Dates: Thursday, September 7th through Sunday, September 10th
Site: Golf Club Crans-sur-Sierre (Alpine Course), Crans Montana, Switzerland
Course Architect: Unknown. Seve Ballesteros (redesigned greens in 1997)
Par: 71
Yardage: 6,846
Hole-By-Hole: 1 - Par 5 543 Yds 10 - Par 4 407 Yds
2 - Par 4 440 Yds 11 - Par 3 206 Yds
3 - Par 3 192 Yds 12 - Par 4 412 Yds
4 - Par 4 506 Yds 13 - Par 3 200 Yds
5 - Par 4 341 Yds 14 - Par 5 598 Yds
6 - Par 4 326 Yds 15 - Par 5 519 Yds
7 - Par 4 319 Yds 16 - Par 3 236 Yds
8 - Par 3 176 Yds 17 - Par 4 388 Yds
9 - Par 5 632 Yds 18 - Par 4 405 Yds
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36 3,475 Yds 35 3,371 Yds
Annual: 66th
Defending Champion: Lee Westwood
Runner-Up: Thomas Bjorn
Tournament Record: 260 (Colin Montgomerie, 1996)
Course Record: 60 (Baldovino Bassu, 1971; Jamie Spence, 1992)
Total Purse: $1,332,000
Shares: 1st Place - $222,000; 2nd Place - 148,000; 3rd Place - 83,400
1999 Finish
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Player Score Player Score
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Lee Westwood 270 Ignacio Garrido 280
Thomas Bjorn 272 Sven Struver 280
Alex Cejka 276 Miguel A. Jimenez 280
Marc Farry 278 Four players at 281
Sam Torrance 278
Past Canon European Masters Winners
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1999 -- Lee Westwood (270) -- Thomas Bjorn
1998 -- *Sven Struver (263) -- Patrik Sjoland
1997 -- Costantino Rocca (266) -- Robert Karlsson, Scott Henderson
1996 -- Colin Montgomerie (260) -- Sam Torrance
1995 -- Mathias Gronberg (270) -- Costantino Rocca, Barry Lane
1994 -- Eduardo Romero (266) -- Pierre Fulke
1993 -- Barry Lane (270) -- Seve Ballesteros, Miguel Angel Jimenez
1992 -- *Jamie Spence (271) -- Anders Forsbrand
1991 -- Jeff Hawkes (268) -- Seve Ballesteros
1990 -- Ronan Rafferty (267) -- John Bland
1989 -- Seve Ballesteros (266) -- Craig Parry
1988 -- Chris Moody (268) -- Seve Ballesteros, Anders Forsbrand, Ian Woosnam
1987 -- Anders Forsbrand (263) -- Mark Mouland
1986 -- Jose Maria Olazabal (262) -- Anders Forsbrand
1985 -- Craig Stadler (267)
1984 -- Jerry Anderson (261) -- Howard Clark
1983 -- *Nick Faldo (268) -- Sandy Lyle
1982 -- *Ian Woosnam (272) -- Bill Longmuir
1981 -- *Manuel Pinero (277) -- Antonio Garrido, Tony Johnstone
1980 -- Nick Price (267) -- Manuel Calero
1979 -- Hugh Baiocchi (275) -- Antonio Garrido, Dale Hayes, Delio Lovato
1978 -- Seve Ballesteros (272) -- Manuel Pinero
1977 -- Seve Ballesteros (273) -- John Schroeder
1976 -- Manuel Pinero (274) -- Dave Hill
1975 -- Dale Hayes (273) -- Tienie Britz, Bernard Gallacher, Gary Player
1974 -- Bob Charles (275) -- Tony Jacklin
1973 -- Hugh Baiocchi (278) -- Eddie Polland, Jack Newton
1972 -- Graham Marsh (270)
1971 -- Peter Townsend (270) -- Manuel Ballesteros
1970 -- Graham Marsh (274)
1969 -- R.Bernardini (277) 1968 -- R.Bernardini (272)
1967 -- R.Vines (272) 1966 -- A.Angelini (271)
1965 -- #H.R. Henning (208) 1964 -- H.R. Henning (276)
1963 -- *D.J. Rees (278) 1962 -- *R.J. Charles (272)
1961 -- K.D.G. Nagle (268) 1960 -- Harold Henning (270)
1959 -- D.J. Rees (274) 1958 -- K. Bousfield (272)
1957 -- A.Angelini (270) 1956 -- D.J. Rees (278)
1955 -- F. van Donck (277) 1954 -- A.D. Locke (276)
1953 -- F. van Donck (267) 1952 -- U. Grappasonni (267)
1951 -- E.C. Brown (267) 1950 -- A. Casera (276)
1949 -- M. Dallemagne (270) 1948 -- U. Grappasonni (285)
1947 -- Not Held 1946 -- Not Held
1945 -- Not Held 1944 -- Not Held
1943 -- Not Held 1942 -- Not Held
1941 -- Not Held 1940 -- Not Held
1939 -- F. Cavalo (273) 1938 -- J. Saubaber (139)
1937 -- M. Dallemagne (138) 1936 -- @F. Francis (134)
1935 -- A. Boyer (137) 1934 -- A. Boyer (133)
1933 -- Not Held 1932 -- Not Held
1931 -- M. Dallemagne (145) 1930 -- A. Boyer (150)
1929 -- A. Wilson (142) 1928 -- Not Held
1927 -- Not Held 1926 -- Alex Ross (145)
1925 -- Alex Ross (148) 1924 -- P. Boomer (150)
1923 -- Alex Ross (149)
* - Won in playoff.
# - 54 Holes.
@ - Amateur.
Note: Formerly called Swiss Open (1971-81), Ebel Swiss Masters (1982),
Ebel European Masters Swiss Open (1983-1990), Canon European
Masters Swiss Open (1991).
Top Contenders in the Field
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Lee Westwood - Defending champion, 4 wins this year, 1st on money list
Seve Ballesteros - Three-time winner and three-time runner-up at this venue
Darren Clarke - Has a pair of wins this year, 2nd on money list
Nick Faldo - Will be playing in three of the next four events in Europe
Padraig Harrington - 12th on money list with one win and four top-five finishes
Miguel A. Jimenez - Has four top-10's this year, 11th on money list, 1 second
Paul Lawrie - 1999 British Open champion, has four top-10's this year
Eduardo Romero - Won this event in 1994, has finished third 3 times in 2000
Jarmo Sandelin - Has made 18 of 20 cuts this year with three top-10 finishes
Sven Struver - Tied for 6th last year at this event, won it in 1998
Sam Torrance - 2001 Ryder Cup captain for European Team, 4th last year
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