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Saturday 20 February 1999European TourYear in Review
Lawrie wins Qatar Masters
Doha Golf Club, Doha, Qatar · Wednesday 17 to Saturday 20 February 1999 · Paul Lawrie’s win no. 2 on the European Tour · purse US$1,000,000 USD · Final round played Saturday 20 February (BBC final report published 20 Feb; Wikipedia date 20 Feb). Start date inferred from BBC third-round report published Friday 19 Feb; OWGR lists the week as 18-21 Feb.
The headline is set by GNN from the record. Reports from the papers of the day are below as they are found.
The weather
11 h 15 m
of daylight on the final day, the sun 53° up at noon, and that night a waxing crescent moon (computed from the date and the place).
- R124°/17°C · wind 19 km/h N, gusts 28 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R224°/15°C · wind 14 km/h ENE, gusts 21 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R327°/18°C · wind 24 km/h SE, gusts 37 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R431°/21°C · wind 26 km/h S, gusts 38 · 0 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
- Soren Kjeldsen DEN · 275Shared second, seven behind, after Lawrie took a five-shot lead into the final round and closed with 68. Lawrie races to victory - BBC News
- Phillip Price WAL · 275Shared second, seven behind; never in range of Lawrie on the final day. Lawrie races to victory - BBC News
131 started, 75 made it
Same week
DP World Tour event
Qatar Masters
Doha Golf Club, Doha Golf Club, Doha, Qatar
4 of 5 researched
Winner
Paul Lawrie
Runner-up not yet researched.
From the papers
Golf Today
20 February 1999
Attitude-wise, I was "in the zone". Whatever happened out there, I dealt with it and kept focused throughout.
Golf Today
20 February 1999
Adam Hunter had given me a couple of swing thoughts recently, and they worked perfectly.
Golf Today
20 February 1999
I didn't sleep too well last night, I paced about most of the time. Everything was going through my mind, so I watched TV - movies and cricket - I hate cricket, but I watched it anyway !
Top 10
| Pos | Player | Rounds | Total | To par |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Paul Lawrie | 68 · 65 · 67 · 68 | 268 | −20 |
| T2 | Soren Kjeldsen | 70 · 65 · 72 · 68 | 275 | −13 |
| T2 | Phillip Price | 70 · 68 · 69 · 68 | 275 | −13 |
| 4 | John Bickerton | 68 · 67 · 71 · 71 | 277 | −11 |
| T5 | Christopher Hanell | 71 · 67 · 70 · 70 | 278 | −10 |
| T5 | Raymond Russell | 66 · 70 · 70 · 72 | 278 | −10 |
| T5 | Jean Van de Velde | 69 · 66 · 70 · 73 | 278 | −10 |
| T8 | Jamie Spence | 71 · 67 · 72 · 69 | 279 | −9 |
| T8 | Bob May | 67 · 70 · 72 · 70 | 279 | −9 |
| T8 | Ian Woosnam | 68 · 70 · 70 · 71 | 279 | −9 |
The golfer
born 1969-01-01, Aberdeen, Scotland; SCO; turned pro 1986; age 30 that week; tour wins to date: 2; majors to date: 0; world No. 233 that week (OWGR rankBefore 233 (week 8, 1999) from OWGR player profile events table; OWGR event page rankFrom 233. Age 30 stated by BBC ("the 30-year-old"). tour_wins_to_date 2 = Wikipedia season table "(2)" and wins table no. 2. majors_to_date 0: his only major (infobox majorwins 1) is the 1999 Open, played after this event (Wikipedia).).
What’s in the bag
No bag on file yet