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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).

  1. R118°/14°C · wind 15 km/h SSW, gusts 32 · 2.4 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
  2. R224°/16°C · wind 13 km/h WSW, gusts 30 · 0.2 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
  3. R325°/13°C · wind 12 km/h SSE, gusts 33 · 0.4 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
  4. 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

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

268Total
−16To par
3 strokesMargin

Runner-up not yet researched.

From the papers

The Independent (Andy Farrell)

How can I possibly feel any better than I do right now?

Colin Montgomerie, quoted in The Independent (Andy Farrell), 12 July 1999. The report

The Independent (Andy Farrell)

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.

Colin Montgomerie, quoted in The Independent (Andy Farrell), 12 July 1999. The report

Golftoday (PA report)

Monty played great. He was just making birdies and birdies and birdies. I congratulate him.

Sergio Garcia, quoted in Golftoday (PA report), 10 July 1999. The report
Top 10
PosPlayerRoundsTotalTo par
1Colin Montgomerie69 · 65 · 70 · 64268−16
T2Mats Lanner65 · 71 · 66 · 69271
T2Michael Jonzon69 · 66 · 70 · 66271
T2Sergio Garcia62 · 70 · 71 · 68271
T5Jesper Parnevik64 · 67 · 71 · 70272
T5Lee Westwood66 · 68 · 67 · 71272
T7Eduardo Romero69 · 67 · 70 · 68274
T7Michael Campbell66 · 68 · 70 · 70274
T7Bob May71 · 68 · 68 · 67274
T10David Park69 · 65 · 68 · 73275
T10Roger Winchester65 · 69 · 70 · 71275
T10Retief Goosen71 · 65 · 68 · 71275
T10Patrik Sjoland65 · 73 · 69 · 68275
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').

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