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Sunday 20 August 2000European TourYear in Review
Scarpa wins Buzzgolf.com North West of Ireland Open
Slieve Russell, County Cavan, Ireland (region; the course comes with research) · Thursday 17 to Sunday 20 August 2000 · Massimo Scarpa’s win no. 1 on the European Tour · purse €350,000 EUR · Buzzgolf.com
The headline is set by GNN from the record. Reports from the papers of the day are below as they are found.
The weather
14 h 09 m
of daylight on the final day, the sun 49° up at noon, and that night a waning gibbous 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
- Mikael Lundberg SWE · 276Played with Scarpa in the last group; his eagle putt at the 13th lipped out as Scarpa holed for eagle, and after birdieing the 16th he dropped a shot at the 17th after the lightning delay to finish one behind. Scarpa gains first European Tour title - Golf Today
151 started, 77 made it
Same week
DP World Tour event
Buzzgolf.com North West of Ireland Open
Slieve Russell Hotel Golf & Country Club, Slieve Russell, County Cavan, Ireland
4 of 5 researched
Winner
Massimo Scarpa
Runner-up not yet researched.
From the papers
Golf Today
20 August 2000
I'm very proud, especially to follow Costantino Rocca,
Golf Today
20 August 2000
I got used to winning on the Challenge Tour and won four times in 1998 but this feels different.
Golf Today
20 August 2000
It was a 50ft putt downhill that I could have putted into the water so I thought I'd better take my time!
Top 10
| Pos | Player | Rounds | Total | To par |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Massimo Scarpa | 67 · 70 · 68 · 70 | 275 | −13 |
| 2 | Mikael Lundberg | 70 · 69 · 67 · 70 | 276 | |
| 3 | Andrew Beal | 67 · 69 · 71 · 70 | 277 | −11 |
| T4 | Carlos Rodiles | 70 · 71 · 70 · 67 | 278 | |
| T4 | Garry Houston | 67 · 69 · 73 · 69 | 278 | |
| T4 | Tobias Dier | 71 · 71 · 65 · 71 | 278 | |
| T7 | Gary Emerson | 67 · 75 · 70 · 67 | 279 | |
| T7 | Luis Claverie | 66 · 72 · 70 · 71 | 279 | |
| T7 | Ross Drummond | 72 · 66 · 69 · 72 | 279 | |
| T7 | Gary Murphy | 70 · 66 · 70 · 73 | 279 | −9 |
The golfer
born 1970-06-05, Venice, Italy; ITA; turned pro 1992; age 30 that week; tour wins to date: 1; world No. 483 that week (OWGR rankBefore (week 33, 2000) from OWGR player profile events table).
What’s in the bag
No bag on file yet