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Sunday 18 April 1999European TourYear in Review
Remesy wins Estoril Open
Penha Longa, Estoril, Cascais, Portugal · Thursday 15 to Sunday 18 April 1999 · Jean-Francois Remesy’s win no. 1 on the European Tour · purse €550,000 EUR
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 09 m
of daylight on the final day, the sun 62° up at noon, and that night a waxing crescent moon (computed from the date and the place).
- R112°/8°C · wind 34 km/h NNW, gusts 60 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the town centre Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R213°/9°C · wind 36 km/h WNW, gusts 61 · 3.6 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the town centre Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R314°/10°C · wind 32 km/h NNW, gusts 53 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the town centre Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R415°/9°C · wind 24 km/h N, gusts 45 · 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
- Andrew Coltart SCO · 288Playing with Remesy and level with two holes to go, he found the back bunker with his four-iron tee shot at the short 17th, thinned his recovery over the green and double-bogeyed. France's Remesy takes first title - Golftoday final round report (Wayback Machine copy)
- David Carter ENG · 288Closed with the week's best round, a 67, to share second two behind. France's Remesy takes first title - Golftoday final round report (Wayback Machine copy)
- Massimo Florioli ITA · 288Birdied the last for a 71 to share second, two behind. France's Remesy takes first title - Golftoday final round report (Wayback Machine copy)
146 started, 73 made it
Same week
DP World Tour event
Estoril Open
Penha Longa, Penha Longa, Estoril, Cascais, Portugal
4 of 5 researched
Winner
Jean-Francois Remesy
Runner-up not yet researched.
From the papers
Golftoday
18 April 1999
My sports psychologist has advised me to take confidence on what I can do on the course, focus better, just keep cool, and I was able to do that because I birdied the next two holes.
Golftoday
18 April 1999
It was me that won the tournament, though. I just made less mistakes than the rest.
Top 10
| Pos | Player | Rounds | Total | To par |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Jean-Francois Remesy | 72 · 69 · 77 · 68 | 286 | −2 |
| T2 | Massimo Florioli | 72 · 75 · 70 · 71 | 288 | E |
| T2 | David Carter | 70 · 72 · 79 · 67 | 288 | E |
| T2 | Andrew Coltart | 77 · 72 · 70 · 69 | 288 | E |
| T5 | Van Phillips | 69 · 77 · 73 · 70 | 289 | +1 |
| T5 | Geoff Ogilvy | 73 · 75 · 71 · 70 | 289 | +1 |
| T5 | Peter Mitchell | 74 · 71 · 72 · 72 | 289 | +1 |
| T8 | Niclas Fasth | 73 · 69 · 74 · 74 | 290 | +2 |
| T8 | Gary Emerson | 72 · 72 · 72 · 74 | 290 | +2 |
| T8 | Emanuele Canonica | 74 · 71 · 73 · 72 | 290 | +2 |
| T8 | Peter Baker | 73 · 74 · 73 · 70 | 290 | +2 |
The golfer
born 1964-06-05, Nîmes, France; FRA; turned pro 1987; age 34 that week; tour wins to date: 1; world No. 592 that week (OWGR rankBefore (week 16, 1999) from the OWGR player profile events table (OWGR event page also lists 592). Age 34 stated by Golftoday and The Independent; turned professional in 1987 per The Independent and Wikipedia. tour_wins_to_date 1 = Wikipedia 1999 European Tour season table '(1)'; majors_to_date null (infobox blank).).
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