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Sunday 14 November 1999European TourYear in Review
Campbell wins Johnnie Walker Classic
Ta Shee Golf & Country Club, Ta Shee, Taiwan · Thursday 11 to Sunday 14 November 1999 · Michael Campbell’s win no. 1 on the European Tour · purse £800,000 GBP · Johnnie Walker
The headline is set by GNN from the record. Reports from the papers of the day are below as they are found.
The weather
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The name over time
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The ones it got away from
- Geoff Ogilvy AUS · 277Closed 68-68 to finish one stroke behind. Golf capsules, 15 November 1999 (AP) - CNNSI.com
120 started, 66 made it
Same week
Nothing else in our record that week.
DP World Tour event
Johnnie Walker Classic
Ta Shee Golf & Country Club, Ta Shee Golf & Country Club, Ta Shee, Taiwan
3 of 5 researched
Winner
Michael Campbell
Runner-up not yet researched.
Top 10
| Pos | Player | Rounds | Total | To par |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Michael Campbell | 66 · 71 · 69 · 70 | 276 | −12 |
| 2 | Geoff Ogilvy | 70 · 71 · 68 · 68 | 277 | |
| 3 | Ernie Els | 70 · 67 · 73 · 68 | 278 | |
| 4 | Vijay Singh | 71 · 72 · 68 · 68 | 279 | |
| 5 | Peter Senior | 67 · 72 · 74 · 67 | 280 | |
| 6 | Tiger Woods | 281 | −7 | |
| T7 | Frank Nobilo | |||
| T7 | Phillip Price | |||
| T9 | Steen Tinning | |||
| T9 | Richard Backwell | |||
| T9 | Angel Cabrera |
The golfer
born 1969-02-23, Hāwera, New Zealand; NZL; turned pro 1993; age 30 that week; tour wins to date: 1; world No. 158 that week (OWGR rankBefore 158 (week 46, 1999) from OWGR player profile events table; OWGR event page rankFrom 158. age_that_week 30 computed from born 1969-02-23 (Wikipedia) and end date 1999-11-14 (OWGR); no source states it. tour_wins_to_date 1 = Wikipedia season table "(1)" and European Tour wins table no. 1 ("14 Nov 1999 (2000 season)")).
What’s in the bag
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From the papers
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