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Sunday 19 March 2000European TourYear in Review
Fasth wins Madeira Island Open
Santo da Serra Golf Club, Santa Cruz, Madeira, Portugal · Thursday 16 to Sunday 19 March 2000 · Niclas Fasth’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
11 h 56 m
of daylight on the final day, the sun 56° up at noon, and that night a waxing gibbous moon (computed from the date and the place).
- R117°/11°C · wind 12 km/h NE, gusts 41 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R218°/9°C · wind 10 km/h NNE, gusts 29 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R318°/11°C · wind 10 km/h NE, gusts 32 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R416°/10°C · wind 7 km/h NNE, gusts 21 · 0 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
- Richard S. Johnson SWE · 281Closed with a 69 to share second, two behind the wire-to-wire winner. Fasth holds on to record first win - Golftoday final round report (Wayback Machine copy)
- Mark Davis ENG · 281Closing 67, back from a knee operation that limited him to seven events the year before. Fasth holds off challengers to break duck - The Independent (Phil Casey), March 2000
- Ross Drummond SCO · 281Closing 67 with an inward 30 (five birdies in six holes) in his first start of the year as a non-card holder. Fasth holds off challengers to break duck - The Independent (Phil Casey), March 2000
113 started
Same week
DP World Tour event
Madeira Island Open
Santo da Serra Golf Club, Santo da Serra Golf Club, Santa Cruz, Madeira, Portugal
4 of 5 researched
Winner
Niclas Fasth
Runner-up not yet researched.
From the papers
Golftoday
19 March 2000
It was tougher to win my first title than I thought. It was difficult to be patient when you aren't making birdies, but I concentrated on safe play and stayed steady.
Golftoday
19 March 2000
I've no idea why Swedes keep winning here. It might be because we have good physiques for climbing up the hills.
The Independent
20 March 2000
I've surprised myself this week. It's my first start and I've played well all week.
Top 10
| Pos | Player | Rounds | Total | To par |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Niclas Fasth | 66 · 72 · 68 · 73 | 279 | −9 |
| T2 | Richard S. Johnson | 70 · 75 · 67 · 69 | 281 | −7 |
| T2 | Mark Davis | 73 · 69 · 72 · 67 | 281 | −7 |
| T2 | Ross Drummond | 72 · 69 · 73 · 67 | 281 | −7 |
| T5 | John Bickerton | 70 · 70 · 73 · 69 | 282 | |
| T5 | Raimo Sjoberg | 71 · 69 · 70 · 72 | 282 | |
| T7 | David Lynn | 74 · 72 · 69 · 68 | 283 | |
| T7 | Bradley Dredge | 74 · 71 · 71 · 67 | 283 | |
| T7 | Markus Brier | 69 · 70 · 75 · 69 | 283 | |
| T7 | Thomas Gogele | 74 · 69 · 71 · 69 | 283 |
The golfer
born 1972-04-29, Gothenburg, Sweden; SWE; turned pro 1993; age 27 that week; tour wins to date: 1; world No. 445 that week (OWGR rankBefore (week 11, 2000) from OWGR player profile events table; age 27 computed from Wikipedia birth date (29 April 1972) and the sourced final-round date (19 March 2000); tour wins 1 = Wikipedia 2000 European Tour season table '(1)', 'maiden European Tour title' (Golftoday); majors_to_date null (Wikipedia infobox majorwins blank)).
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