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Sunday 1 October 2000European TourYear in Review
Campbell wins Linde German Masters
Gut Lärchenhof, Cologne, Germany · Thursday 28 September to Sunday 1 October 2000 · Michael Campbell’s win no. 3 on the European Tour · purse €2,700,000 EUR · Linde · weather: torrential rain washed out the final round on Sunday; the event was cut to 54 holes and Campbell declared the winner
The headline is set by GNN from the record. Reports from the papers of the day are below as they are found.
The weather
11 h 14 m
of daylight on the final day, the sun 34° up at noon, and that night a waxing crescent moon (computed from the date and the place).
- R120°/14°C · wind 20 km/h SSE, gusts 40 · 3.4 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R224°/14°C · wind 14 km/h SE, gusts 29 · 2.4 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R318°/14°C · wind 12 km/h W, gusts 20 · 4.3 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R415°/12°C · wind 18 km/h W, gusts 32 · 20.7 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
- Jose Coceres ARG · 198one stroke behind after 54 holes when rain washed out the final round, so he had no chance to catch Campbell Rain gives Campbell victory - BBC Sport
106 started, 74 made it
Same week
DP World Tour event
Linde German Masters
Gut Lärchenhof, Gut Lärchenhof, Cologne, Germany
4 of 5 researched
Winner
Michael Campbell
Runner-up not yet researched.
From the papers
BBC Sport
1 October 2000
It was a long wait and I got more and more nervous,
BBC Sport
1 October 2000
It's a shame that the heavens opened as I was looking forward to the challenge, but at the same time it's nice to get that first win on European soil.
BBC Sport
1 October 2000
I was playing well, but I think the fairways were better for fish than golfers!
Top 10
| Pos | Player | Rounds | Total | To par |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Michael Campbell | 68 · 64 · 65 | 197 | −19 |
| 2 | Jose Coceres | 66 · 67 · 65 | 198 | |
| T3 | Colin Montgomerie | 67 · 68 · 66 | 201 | |
| T3 | Padraig Harrington | 66 · 66 · 69 | 201 | |
| 5 | Thomas Bjorn | 68 · 66 · 68 | 202 | |
| T6 | Miguel Angel Jimenez | 68 · 70 · 65 | 203 | |
| T6 | Sam Torrance | 70 · 67 · 66 | 203 | |
| T6 | Ignacio Garrido | 69 · 67 · 67 | 203 | |
| T6 | Adam Scott | 70 · 65 · 68 | 203 | |
| T6 | Bernhard Langer | 67 · 67 · 69 | 203 |
The golfer
born 1969-02-23, Hāwera, New Zealand; NZL; turned pro 1993; age 31 that week; tour wins to date: 3; world No. 25 that week (OWGR rankBefore 25 (rankAfter 18) per OWGR player profile events table 2000; age computed from Wikipedia birth date and event end date).
What’s in the bag
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