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Sunday 22 August 1999European TourYear in Review
Montgomerie wins BMW International Open
Golfclub München Eichenried, Munich, Bavaria, Germany · Thursday 19 to Sunday 22 August 1999 · Colin Montgomerie’s win no. 22 on the European Tour · BMW
The headline is set by GNN from the record. Reports from the papers of the day are below as they are found.
The weather
13 h 45 m
of daylight on the final day, the sun 53° up at noon, and that night a waxing gibbous moon (computed from the date and the place).
- R121°/14°C · wind 18 km/h WSW, gusts 42 · 2.2 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R220°/12°C · wind 12 km/h WSW, gusts 26 · 1.2 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R321°/8°C · wind 9 km/h NW, gusts 20 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R421°/10°C · wind 8 km/h NNE, gusts 21 · 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
- Padraig Harrington IRL · 271one behind with a round to play, he dropped two bogeys and a double bogey in his first four holes, recovered with an eagle at the 11th and closed with a 72, three behind The Independent: Golf: Coltart the surprise card in Ryder Cup team (Andy Farrell, 23 Aug 1999)
138 started, 77 made it
Same week
DP World Tour event
BMW International Open
Golfclub München Eichenried, Golfclub München Eichenried, Munich, Bavaria, Germany
4 of 5 researched
Winner
Colin Montgomerie
Runner-up not yet researched.
From the papers
AP via CNNSI.com
22 August 1999
I'm sure you guys will write at the end of your stories, by-the-way, Colin Montgomerie won by three strokes,
The Independent (Andy Farrell)
23 August 1999
I was defensive down the last, as I was at the beginning. I was listening to the roars of the crowd to start with. The double bogey at the fourth was devastating.
Golftoday (PA report)
22 August 1999
But making the Ryder Cup won't sink in tonight. I'll be on a high and won't sleep at all.
Top 10
| Pos | Player | Rounds | Total | To par |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Colin Montgomerie | 69 · 64 · 65 · 70 | 268 | −20 |
| 2 | Padraig Harrington | 66 · 67 · 66 · 72 | 271 | |
| 3 | Jarrod Moseley | 67 · 68 · 71 · 66 | 272 | |
| 4 | John Bickerton | 67 · 69 · 69 · 69 | 274 | |
| T5 | Mark James | 70 · 69 · 66 · 70 | 275 | |
| T5 | Andrew Coltart | 70 · 68 · 71 · 66 | 275 | |
| T5 | Gary Orr | 70 · 68 · 69 · 68 | 275 | |
| T5 | David Howell | 67 · 70 · 72 · 66 | 275 | |
| T9 | Peter Baker | 67 · 71 · 71 · 67 | 276 | |
| T9 | Jean-F Remesy | 69 · 69 · 66 · 72 | 276 | |
| T9 | Paul Broadhurst | 69 · 73 · 66 · 68 | 276 | |
| T9 | Robert Karlsson | 70 · 71 · 70 · 65 | 276 | |
| T9 | Mathias Gronberg | 72 · 68 · 67 · 69 | 276 |
The golfer
born 1963-06-23, Glasgow, Scotland; SCO; turned pro 1987; age 36 that week; tour wins to date: 22; world No. 4 that week (OWGR rankBefore (OWGR player profile, 1999 events table); The Independent's team table lists his ranking as 4).
What’s in the bag
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