Dates: Thursday, March 16th through Sunday, March 19th
Site: Santo da Serra Golf Club, Santa Cruz, Madeira
Course Architect: Robert Trent Jones (1991)
Par: 72
Yardage: 6,606
Hole-By-Hole: 1 - Par 4 406 Yds 10 - Par 4 353 Yds
2 - Par 4 410 Yds 11 - Par 5 548 Yds
3 - Par 5 521 Yds 12 - Par 4 314 Yds
4 - Par 3 220 Yds 13 - Par 4 457 Yds
5 - Par 4 419 Yds 14 - Par 4 347 Yds
6 - Par 4 348 Yds 15 - Par 3 188 Yds
7 - Par 5 533 Yds 16 - Par 5 492 Yds
8 - Par 3 144 Yds 17 - Par 3 172 Yds
9 - Par 4 349 Yds 18 - Par 4 385 Yds
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36 3,350 Yds 36 3,256 Yds
Annual: 8th
Defending Champion: Pedro Linhart
Runner-Up: Mark James
Tournament Record: 272 (Santiago Luna, 1995)
54-Hole Record: 202 (Santiago Luna, 1995; Stephen Scahill, 1998)
36-Hole Record: 133 (Peter Mitchell, 1997; Stephen Scahill, 1998)
Course Record: 61 (Stephen Scahill, 1998)
Total Purse: $529,673
1999 Finish
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Player Score Player Score
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Pedro Linhart 276 Diego Borrego 281
Mark James 277 Andrew Coltart 281
David Howell 279 John Bickerton 281
Padraig Harrington 281 Retief Goosen 281
Alberto Binaghi 281 Three players at 282
Past Madeira Island Open Winners and Runners-Up
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1999 -- Pedro Linhart (276) -- Mark James
1998 -- Mats Lanner (277) -- Stephen Scahill
1997 -- #Peter Mitchell (204) -- Fredrik Jacobson
1996 -- Jarmo Sandelin (279) -- Paul Affleck
1995 -- Santiago Luna (272) -- Christian Cevaer
1994 -- #Mats Lanner (206)
1993 -- Mark James (281)
# - Rain shortened.
Top Contenders in the Field
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Pedro Linhart - Defending champion, born in Canary Islands
Seve Ballesteros - Withdrew from last week's event during round two
Costantino Rocca - Missed the cut last week with a second round of 84
Tony Johnstone - 36th on money list with one top-10 finish in 5 events
David Howell - One career European Tour win, finished 3rd last year
Mats Lanner - Only two-time winner of this event
Paul McGinley - 7th on money list with four top-10's, 7th last week
Wayne Riley - Tied for 19th last week, 32nd on money list
Peter Mitchell - Won this event in 1997, has three career wins
Ronan Rafferty - Last won on tour in 1993 for his seventh career win
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