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Sunday 1 July 2001European TourYear in Review
Montgomerie wins Murphy's Irish Open
Fota Island, Cork Harbour, County Cork, Ireland · Thursday 28 June to Sunday 1 July 2001 · Colin Montgomerie’s win no. 25 on the European Tour · purse €1,600,000 EUR · Murphy's
The headline is set by GNN from the record. Reports from the papers of the day are below as they are found.
The weather
16 h 24 m
of daylight on the final day, the sun 61° up at noon, and that night a waxing gibbous moon (computed from the date and the place).
- R118°/13°C · wind 26 km/h SSW, gusts 52 · 0.7 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R219°/15°C · wind 28 km/h SW, gusts 56 · 5.1 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R320°/14°C · wind 21 km/h WSW, gusts 46 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R421°/15°C · wind 14 km/h WSW, gusts 32 · 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
- Niclas Fasth SWE · 271equalled Montgomerie's Fota Island record with a bogey-free 63 on Sunday but finished five behind in a share of second Golftoday: Victory drought ends for Montgomerie (Wayback Machine)
- Padraig Harrington IRL · 271closing 64 with four birdies in the last five holes, five shots behind in a share of second RTÉ Sport: Montgomerie relief at Irish Open win (Wayback Machine)
- Darren Clarke NIR · 271made the cut with nothing to spare at level par, then played the last 36 holes in 13 under (closing 64) to share second, five behind RTÉ Sport: Montgomerie relief at Irish Open win (Wayback Machine)
148 started · cut E, 70 made it
Same week
DP World Tour event
Murphy's Irish Open
Fota Island (Deerpark), Fota Island, Cork Harbour, County Cork, Ireland
4 of 5 researched
Winner
Colin Montgomerie
Runner-up not yet researched.
From the papers
The Independent (Richard Edmondson)
2 July 2001
I think I wanted it too much in the past. Success brought the need to have success and I was on a conveyor belt I could not get off.
The Independent (Richard Edmondson)
2 July 2001
I have been averaging 27 or 28 putts a round which is about four less than normal. That's 16 shots over the tournament. If I putt like that I have a chance of winning most weeks.
RTÉ Sport (Greg McKevitt)
2 July 2001
It's easy when you are on a bit of a roll, but if you've just written 56 bad articles then you're not confident of the 57th, I can assure you,
Golftoday
1 July 2001
Had a good four-iron into 13 and holed the putt and then I was okay, I was three ahead and I could handle that from then on in.
Top 10
| Pos | Player | Rounds | Total | To par |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Colin Montgomerie | 63 · 69 · 68 · 66 | 266 | −18 |
| T2 | Niclas Fasth | 68 · 71 · 69 · 63 | 271 | −13 |
| T2 | Padraig Harrington | 67 · 72 · 68 · 64 | 271 | −13 |
| T2 | Darren Clarke | 70 · 72 · 65 · 64 | 271 | −13 |
| 5 | Thomas Bjorn | 66 · 69 · 72 · 66 | 273 | −11 |
| T6 | Robert Karlsson | 71 · 69 · 67 · 67 | 274 | −10 |
| T6 | Gary Emerson | 68 · 70 · 67 · 69 | 274 | −10 |
| T6 | Adam Scott | 68 · 69 · 66 · 71 | 274 | −10 |
| T9 | Steen Tinning | 69 · 68 · 72 · 66 | 275 | −9 |
| T9 | Ian Poulter | 69 · 69 · 71 · 66 | 275 | −9 |
| T9 | David Howell | 68 · 70 · 71 · 66 | 275 | −9 |
| T9 | Barry Lane | 68 · 67 · 72 · 68 | 275 | −9 |
| T9 | Thomas Levet | 68 · 67 · 72 · 68 | 275 | −9 |
| T9 | Andrew Coltart | 67 · 71 · 69 · 68 | 275 | −9 |
The golfer
born 1963-06-23, Glasgow, Scotland; SCO; turned pro 1987; age 38 that week; tour wins to date: 25; world No. 9 that week (OWGR rankBefore (OWGR player profile, 2001 events table)).
What’s in the bag
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