Dates: Thursday, March 9th through Saturday, March 12th
Site: Doha Golf Club, West Bay, Doha, Qatar
Par: 72
Yardage: 7,268
Hole-By-Hole: 1 - Par 5 601 Yds 10 - Par 5 521 Yds
2 - Par 4 436 Yds 11 - Par 4 414 Yds
3 - Par 3 230 Yds 12 - Par 4 397 Yds
4 - Par 4 391 Yds 13 - Par 3 205 Yds
5 - Par 4 454 Yds 14 - Par 4 411 Yds
6 - Par 4 427 Yds 15 - Par 4 470 Yds
7 - Par 4 394 Yds 16 - Par 4 319 Yds
8 - Par 3 197 Yds 17 - Par 3 181 Yds
9 - Par 5 647 Yds 18 - Par 5 592 Yds
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36 3,777 Yds 36 3,419 Yds
Annual: 3rd
1999 Champion: Paul Lawrie
Runner-Up: Philip Price, Soren Kjeldsen
Tournament Record: 268 (Paul Lawrie, 1999)
54-Hole Record: 200 (Paul Lawrie, 1999)
36-Hole Record: 133 (Andrew Sherborne, 1998; Paul Lawrie, 1999)
Course Record: 64 (Andrew Sherborne, David Carter, 1998)
Total Purse: $752,416
Shares: 1st Place - $124,266; 2nd Place - 82,804; 3rd Place - 46,698
1999 Finish
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Player Score Player Score
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Paul Lawrie 268 Raymond Russell 278
Soren Kjeldsen 275 Christopher Hanell 278
Phillip Price 275 Ian Woosnam 279
John Bickerton 277 Jamie Spence 279
Jean Van de Velde 278 Bob May 279
Past Qatar Masters Winners and Runners-up
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1999 -- Paul Lawrie (268) -- Soren Kjeldsen, Phillip Price
1998 -- Andrew Coltart (270) -- Patrik Sjoland, Andrew Sherborne
Top Contenders in the Field
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Seve Ballesteros - 48 career European Tour wins, missed the cut last week
Jose Coceres - Won last week's Dubai Desert Classic for 2nd career win
Alastair Forsyth - Tied for 9th last week with three rounds under par
Mathias Gronberg - Won South African Open earlier this year
Per-U Johansson - Missed the cut last week with rounds of 74 and 78
Paul McGinley - Shot final round of 67 last week to tie for 2nd
Gary Orr - Won Portuguese Open and finished 2nd at Dunhill
Phillip Price - 13th in scoring, 10th in greens in regulation
Wayne Riley - Shot two 68's and two 76's last week to tie for 37th
Ian Woosnam - Missed the cut last week with back-to-back rounds of 74
Wei-Tze Yeh - Won Malaysian Open earlier this season
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