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Sunday 13 June 1999European TourYear in Review
Sandelin wins German Open
Sporting Club Berlin, Bad Saarow, Germany · Thursday 10 to Sunday 13 June 1999 · Jarmo Sandelin’s win no. 4 on the European Tour · purse €1,000,000 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
16 h 29 m
of daylight on the final day, the sun 61° up at noon, and that night a new moon (computed from the date and the place).
- R122°/10°C · wind 10 km/h SSW, gusts 21 · 0.7 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the town centre Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R220°/13°C · wind 16 km/h NNW, gusts 35 · 4.3 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the town centre Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R316°/11°C · wind 13 km/h NNW, gusts 29 · 6 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the town centre Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R419°/11°C · wind 12 km/h NNW, gusts 23 · 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
- Retief Goosen RSA · 274Took the lead at the 17th but missed a three-foot putt to bogey the 72nd hole, then bogeyed the 18th again at the first play-off hole. Sandelin wins German Open after play-off - Golftoday final round report (Reuters; Wayback Machine copy)
140 started, 69 made it
Same week
DP World Tour event
German Open
Sporting Club Berlin, Sporting Club Berlin, Bad Saarow, Germany
4 of 5 researched
Winner
Jarmo Sandelin
Runner-up not yet researched.
From the papers
Reuters (via Golftoday)
13 June 1999
I thought I'd lost it on the 17th but you don't give up. My putter saved me today.
The Independent
14 June 1999
It's hard to put into words what qualifying for the Ryder Cup means,
Reuters (via Golftoday)
13 June 1999
My putter was dead all week. It killed me in the end. But I'm happy with my game otherwise.
Top 10
| Pos | Player | Rounds | Total | To par |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Jarmo Sandelin | 69 · 64 · 73 · 68 | 274 | −14 |
| 2 | Retief Goosen | 67 · 71 · 68 · 68 | 274 | −14 |
| 3 | Pierre Fulke | 69 · 69 · 71 · 67 | 276 | −12 |
| T4 | Roger Wessels | 67 · 67 · 75 · 68 | 277 | |
| T4 | Thomas Gogele | 71 · 71 · 70 · 65 | 277 | |
| T6 | Santiago Luna | 71 · 70 · 69 · 68 | 278 | |
| T6 | Alex Cejka | 66 · 71 · 73 · 68 | 278 | |
| T6 | Padraig Harrington | 69 · 70 · 69 · 70 | 278 | |
| T9 | Raymond Russell | 74 · 70 · 63 · 72 | 279 | |
| T9 | Gary Evans | 62 · 75 · 70 · 72 | 279 | |
| T9 | David Carter | 69 · 68 · 73 · 69 | 279 |
The golfer
born 1967-05-10, Imatra, Finland; SWE; turned pro 1987; age 32 that week; tour wins to date: 4; world No. 73 that week (OWGR rankBefore (week 24, 1999) from the OWGR player profile events table; OWGR event page also lists rank 73. Age 32 stated by The Independent ('The 32-year-old Swede'). tour_wins_to_date 4 = Wikipedia 1999 European Tour season table '(4)'; majors_to_date null (infobox majorwins blank).).
What’s in the bag
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