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Sunday 9 May 1999European TourYear in Review
Goosen wins Novotel Perrier Open de France
Golf du Medoc, Bordeaux, France · Thursday 6 to Sunday 9 May 1999 · Retief Goosen’s win no. 3 on the European Tour · Novotel Perrier
The headline is set by GNN from the record. Reports from the papers of the day are below as they are found.
The weather
14 h 24 m
of daylight on the final day, the sun 62° up at noon, and that night a waning crescent moon (computed from the date and the place).
- R126°/12°C · wind 13 km/h SE, gusts 35 · 2.7 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the town centre Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R221°/11°C · wind 23 km/h SSW, gusts 49 · 1.4 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the town centre Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R322°/10°C · wind 9 km/h E, gusts 18 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the town centre Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R427°/11°C · wind 18 km/h SE, gusts 38 · 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
- Greg Turner NZL · 272Erased a three-stroke deficit with three straight birdies from the 14th, left a 25-foot birdie putt short at the 18th, then drove into rough and bogeyed the second play-off hole. Goosen wins French Open after playoff - Golftoday final round report (Wayback Machine copy)
156 started, 79 made it
Same week
DP World Tour event
Novotel Perrier Open de France
Golf du Medoc, Golf du Medoc, Bordeaux, France
4 of 5 researched
Winner
Retief Goosen
Runner-up not yet researched.
From the papers
Golftoday
9 May 1999
I struggled when I came back. So it's nice when you prove you can pull out a close win like this one.
The Independent
10 May 1999
Mentally I wasn't very with it, my confidence was very low after coming back and I felt I needed some help.
Golftoday
9 May 1999
There's no way I can compare this with my 1997 win. Then I had a five-shot lead on the last hole.
Top 10
| Pos | Player | Rounds | Total | To par |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Retief Goosen | 69 · 65 · 68 · 70 | 272 | −12 |
| 2 | Greg Turner | 67 · 65 · 70 · 70 | 272 | −12 |
| T3 | Santiago Luna | 67 · 72 · 67 · 69 | 275 | −9 |
| T3 | Jose Coceres | 69 · 69 · 66 · 71 | 275 | −9 |
| T5 | Eamonn Darcy | 66 · 70 · 72 · 68 | 276 | −8 |
| T5 | Ian Woosnam | 71 · 68 · 66 · 71 | 276 | −8 |
| T5 | Jorge Berendt | 69 · 67 · 68 · 72 | 276 | −8 |
| T8 | Emanuele Canonica | 73 · 69 · 66 · 69 | 277 | −7 |
| T8 | Marc Pendaries | 67 · 72 · 68 · 70 | 277 | −7 |
| T8 | Andrew Sherborne | 66 · 67 · 70 · 74 | 277 | −7 |
| T8 | Marc Farry | 70 · 63 · 69 · 75 | 277 | −7 |
The golfer
born 1969-02-03, Pietersburg, South Africa; RSA; turned pro 1990; age 30 that week; tour wins to date: 3; majors to date: 0; world No. 90 that week (OWGR rankBefore (week 19, 1999) from the OWGR player profile events table (OWGR event page also lists 90). Age 30 stated by The Independent ('The 30-year-old from Johannesburg'). tour_wins_to_date 3 = Wikipedia 1999 European Tour season table '(3)' (The Independent: 'his third European Tour title'); majors_to_date 0 = Wikipedia infobox (major wins 2001 and 2004 U.S. Opens, after this event).).
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