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Sunday 4 July 1999European TourYear in Review
Garcia wins Murphy's Irish Open
Druids Glen, Ireland · Thursday 1 to Sunday 4 July 1999 · Sergio Garcia’s win no. 1 on the European Tour · purse €1,400,000 EUR · Murphy's
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 34 m
of daylight on the final day, the sun 60° up at noon, and that night a waning gibbous moon (computed from the date and the place).
- R117°/13°C · wind 11 km/h SE, gusts 29 · 5 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R219°/15°C · wind 21 km/h S, gusts 43 · 2.7 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R319°/14°C · wind 23 km/h SSW, gusts 53 · 0.1 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R419°/12°C · wind 18 km/h S, gusts 44 · 6.3 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
- Angel Cabrera ARG · 271the 54-hole leader was one behind with three to play, but Garcia birdied the 16th and the 18th; Cabrera closed with a 69 BBC News: Sergio comes of age (Norman Dabell, 4 Jul 1999)
145 started, 68 made it
Same week
DP World Tour event
Murphy's Irish Open
Druids Glen, Druids Glen, Ireland
4 of 5 researched
Winner
Sergio Garcia
Runner-up not yet researched.
From the papers
The Independent
6 July 1999
I have never putted like this in my life. My putter was crazy.
The Independent
6 July 1999
I have also won at 19 but I have to do a lot of things to be like Seve,
BBC News (Norman Dabell)
4 July 1999
They always say the first win is the most difficult, so let's see if I can continue now,
Top 10
| Pos | Player | Rounds | Total | To par |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sergio Garcia | 69 · 68 · 67 · 64 | 268 | −16 |
| 2 | Angel Cabrera | 70 · 66 · 66 · 69 | 271 | |
| 3 | Jarrod Moseley | 66 · 69 · 69 · 69 | 273 | |
| T4 | Eamonn Darcy | 68 · 67 · 71 · 70 | 276 | |
| T4 | Miguel Angel Martin | 71 · 71 · 72 · 62 | 276 | |
| T4 | Thomas Bjorn | 70 · 66 · 71 · 69 | 276 | |
| T7 | Malcolm Mackenzie | 72 · 70 · 67 · 68 | 277 | |
| T7 | Colin Montgomerie | 68 · 67 · 71 · 71 | 277 | |
| T7 | Sven Struver | 69 · 70 · 70 · 68 | 277 | |
| T7 | Lee Westwood | 70 · 68 · 71 · 68 | 277 |
The golfer
born 1980-01-09, Borriol, Castellón, Spain; ESP; turned pro 1999; age 19 that week; tour wins to date: 1; majors to date: 0; world No. 149 that week (OWGR rankBefore (OWGR player profile, 1999 events table)).
What’s in the bag
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