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Monday 24 May 1999European TourYear in Review
Woods wins Deutsche Bank - SAP Open TPC of Europe
St Leon-Rot, Germany · Deutsche Bank / SAP · final round Monday 24 May: The Independent's 25 May report says Woods won 'here yesterday', and its third-round report (24 May) has the third round 'yesterday' (23 May); Wikipedia's season table dates the event 24 May; OWGR lists 20-23 May. Start date not stated by a source read.
The headline is set by GNN from the record. Reports from the papers of the day are below as they are found.
The weather
15 h 28 m
of daylight on the final day, the sun 61° up at noon, and that night a waxing gibbous 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
- Retief Goosen RSA · 276Closed with a 66 but never got closer than three behind; Woods had led since midway through the second round. Golf: Woods holds off Goosen charge - The Independent (Phil Casey, 25 May 1999)
149 started, 78 made it
Same week
DP World Tour event
Deutsche Bank - SAP Open TPC of Europe
St Leon-Rot, St Leon-Rot, Germany
4 of 5 researched
Winner
Tiger Woods
Runner-up not yet researched.
From the papers
The Independent
25 May 1999
The key was staying very patient,
The Independent
25 May 1999
I got the start I wanted when I was three under after seven and I felt like I had a good lead but when Nick [Price] was moving up the leaderboard I felt very nervous.
Top 10
| Pos | Player | Rounds | Total | To par |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tiger Woods | 69 · 68 · 68 · 68 | 273 | −15 |
| 2 | Retief Goosen | 73 · 69 · 68 · 66 | 276 | −12 |
| 3 | Nick Price | 71 · 76 · 65 · 65 | 277 | |
| 4 | Peter Baker | 69 · 73 · 66 · 71 | 279 | |
| T5 | Ernie Els | 66 · 73 · 70 · 71 | 280 | |
| T5 | Brian Davis | 69 · 73 · 66 · 72 | 280 | |
| T7 | Miguel Angel Jimenez | 71 · 72 · 70 · 68 | 281 | |
| T7 | Jarmo Sandelin | 70 · 69 · 73 · 69 | 281 | |
| T7 | Darren Clarke | 70 · 73 · 69 · 69 | 281 | |
| T7 | Barry Lane | 73 · 68 · 70 · 70 | 281 |
The golfer
born 1975-12-30, Cypress, California, U.S.; USA; turned pro 1996; age 23 that week; majors to date: 1; world No. 3 that week (OWGR rankBefore (week 21, 1999) from the OWGR player profile events table (OWGR event page also lists 3; The Independent: the win 'moved him back to No 2'). Age 23 stated by The Independent and Golftoday preview. tour_win/tour_wins_to_date null: not a European Tour member ('(n/a)' in the Wikipedia 1999 European Tour season table). majors_to_date 1 = Wikipedia infobox (1997 Masters; next major win the 1999 PGA Championship, after this event).).
What’s in the bag
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