our best just has not been good enough,
Top 10
| Pos | Player | Rounds | Total | To par |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Darren Clarke | 67 · 73 · 68 · 63 | 271 | −17 |
| 2 | Andrew Coltart | 69 · 73 · 65 · 66 | 273 | −15 |
| 3 | Colin Montgomerie | 70 · 67 · 69 · 68 | 274 | −14 |
| T4 | Peter Baker | 69 · 72 · 67 · 67 | 275 | −13 |
| T4 | Peter O'Malley | 67 · 71 · 67 · 70 | 275 | −13 |
| 6 | Bernhard Langer | 72 · 69 · 67 · 68 | 276 | −12 |
| 7 | Jose Maria Olazabal | 68 · 70 · 70 · 70 | 278 | −10 |
| T8 | Robert Allenby | 69 · 73 · 70 · 67 | 279 | −9 |
| T8 | Sam Torrance | 72 · 69 · 69 · 69 | 279 | −9 |
| T8 | Craig Hainline | 73 · 70 · 67 · 69 | 279 | −9 |
| T8 | Ernie Els | 70 · 71 · 68 · 70 | 279 | −9 |
The golfer
born 1968-08-14, Dungannon, County Tyrone, Northern Ireland; NIR; turned pro 1990; age 30 that week; tour wins to date: 4; majors to date: 0; world No. 25 that week (OWGR rankBefore (week 44, 1998) from OWGR player profile events table; = OWGR event page rank).
What’s in the bag
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