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Dates: Thursday, June 28th through Sunday, July 1st
Site: Fota Island Golf Club, County Cork, Ireland
Course Architect: Christy O'Connor, Jr. and Peter McEvoy (1993),
Jeff Howes (1999, redesign)
Par: 71
Yardage: 6,927
Hole-By-Hole: 1 - Par 4 409 Yds 10 - Par 5 500 Yds
2 - Par 4 461 Yds 11 - Par 3 168 Yds
3 - Par 3 165 Yds 12 - Par 4 428 Yds
4 - Par 5 548 Yds 13 - Par 3 208 Yds
5 - Par 5 544 Yds 14 - Par 4 417 Yds
6 - Par 4 376 Yds 15 - Par 4 476 Yds
7 - Par 3 179 Yds 16 - Par 4 417 Yds
8 - Par 4 478 Yds 17 - Par 3 222 Yds
9 - Par 4 424 Yds 18 - Par 5 507 Yds
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36 3,584 Yds 35 3,343 Yds
Annual: 46th
Defending Champion: Patrik Sjoland
Runner-Up: Fredrik Jacobson
Tournament Record: 267 (Bernhard Langer, 1984)
18-Hole Record: 62 (Colin Montgomerie, 1997 - Druids Glen;
Barry Lane, 1998 - Druids Glen;
Miguel Angel Martin, 1999 - Druids Glen)
Total Purse: $1,371,680
Shares: 1st Place - $228,607; 2nd Place - 152,400; 3rd Place - 85,867
2000 Finish
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Player Score Player Score
------ ----- ------ -----
Patrik Sjoland 270 Nick O'Hern 276
Fredrik Jacobson 272 Bradley Dredge 276
Rolf Muntz 274 Des Smyth 276
Paul McGinley 274 Eduardo Romero 276
Peter Lonard 275 10 players at 277
Past Murphy's Irish Open Winners and Runners-up
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2000 -- Patrick Sjoland (270) -- Fredrik Jacobson
1999 -- Sergio Garcia (268) -- Angel Cabrera
1998 -- *David Carter (278) -- Colin Montgomerie
1997 -- Colin Montgomerie (269) -- Lee Westwood
1996 -- Colin Montgomerie (279) -- Andrew Oldcorn, Wayne Riley
1995 -- *Sam Torrance (277) -- Howard Clark, Stuart Cage
1994 -- Bernhard Langer (275) -- Robert Allenby, John Daly
1993 -- *Nick Faldo (276) -- Jose Maria Olazabal
1992 -- *Nick Faldo (274) -- Wayne Westner
1991 -- Nick Faldo (283) -- Colin Montgomerie
1990 -- Jose Maria Olazabal (282) -- Frank Nobilo, Mark Calcavecchia
1989 -- *Ian Woosnam (278) -- Philip Walton
1988 -- Ian Woosnam (278) -- Nick Faldo, Manuel Pinero, Des Smyth,
Jose Maria Olazabal
1987 -- Bernhard Langer (269) -- Sandy Lyle
1986 -- Seve Ballesteros (285) -- Rodger Davis, Mark McNulty
1985 -- *Seve Ballesteros (278) -- Bernhard Langer
1984 -- Bernhard Langer (267) -- Mark James
1983 -- Seve Ballesteros (271) -- Brian Barnes
1982 -- John O'Leary (287) -- Maurice Bembridge
1981 -- Sam Torrance (276) -- Nick Faldo
1980 -- Mark James (284) -- Brian Barnes
1979 -- Mark James (282) -- Ed Sneed
1978 -- Ken Brown (281) -- Seve Ballesteros, John O'Leary
1977 -- Hubert Green (283) -- Ben Crenshaw
1976 -- Ben Crenshaw (284) -- Brian Barnes, Martin Foster, Billy Casper
1975 -- Christy O'Connor, Jr. (275) -- Harry Bannerman
1974 -- Not Held
1973 -- Not Held
1972 -- Not Held
1971 -- Not Held
1970 -- Not Held
1969 -- Not Held
1968 -- Not Held
1967 -- Not Held
1966 -- Not Held
1965 -- Not Held
1964 -- Not Held
1963 -- Not Held
1962 -- Not Held
1961 -- Not Held
1960 -- Not Held
1959 -- Not Held
1958 -- Not Held
1957 -- Not Held
1956 -- Not Held
1955 -- Not Held
1954 -- Not Held
1953 -- E.Brown (272)
1952 -- Not Held
1951 -- Not Held
1950 -- H.Pickworth (287)
1949 -- H.Bradshaw (286)
1948 -- D.Rees (295)
1947 -- H.Bradshaw (290)
1946 -- F.Daly (288)
1945 -- Not Held
1944 -- Not Held
1943 -- Not Held
1942 -- Not Held
1941 -- Not Held
1940 -- Not Held
1939 -- A.Lees (287)
1938 -- A.Locke (292)
1937 -- B.Gadd (284)
1936 -- R.Whitcombe (281)
1935 -- E.Whitcombe (292)
1934 -- S.Easterbrook (284)
1933 -- E.Kenyon (286)
1932 -- A.Padgham (283)
1931 -- E.Kenyon (291)
1930 -- C.Whitcombe (289)
1929 -- A.Mitchell (309)
1928 -- E.Whitcombe (288)
1927 -- G.Duncan (312)
* - won in playoff.
Note: Formerly called Carrols Irish Open (1975-93).
Top Contenders in the Field
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Patrik Sjoland - Defending champ, 9 cuts made in 13 events, no top-10's
Thomas Bjorn - 9th on money list with one win and four top-10 finishes
Darren Clarke - Has made 9 of 10 cuts, but only two top-10's to credit
Andrew Coltart - Won last week's Great North Open, 10th on money list
Padraig Harrington - Three-time runner-up this year, 5th on money list
Paul Lawrie - Former British Open champion with only 2 top-10's
Paul McGinley - Has made the cut in all 12 events entered, 6 top-10's
Colin Montgomerie - 41st on money list with just two top-10's in 7 cuts made
Jose M. Olazabal - Won French Open for only top-10 finish on European Tour
Andrew Oldcorn - Won Volvo PGA for only top-10 of the year, 4th in money
Phillip Price - Has 3 top-10's and one victory in 13 tournaments
Ian Woosnam - 7 cuts made in 9 tournaments with only 1 top-10 finish
Golftoday Network Selections
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Pick to Win - Colin Montgomerie
Darkhorse - Justin Rose
Last Week's Pick to Win (Lee Westwood) - Missed the cut
Last Week's Darkhorse (Richard Green) - Finished tied for 20th
NOTES:
Two shots behind when Sunday's final round began, Patrik Sjoland carded
a one-under 70 on the famed links of Ballybunion to edge out compatriot
Fredrik Jacobson by two shots for his second win on the European Tour. Of the
last 12 players on the course on the final day, Sjoland was the only player
to break par. Fredrik Lindgren and David Lynn were the only players in the
field to record holes-in-one. Lindgren aced the third hole during round one
and Lynn posted his hole-in-one on the third during the second round. Fota
Island Golf Club will be hosting this event the next two years. The course
reopened in September 1999, following an 18-month, £2.2 million program that
saw the rebuilding of all 18 greens, the reseeding of all tees and the
redesign of some 8 of the holes. There have been only three champions who have posted
all four rounds in the 60's: 1999 - Sergio Garcia (Druids Glen) 69, 68, 67,
64; 1987 - Bernhard Langer 67, 68, 66, 68 (Portmarnock) and 1984 - Langer 68, 66,
67, 66 (Royal Dublin). There have been only five Irish winners of this
event: 1982 - John O'Leary (Portmarnock), 1975 - Christy O'Connor Jr
(Woodbrook), 1949 - Harry Bradshaw (Belvoir Park), 1947 - Harry Bradshaw
(Royal Portrush) and 1946 - Fred Daly (Portmarnock). There have been eight
playoffs in the tournament history, the last coming in 1998 when David Carter
defeated Colin Montgomerie. Nick Faldo, Bernhard Langer and Seve Ballesteros
are three-time winners of this event. Montgomerie was the last player to win
this event back-to-back (1996-97). Faldo is the only player to win this event
three consecutive years (1991-93). Americans captured this event only twice,
in 1976 and 1977 when Ben Crenshaw and Hubert Green won the tournament.
Last year, Matt Kuchar, playing as an amateur, was one of five players from the
United States to miss the cut. Kuchar shot rounds of 71-72. The European Tour
remains in Ireland next week for the Smurfit European Open at the K Club in
Dublin where Lee Westwood will defend his title.
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