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Saturday 10 July 1999European TourYear in Review
Montgomerie wins Standard Life Loch Lomond
Loch Lomond Golf Club, Scotland · Wednesday 7 to Saturday 10 July 1999 · Colin Montgomerie’s win no. 20 on the European Tour · purse £1,000,000 GBP · Standard Life · Wednesday-to-Saturday event, the week before the Open: Golftoday preview 'starting on Wednesday', first round 'on Wednesday', win 'at Loch Lomond on Saturday' (Golftoday/PA, The Independent)
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 59 m
of daylight on the final day, the sun 56° up at noon, and that night a waning crescent moon (computed from the date and the place).
- R118°/14°C · wind 15 km/h SSW, gusts 32 · 2.4 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R224°/16°C · wind 13 km/h WSW, gusts 30 · 0.2 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R325°/13°C · wind 12 km/h SSE, gusts 33 · 0.4 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R422°/17°C · wind 13 km/h N, gusts 27 · 9.1 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
- Sergio Garcia ESP · 271got within one with three straight birdies from the 12th, then three-putted the 16th, missed a 15-foot birdie putt at the 17th and bogeyed the 18th Golftoday: Standard Life Loch Lomond 1999: Monty wins again with magic 64 (PA) (Wayback Machine)
- Mats Lanner SWE · 271tied for second; needed second place alone to avoid Open final qualifying Golftoday: Standard Life Loch Lomond 1999: Monty wins again with magic 64 (PA) (Wayback Machine)
- Michael Jonzon SWE · 271tied for second; needed second place alone to avoid Open final qualifying Golftoday: Standard Life Loch Lomond 1999: Monty wins again with magic 64 (PA) (Wayback Machine)
145 started
Same week
DP World Tour event
Standard Life Loch Lomond
Loch Lomond Golf Club, Loch Lomond Golf Club, Scotland
4 of 5 researched
Winner
Colin Montgomerie
Runner-up not yet researched.
From the papers
The Independent (Andy Farrell)
12 July 1999
How can I possibly feel any better than I do right now?
The Independent (Andy Farrell)
12 July 1999
At the 16th, I had 203 yards and hit a five-iron 203 yards. I could stand there a long time before I hit an iron shot as good as that.
Golftoday (PA report)
10 July 1999
Monty played great. He was just making birdies and birdies and birdies. I congratulate him.
Top 10
| Pos | Player | Rounds | Total | To par |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Colin Montgomerie | 69 · 65 · 70 · 64 | 268 | −16 |
| T2 | Mats Lanner | 65 · 71 · 66 · 69 | 271 | |
| T2 | Michael Jonzon | 69 · 66 · 70 · 66 | 271 | |
| T2 | Sergio Garcia | 62 · 70 · 71 · 68 | 271 | |
| T5 | Jesper Parnevik | 64 · 67 · 71 · 70 | 272 | |
| T5 | Lee Westwood | 66 · 68 · 67 · 71 | 272 | |
| T7 | Eduardo Romero | 69 · 67 · 70 · 68 | 274 | |
| T7 | Michael Campbell | 66 · 68 · 70 · 70 | 274 | |
| T7 | Bob May | 71 · 68 · 68 · 67 | 274 | |
| T10 | David Park | 69 · 65 · 68 · 73 | 275 | |
| T10 | Roger Winchester | 65 · 69 · 70 · 71 | 275 | |
| T10 | Retief Goosen | 71 · 65 · 68 · 71 | 275 | |
| T10 | Patrik Sjoland | 65 · 73 · 69 · 68 | 275 |
The golfer
born 1963-06-23, Glasgow, Scotland; SCO; turned pro 1987; age 36 that week; tour wins to date: 20; world No. 6 that week (OWGR rankBefore (OWGR player profile, 1999 events table); Golftoday/PA: 'the 36-year-old world number six').
What’s in the bag
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