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Monday 2 August 1999European TourYear in Review
Westwood wins Smurfit European Open
The K Club, Ireland · Thursday 29 July to Monday 2 August 1999 · Lee Westwood’s win no. 8 on the European Tour · purse £1,200,000 GBP · Smurfit · final round played on Monday 2 August (Irish Bank Holiday): The Independent reports Clarke's 12 birdies on Saturday and hole-in-one on Sunday before the last round; Wikipedia season table dates the event 2 Aug; OWGR files it in the week ending 1 Aug
The headline is set by GNN from the record. Reports from the papers of the day are below as they are found.
The weather
15 h 22 m
of daylight on the final day, the sun 54° up at noon, and that night a waning gibbous moon (computed from the date and the place).
- R122°/11°C · wind 11 km/h ESE, gusts 30 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R224°/12°C · wind 11 km/h SSE, gusts 28 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R324°/14°C · wind 9 km/h SE, gusts 23 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R422°/13°C · wind 15 km/h S, gusts 35 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R519°/15°C · wind 18 km/h SE, gusts 42 · 7.6 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
- Darren Clarke NIR · 274led by six strokes after 54 holes (after a second-round 60 and a third-round hole-in-one) but made no birdie in a closing 75 The Independent: Golf: Westwood's 65 shoots down Clarke (Andy Farrell, 3 Aug 1999)
- Peter O'Malley AUS · 274drew level when Westwood double-bogeyed the 16th, then took a six there himself; needed an eagle at the last and closed with a six The Independent: Golf: Westwood's 65 shoots down Clarke (Andy Farrell, 3 Aug 1999)
152 started, 71 made it
Same week
DP World Tour event
Smurfit European Open
The K Club, The K Club, Ireland
4 of 5 researched
Winner
Lee Westwood
Runner-up not yet researched.
From the papers
The Independent (Andy Farrell)
3 August 1999
Darren will kill me in the locker-room. I didn't think I had a chance last night, but two pints of Guinness did the trick.
The Independent (Andy Farrell)
3 August 1999
I did a 60 and had a hole in one and still couldn't beat him so I don't know what I have to do.
The Independent (Andy Farrell)
3 August 1999
The only thing missing now is a major, so I'm looking forward to Medinah,
Top 10
| Pos | Player | Rounds | Total | To par |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Lee Westwood | 69 · 67 · 70 · 65 | 271 | −17 |
| T2 | Peter O'Malley | 68 · 69 · 68 · 69 | 274 | |
| T2 | Darren Clarke | 73 · 60 · 66 · 75 | 274 | |
| T4 | Costantino Rocca | 69 · 73 · 70 · 65 | 277 | |
| T4 | Robert Karlsson | 70 · 72 · 69 · 66 | 277 | |
| T6 | Gary Emerson | 70 · 69 · 70 · 69 | 278 | |
| T6 | Jose Coceres | 67 · 70 · 70 · 71 | 278 | |
| T6 | John Senden | 67 · 73 · 69 · 69 | 278 | |
| T6 | Angel Cabrera | 69 · 69 · 70 · 70 | 278 | |
| T10 | Russell Claydon | 72 · 69 · 68 · 70 | 279 | |
| T10 | Richard Green | 71 · 69 · 69 · 70 | 279 | |
| T10 | Peter Lonard | 72 · 67 · 72 · 68 | 279 | |
| T10 | Per-Ulrik Johansson | 73 · 66 · 72 · 68 | 279 | |
| T10 | Andrew Coltart | 71 · 67 · 71 · 70 | 279 |
The golfer
born 1973-04-24, Worksop, Nottinghamshire, England; ENG; turned pro 1993; age 26 that week; tour wins to date: 8; world No. 6 that week (OWGR rankBefore (OWGR player profile, 1999 events table)).
What’s in the bag
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