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Sunday 7 May 2000European TourYear in Review
Montgomerie wins Novotel Perrier Open de France
Le Golf National (Albatross course), Paris, France (region; the course comes with research) · Thursday 4 to Sunday 7 May 2000 · Colin Montgomerie’s win no. 23 on the European Tour · purse €1,200,000 EUR · Novotel Perrier
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 31 m
of daylight on the final day, the sun 60° up at noon, and that night a waxing crescent 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
- Jonathan Lomas ENG · 274Playing partner of Montgomerie; three-putted the 14th as Montgomerie eagled it, cut the gap to one with a 20-foot birdie at the 17th, then hit the 18th green in two but Montgomerie's six-iron to two feet set up a closing eagle. Monty is no Euro sceptic - BBC News Online, 8 May 2000
145 started, 78 made it
Same week
DP World Tour event
Novotel Perrier Open de France
Le Golf National (Albatross course), Le Golf National (Albatross course), Paris, France
4 of 5 researched
Winner
Colin Montgomerie
Runner-up not yet researched.
From the papers
BBC News Online
8 May 2000
That three-wood is worth its weight in gold. It has a special cover and I never let it out of my sight.
Golftoday
7 May 2000
I really wanted this win and I probably put too much pressure on myself in Spain last week, put too much pressure on my putting.
BBC News Online
8 May 2000
But he had those two eagles and what can you do? He started turning it on, but I kept it exciting for everyone.
Top 10
| Pos | Player | Rounds | Total | To par |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Colin Montgomerie | 71 · 68 · 65 · 68 | 272 | −16 |
| 2 | Jonathan Lomas | 72 · 64 · 69 · 69 | 274 | |
| 3 | Rodger Davis | 69 · 68 · 70 · 70 | 277 | |
| T4 | John Senden | 73 · 67 · 70 · 68 | 278 | |
| T4 | Roger Wessels | 69 · 70 · 72 · 67 | 278 | |
| T4 | Fredrik Jacobson | 71 · 70 · 69 · 68 | 278 | |
| T7 | Robert Coles | 74 · 68 · 71 · 66 | 279 | |
| T7 | Soren Hansen | 68 · 74 · 68 · 69 | 279 | |
| T7 | Peter O'Malley | 68 · 75 · 68 · 68 | 279 | |
| T7 | David Gilford | 73 · 69 · 68 · 69 | 279 | |
| T7 | Jean Van de Velde | 68 · 74 · 68 · 69 | 279 | |
| T7 | Andrew Coltart | 69 · 68 · 70 · 72 | 279 | |
| T7 | Carlos Rodiles | 70 · 70 · 68 · 71 | 279 | |
| T7 | Michael Campbell | 70 · 66 · 69 · 74 | 279 |
The golfer
born 1963-06-23, Glasgow, Scotland; SCO; turned pro 1987; age 36 that week; tour wins to date: 23; world No. 3 that week (OWGR rankBefore (week 18, 2000) from OWGR player profile events table; age 36 stated by Golftoday ('The 36-year-old Scot'); tour wins 23 = Wikipedia 2000 European Tour season table '(23)' and Golftoday ('has now won 23 tournaments on the European Tour'); majors_to_date null (Wikipedia infobox majorwins blank)).
What’s in the bag
No bag on file yet