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Sunday 20 February 2000European TourYear in Review
Orr wins Algarve Portuguese Open
Le Meridien Penina, Penina, Portugal (region; the course comes with research) · Thursday 17 to Sunday 20 February 2000 · Gary Orr’s win no. 1 on the European Tour
The headline is set by GNN from the record. Reports from the papers of the day are below as they are found.
The weather
10 h 45 m
of daylight on the final day, the sun 40° up at noon, and that night a full moon (computed from the date and the place).
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The name over time
Not yet traced: its earlier names, sponsors and courses come with research.
The ones it got away from
- Phillip Price WAL · 276Led from early in the final round and came to the 18th one ahead, but found the left rough and missed a 25-foot birdie putt for a playoff after Orr eagled the hole. Orr wins Portuguese Open (AP) - CNNSI.com
, 75 made it
Same week
DP World Tour event
Algarve Portuguese Open
Le Meridien Penina, Le Meridien Penina, Penina, Portugal
4 of 5 researched
Winner
Gary Orr
Runner-up not yet researched.
From the papers
AP via CNNSI.com
20 February 2000
It's euphoria, an eagle at the 18th to win at last
Golftoday (unbylined report)
20 February 2000
You don't want to keep finishing second and it does frustrate you a bit.
Golftoday (unbylined report)
20 February 2000
He played the last perfectly so I think he deserved to win. An eagle on the last is tough to beat.
Top 10
| Pos | Player | Rounds | Total | To par |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Gary Orr | 69 · 67 · 70 · 69 | 275 | −13 |
| 2 | Phillip Price | 68 · 73 · 65 · 70 | 276 | |
| T3 | Brian Davis | 73 · 68 · 73 · 65 | 279 | |
| T3 | Tony Johnstone | 72 · 70 · 68 · 69 | 279 | |
| T3 | Paul McGinley | 70 · 72 · 67 · 70 | 279 | |
| T6 | Richard S. Johnson | 73 · 70 · 69 · 68 | 280 | |
| T6 | Wayne Riley | 70 · 70 · 71 · 69 | 280 | |
| T6 | Greg Owen | 72 · 71 · 68 · 69 | 280 | |
| T9 | Ian Woosnam | 74 · 72 · 69 · 66 | 281 | |
| T9 | Emanuele Canonica | 73 · 69 · 70 · 69 | 281 |
The golfer
born 1967-05-11, Helensburgh, Scotland; SCO; turned pro 1988; age 32 that week; tour wins to date: 1; world No. 106 that week (OWGR rankBefore 106 (week 7, 2000) from OWGR player profile events table; OWGR event page rankFrom 106. Age 32 stated by AP ("The 32-year old Orr") and Golftoday; tour_wins_to_date 1 = Wikipedia season table "(1)"; majors_to_date null (infobox blank)).
What’s in the bag
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