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Dates: Thursday, July 5th through Sunday, July 8th
Site: The K Club (Kildare Hotel and Country Club), Kildare, Ireland
Course Architect: Arnold Palmer (1991), Paul McGinley (1999)
Par: 72
Yardage: 7,227
Hole-By-Hole: 1 - Par 4 418 Yds 10 - Par 5 584 Yds
2 - Par 4 413 Yds 11 - Par 4 408 Yds
3 - Par 3 170 Yds 12 - Par 3 173 Yds
4 - Par 5 568 Yds 13 - Par 4 402 Yds
5 - Par 4 416 Yds 14 - Par 3 213 Yds
6 - Par 4 447 Yds 15 - Par 4 446 Yds
7 - Par 4 395 Yds 16 - Par 5 606 Yds
8 - Par 3 173 Yds 17 - Par 4 424 Yds
9 - Par 4 434 Yds 18 - Par 5 537 Yds
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35 3,434 Yds 37 3,793 Yds
Annual: 24th
Defending Champion: Lee Westwood
Runner-Up: Angel Cabrera
Tournament Record: 260 (Ian Woosnam, 1988)
54-Hole Record: 195 (Ian Woosnam, 1988)
36-Hole Record: 131 (Ian Woosnam, Nick Faldo, Denis Durnian,
Mats Lanner, 1988; Robert Karlsson, 1992)
Course Record: 60 (Darren Clarke, 1999)
Total Purse: $2,817,045
Shares: 1st Place - $469,500; 2nd Place - 313,000; 3rd Place - 176,338
2000 Finish
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Player Score Player Score
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Lee Westwood 276 Jarmo Sandelin 280
Angel Cabrera 277 Darren Clarke 282
Per-Ulrik Johansson 278 Colin Montgomerie 285
Mathias Gronberg 279 Gary Evans 285
Ignacio Garrido 280 Thomas Bjorn 285
Paul Lawrie 285
Past Smurfit European Open Winners
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2000 -- Lee Westwood (276) -- Angel Cabrera
1999 -- Lee Westwood (271) -- Darren Clarke, Peter O'Malley
1998 -- Mathias Gronberg (275) -- Miguel Angel Jimenez, Phillip Price
1997 -- Per-Ulrik Johansson (267) -- Peter Baker
1996 -- Per-Ulrik Johansson (277) -- Costantino Rocca
1995 -- *Bernhard Langer (280) -- Barry Lane
1994 -- David Gilford (275) -- Costantino Rocca, Jose Maria Olazabal
1993 -- Gordon Brand, Jr. (275) -- Ronan Rafferty, Phillip Price
1992 -- Nick Faldo (262) -- Robert Karlsson
1991 -- Mike Harwood (277) -- Sandy Lyle
1990 -- Peter Senior (267) -- Ian Woosnam
1989 -- Andrew Murray (277) -- Frank Nobilo
1988 -- Ian Woosnam (260) -- Nick Faldo
1987 -- Paul Way (279) -- John Bland, Gordon Brand, Jr.
1986 -- *Greg Norman (269) -- Ken Brown
1985 -- Bernhard Langer (269) -- John O'Leary
1984 -- Gordon Brand, Jr. (270) -- Seve Ballesteros, Noel Ratcliffe
1983 -- Isao Aoki (274) -- Seve Ballesteros, Nick Faldo, Carl Mason
1982 -- Manuel Pinero (266) -- Sam Torrance
1981 -- Graham Marsh (275) -- Seve Ballesteros
1980 -- Tom Kite (284) -- Lon Hinkle, Leonard Thompson
1979 -- Sandy Lyle (275) -- Dale Hayes, Peter Townsend
1978 -- *Bobby Wadkins (283) -- Bernard Gallacher, Gil Morgan
* - Won in playoff.
Note: Formerly called European Open Championship (1978-80, 82), Dixcel
Tissues (1981), Panasonic European Open (1983-90), General Accident
European Open (1991-93), European Open (1994).
Top Contenders in the Field
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Lee Westwood - Two-time defending champion, 5 cuts made in 8 events
Thomas Bjorn - Outdueled Tiger at Dubai, 7th on money list
Angel Cabrera - Lost by 1 shot last year to Westwood, 2nd on money list
Michael Campbell - Has five top-10 finishes in seven cuts made in 2001
Darren Clarke - Shot final round of 64 last week to tie for second
Retief Goosen - U.S. Open champion, 1st on Order of Merit, 4 top-10's
Padraig Harrington - Shot 68-64 over the weekend in Ireland to tie for 2nd
Miguel A. Jimenez - 34th on money list with two top-10's in only 6 events
Bernhard Langer - Made 11 of 12 cuts on PGA Tour this yr, 5 of 6 in Europe
Colin Montgomerie - Won last week's Irish Open for first win of the season
Jose M. Olazabal - Shot 69-75 last week to miss the cut in Ireland
Andrew Oldcorn - Only top-10 this year is a win at Volvo PGA Championship
Eduardo Romero - Has made 6 of 7 cuts in 2001 with only 1 top-10 finish
Ian Woosnam - Won this event in 1988 and finished second in 1990
Golftoday Network Selections
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Pick to Win - Darren Clarke
Darkhorse - Ian Garbutt
Last Event's Pick to Win (Colin Montgomerie) - Finished 1st
Last Event's Darkhorse (Justin Rose) - Finished tied for 15th
NOTES:
One shot off the pace of Angel Cabrera when Sunday's final round began,
Lee Westwood carded a sizzling, six-under 66 to slip past Cabrera and beat the
Argentinian by one shot and win this event for the second straight year.
Second round co-leader Darren Clarke finished alone in seventh. Clarke has finished
fourth, second and seventh the last three years. Westwood, Per-Ulrik Johansson
and Bernhard Langer are the only two-time winners of this event with Westwood
and Johansson the only players to win this event two consecutive years. This
is the seventh straight year the tournament is being held at the "K" Club. The
course is located 17 miles from Dublin and will also host the 2005 Ryder Cup.
Other courses to host this event are: East Sussex National (1993-94),
Sunningdale Golf Club (1982-86, 88, 90, 92), Walton Heath Golf Club (1978, 80,
87, 89, 91), Royal Liverpool Golf Club (1981) and Turnberry (1979). Craig
Hainline recorded the only hole-in-one last year, when he aced the 12th hole
during round two. The ace did not however help Hainline make the cut, as he
shot rounds of 78-71 to miss the cut by two shots. Since 1994, Colin
Montgomerie has recorded three top-10 finishes at this event and has only
finished out of the top-25 once (1998). The European Tour moves to Scotland
next week for the Scottish Open at Loch Lomond where Ernie Els is expected to
defend his title. That event will serve as the final tune-up for the Open
Championship at Royal Lytham & St. Annes.
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