Golf Network News
Sunday 18 July 1999Men’s majorsYear in Review
Lawrie wins the Open
Carnoustie Golf Links, Carnoustie, Scotland · Thursday 15 to Sunday 18 July 1999 · purse £2,000,000 · winner's share £350,000
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 43 m
of daylight on the final day, the sun 55° up at noon, and that night a waxing crescent moon (computed from the date and the place).
- R117°/11°C · wind 28 km/h WSW, gusts 50 · 0.4 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R218°/12°C · wind 27 km/h WSW, gusts 44 · 2.2 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R318°/12°C · wind 32 km/h SW, gusts 53 · 2.4 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R416°/11°C · wind 16 km/h SSW, gusts 30 · 3.1 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
The name over time
- The Open
1860–2026 in our record, 154 editions.
The ones it got away from
Runners-up and the shots that cost them: not yet researched.
156 started, 73 (cut at 154) made it
Same week
Nothing else in our record that week.
Men's major
The Open
Carnoustie Golf Links (Championship Course), Carnoustie
2 of 5 researched
Winner
Runner-up: Justin Leonard, Jean van de Velde
To par not yet researched.
The golfer
b. 1969-01-01, Aberdeen, Scotland; Scotland; age 30 at the win (year page); 1st major (card's count)
Top 10
Not yet researched
What’s in the bag
No bag on file yet
From the papers
No clipping yet