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Sunday 19 September 1999European TourYear in Review
Fulke wins Trophée Lancôme
Saint-Nom-la-Bretèche (Blue and Red Courses), Saint-Nom-la-Bretèche, near Paris, France · Thursday 16 to Sunday 19 September 1999 · Pierre Fulke’s win no. 1 on the European Tour · purse €1,100,000 EUR · Lancôme
The headline is set by GNN from the record. Reports from the papers of the day are below as they are found.
The weather
12 h 06 m
of daylight on the final day, the sun 42° up at noon, and that night a waxing gibbous moon (computed from the date and the place).
- R121°/8°C · wind 19 km/h SSW, gusts 40 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R219°/13°C · wind 13 km/h SSW, gusts 30 · 1 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R320°/12°C · wind 18 km/h SSE, gusts 40 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R420°/14°C · wind 17 km/h SE, gusts 39 · 18.6 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
- Ignacio Garrido ESP · 271Closed with a four-under 67 but Fulke's 25-foot birdie on the last beat him by one. Fulke upstages leaders to gain first win - Golf Today
132 started, 81 made it
Same week
DP World Tour event
Trophée Lancôme
Saint-Nom-la-Bretèche (Blue and Red Courses), Saint-Nom-la-Bretèche (Blue and Red Courses), Saint-Nom-la-Bretèche, near Paris, France
4 of 5 researched
Winner
Pierre Fulke
Runner-up not yet researched.
From the papers
Golf Today
19 September 1999
It's all pretty unbelievable,
Golf Today
19 September 1999
But the really remarkable thing is that I've been coming here for seven years and this is the first time I've made the cut.
Golf Today
19 September 1999
I don't really know where this has come from except that I saw my coach after playing badly in Switzerland two weeks ago, we hit just 30 balls and got some new ideas.
Top 10
| Pos | Player | Rounds | Total | To par |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Pierre Fulke | 69 · 69 · 65 · 67 | 270 | −14 |
| 2 | Ignacio Garrido | 67 · 70 · 68 · 66 | 271 | |
| T3 | Santiago Luna | 70 · 66 · 70 · 66 | 272 | |
| T3 | Greg Owen | 73 · 66 · 67 · 66 | 272 | |
| T3 | Colin Montgomerie | 66 · 70 · 68 · 68 | 272 | |
| T6 | Gary Evans | 71 · 64 · 73 · 66 | 274 | |
| T6 | Jarmo Sandelin | 70 · 66 · 69 · 69 | 274 | |
| T8 | Marc Farry | 75 · 68 · 66 · 66 | 275 | |
| T8 | Steve Webster | 69 · 71 · 68 · 67 | 275 | |
| T10 | Alex Cejka | 64 · 73 · 73 · 66 | 276 | |
| T10 | Peter Senior | 66 · 72 · 70 · 68 | 276 | |
| T10 | Mark McNulty | 71 · 69 · 68 · 68 | 276 | |
| T10 | Angel Cabrera | 71 · 69 · 67 · 69 | 276 | |
| T10 | Miguel Angel Jimenez | 68 · 64 · 70 · 74 | 276 |
The golfer
born 1971-02-21, Nyköping, Sweden; SWE; turned pro 1989; age 28 that week; tour wins to date: 1; world No. 202 that week (OWGR rankBefore (week 38, 1999) from OWGR player profile events table).
What’s in the bag
No bag on file yet