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Sunday 12 March 2000European TourYear in Review
Muntz wins Qatar Masters
Doha Golf Club, West Bay, Doha, Qatar · Thursday 9 to Sunday 12 March 2000 · Rolf Muntz’s win no. 1 on the European Tour · purse US$750,000 USD
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 46 m
of daylight on the final day, the sun 61° up at noon, and that night a first-quarter moon (computed from the date and the place).
- R123°/16°C · wind 36 km/h NNW, gusts 53 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R221°/16°C · wind 35 km/h NNW, gusts 53 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R323°/15°C · wind 32 km/h NW, gusts 49 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R423°/16°C · wind 36 km/h NW, gusts 54 · 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
- Ian Woosnam WAL · 285Shot the day's best 68 and birdied the last after Muntz dropped three successive shots from the fifth, but Muntz also birdied the 18th to finish five clear. Muntz becomes first Dutchman to win in Europe - Golftoday final round report (Wayback Machine copy)
143 started, 79 made it
Same week
DP World Tour event
Qatar Masters
Doha Golf Club, Doha Golf Club, West Bay, Doha, Qatar
4 of 5 researched
Winner
Rolf Muntz
Runner-up not yet researched.
From the papers
BBC News Online
12 March 2000
People had been asking why I hadn't won when so much was expected of me. Well here's the answer!
Golftoday
12 March 2000
I decided if I could manage level-par or better it should be enough after starting so far in front. When Ian started to look good then I knew I had to concentrate hard.
BBC News Online
12 March 2000
I only hit one bad shot and my work over the last eight months is all coming together because I've now had four seconds since last October.
Top 10
| Pos | Player | Rounds | Total | To par |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Rolf Muntz | 68 · 73 · 67 · 72 | 280 | −8 |
| 2 | Ian Woosnam | 71 · 75 · 71 · 68 | 285 | −3 |
| T3 | Eduardo Romero | 75 · 74 · 71 · 69 | 289 | |
| T3 | Stephen Leaney | 70 · 74 · 70 · 75 | 289 | |
| T5 | Brian Davis | 75 · 70 · 75 · 70 | 290 | |
| T5 | Miguel Angel Martin | 73 · 73 · 71 · 73 | 290 | |
| T7 | Jose Coceres | 74 · 73 · 71 · 73 | 291 | |
| T7 | Peter Fowler | 72 · 72 · 73 · 74 | 291 | |
| T7 | Paul McGinley | 72 · 70 · 74 · 75 | 291 | |
| T7 | Soren Kjeldsen | 73 · 70 · 73 · 75 | 291 |
The golfer
born 1969-03-26, Voorschoten, Netherlands; NED; turned pro 1993; age 30 that week; tour wins to date: 1; world No. 289 that week (OWGR rankBefore (week 10, 2000) from OWGR player profile events table (BBC: 'Ranked outside the world's top 200'); age 30 stated by BBC and Golftoday; tour wins 1 = Wikipedia 2000 European Tour season table '(1)'; majors_to_date null (Wikipedia infobox majorwins blank)).
What’s in the bag
No bag on file yet