Victor Chandler British Masters
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 Dates: Thursday, August 10th through Sunday, August 13th
 Site: Woburn Golf and Country Club (Duke's Course), Buckinghamshire, England
 Course Architect: Charles Lawrie
 Par: 72
 Yardage: 6,973
 Hole-By-Hole: 1 - Par 4 365 Yds   10 - Par 5 502 Yds
               2 - Par 3 134 Yds   11 - Par 3 193 Yds
               3 - Par 4 395 Yds   12 - Par 4 440 Yds
               4 - Par 5 510 Yds   13 - Par 5 585 Yds
               5 - Par 3 207 Yds   14 - Par 4 444 Yds
               6 - Par 4 464 Yds   15 - Par 4 449 Yds
               7 - Par 4 409 Yds   16 - Par 4 425 Yds
               8 - Par 3 177 Yds   17 - Par 4 356 Yds
               9 - Par 4 404 Yds   18 - Par 5 514 Yds
                   -------------        -------------
                    34 3,085 Yds         38 3,888 Yds
 
 Annual: 54th
 Defending Champion: Bob May
 Runner-Up: Colin Montgomerie
 Tournament Record: 266 (Peter Baker, 1993)
 18-Hole Record: 63 (Colin Montgomerie, 1995, '97)
 Total Purse: $1,200,000
 Shares: 1st Place - $200,000; 2nd Place - 133,500; 3rd Place - 75,000
 
                             1999 Finish
                             -----------
 
 Player                Score              Player                 Score
 ------                -----              ------                 -----
 Bob May                269               Steve Webster           275
 Colin Montgomerie      270               Sam Torrance            276
 Christopher Hanell     272               Paul Broadhurst         276
 Greg Owen              274               Stephen Leaney          277
 Lee Westwood           274               Eight players at        278
 
         Past Victor Chandler British Masters Winners and Runners-up
         -----------------------------------------------------------
 
 1999 -- Bob May (269) -- Colin Montgomerie
 1998 -- Colin Montgomerie (281) -- Pierre Fulke, Eduardo Romero
 1997 -- Greg Turner (275) -- Colin Montgomerie
 1996 -- *Robert Allenby (284) -- Miguel Angel Martin
 1995 -- Sam Torrance (270) -- Michael Campbell
 1994 -- Ian Woosnam (271) -- Seve Ballesteros
 1993 -- Peter Baker (266) -- Carl Mason
 1992 -- *Christy O'Connor, Jr (270) -- Tony Johnstone
 1991 -- Seve Ballesteros (275) -- E.Darcy, T.Johnstone, S.Torrance, K.Waters,
                                   D.Gilford
 1990 -- Mark James (270) -- David Feherty
 1989 -- Nick Faldo (267) -- Ronan Rafferty
 1988 -- Sandy Lyle (273) -- Nick Faldo, Mark McNulty
 1987 -- Mark McNulty (274) -- Ian Woosnam
 1986 -- Seve Ballesteros (275) -- Gordon Brand Jr.
 1985 -- Lee Trevino (278) -- Rodger Davis
 1984 -- Not Held
 1983 -- Ian Woosnam (269) -- Bernard Gallacher
 1982 -- Greg Norman (267) -- Bernhard Langer
 1981 -- Greg Norman (273) -- Graham Marsh
 1980 -- Bernhard Langer (270) -- Brian Barnes
 1979 -- Graham Marsh (283) -- Neil Coles, Isao Aoki
 1978 -- Tommy Horton (279) -- Dale Hayes, Graham Marsh, Brian Waites
 1977 -- *Guy Hunt (291) -- Brian Barnes
 1976 -- Baldovino Dassu (271) -- Hubert Green
 1975 -- Bernard Gallacher (289) -- Dale Hayes
 1974 -- *Bernard Gallacher (282) -- Gary Player
 1973 -- Tony Jacklin (272) -- Bob Charles
 1972 -- Bob Charles (277) -- Tony Jacklin
 1971 -- Maurice Bembridge (273) -- Peter Oosterhuis
 1970 -- Brian Huggett (293) -- David Graham
 1969 -- Cobie Legrange (281)             1968 -- Peter Thomson (274)
 1967 -- Tony Jacklin (274)               1966 -- Neil Coles (278)
 1965 -- B.Hunt (283)                     1964 -- Cobie Legrange (288)
 1963 -- B.Hunt (282)                     1962 -- Dai Rees (278)
 1961 -- Peter Thomson (284)              1960 -- James Hitchcock (275)
 1959 -- Christy O'Connor (277)           1958 -- H.Weetman (276)
 1957 -- E.Brown (275)                    1956 -- Christy O'Connor (277)
 1955 -- H.Bradshaw (277)                 1954 -- A.D.Locke (291)
 1953 -- H.Bradshaw (272)                 1952 -- H.Weetman (281)
 1951 -- M.Faulkner (281)                 1950 -- D.Rees (281)
 1949 -- C.Ward (290)                     1948 -- N.Von Nida (272)
 1947 -- A.Lees (283)                     1946 -- A.D. Locke/J.Adams (286)
 
 * - Won in playoff.
 
 Note: Formerly called Dunlop Masters (1946-82), Silk Cut Masters (1983),
       Dunhill (1985-94), Collingtree (1995), One 2 One British Masters
       (1996-98).
 
                      Top Contenders in the Field
                      ---------------------------
 
 Bob May            - Defending champion, no top-10's in 5 European events
 Thomas Bjorn       - Has finished second twice this year, 6th on money list
 Andrew Coltart     - 13 of 19 cuts made with four top-10 finishes
 Retief Goosen      - Has finished in the top-five four times, 13th in money
 Per-Ulrik Johansson- 29th on money list with a pair of third place finishes
 Bernhard Langer    - Won this event in 1980, 24th on money list, 3 top-10's
 Paul Lawrie        - Has made 7 of 11 cuts in 2000 with three top-10 finishes
 Paul McGinley      - 14th on money list with a second and two third's
 Colin Montgomerie  - Two-time winner this year, 4th on Volvo Order of Merit
 Patrik Sjoland     - Won Murphy's Irish Open, 19th on money list, 2 top-10's
 Ian Woosnam        - 18th on money list with three top-3 finishes

 

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