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Sunday 8 August 1999European TourYear in Review
Montgomerie wins Volvo Scandinavian Masters
Barsebäck Golf & Country Club, near Malmö, Sweden · Thursday 5 to Sunday 8 August 1999 · Colin Montgomerie’s win no. 21 on the European Tour · purse €1,400,000 EUR · Volvo
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 19 m
of daylight on the final day, the sun 50° up at noon, and that night a waning crescent moon (computed from the date and the place).
- R128°/11°C · wind 13 km/h SE, gusts 25 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the town centre Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R227°/14°C · wind 18 km/h WSW, gusts 33 · 0.2 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the town centre Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R326°/12°C · wind 19 km/h ESE, gusts 34 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the town centre Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R419°/17°C · wind 25 km/h E, gusts 50 · 22.8 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the town centre 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
- Jesper Parnevik SWE · 277the defending champion started six behind and closed with a 71, bogeying the 17th, to finish nine strokes back The Independent: Golf: Montgomerie serves notice of PGA intent (Neil Silver, 9 Aug 1999)
146 started
Same week
DP World Tour event
Volvo Scandinavian Masters
Barsebäck Golf & Country Club, Barsebäck Golf & Country Club, near Malmö, Sweden
4 of 5 researched
Winner
Colin Montgomerie
Runner-up not yet researched.
From the papers
The Independent (Neil Silver)
9 August 1999
I thought about both Clarke and Van de Velde this morning, because they both lost big leads,
The Independent (Neil Silver)
9 August 1999
But I came through and I'm delighted that for the first time I have won four tournaments in Europe in a year. That implies I am still improving, which is very important to me.
Golftoday (round 3 report)
7 August 1999
I have never gone into a final round leading by six strokes and I don't think anyone is going to catch me - but the word complacency never enters my head.
Top 10
| Pos | Player | Rounds | Total | To par |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Colin Montgomerie | 67 · 67 · 65 · 69 | 268 | −20 |
| 2 | Jesper Parnevik | 69 · 68 · 69 · 71 | 277 | |
| T3 | Bob May | 71 · 71 · 67 · 69 | 278 | |
| T3 | Geoff Ogilvy | 74 · 62 · 71 · 71 | 278 | |
| T5 | Katsuyoshi Tomori | 72 · 69 · 69 · 69 | 279 | |
| T5 | Andrew McLardy | 70 · 71 · 66 · 72 | 279 | |
| T5 | Robert Karlsson | 71 · 69 · 71 · 68 | 279 | |
| T5 | Francisco Cea | 68 · 72 · 67 · 72 | 279 | |
| T9 | Greg Turner | 70 · 68 · 70 · 72 | 280 | |
| T9 | Paul Broadhurst | 65 · 72 · 68 · 75 | 280 | |
| T9 | Russell Claydon | 72 · 70 · 67 · 71 | 280 | |
| T9 | Jarrod Moseley | 68 · 70 · 73 · 69 | 280 | |
| T9 | Brian Davis | 73 · 70 · 70 · 67 | 280 |
The golfer
born 1963-06-23, Glasgow, Scotland; SCO; turned pro 1987; age 36 that week; tour wins to date: 21; world No. 5 that week (OWGR rankBefore (OWGR player profile, 1999 events table)).
What’s in the bag
No bag on file yet