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Dates: Thursday, March 15th through Sunday, March 18th
Site: Santo da Serra Golf Club, Santa Cruz, Madeira
Course Architect: Robert Trent Jones (1991)
Par: 72
Yardage: 6,661
Hole-By-Hole: 1 - Par 4 401 Yds 10 - Par 4 392 Yds
2 - Par 4 405 Yds 11 - Par 5 571 Yds
3 - Par 5 513 Yds 12 - Par 4 312 Yds
4 - Par 3 192 Yds 13 - Par 4 456 Yds
5 - Par 4 409 Yds 14 - Par 4 348 Yds
6 - Par 4 362 Yds 15 - Par 3 184 Yds
7 - Par 5 533 Yds 16 - Par 5 551 Yds
8 - Par 3 142 Yds 17 - Par 3 164 Yds
9 - Par 4 341 Yds 18 - Par 4 385 Yds
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36 3,298 Yds 36 3,363 Yds
Annual: 9th
Defending Champion: Niclas Fasth
Runner-Up: Ross Drummond, Mark Davis, Richard S Johnson
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: 555,712 euros in 2000
2000 Finish
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Player Score Player Score
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Niclas Fasth 279 John Bickerton 282
Ross Drummond 281 Thomas Gogele 283
Mark Davis 281 Bradley Dredge 283
Richard S Johnson 281 David Lynn 283
Raimo Sjoberg 282 Markus Brier 283
Past Madeira Island Open Winners and Runners-Up
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2000 -- Niclas Fasth (279) -- Ross Drummond, Mark Davis, Richard S Johnson
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) -- Howard Clark, Peter Hedblom, Mathias Gronberg
1993 -- Mark James (281) -- Gordon J. Brand, Paul Broadhurst
# - Rain shortened.
Top Contenders in the Field
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Niclas Fasth - Defending champion, missed the cut last week at Qatar
Seve Ballesteros - European Tour wins leader still trying to find his game
John Bickerton - 72nd on money list, tied for 5th last year at this event
David Carter - Tied for 13th last week with final round of 69
Soren Hansen - 24th on money list with one top-10, 6 of 8 cuts made
David Howell - Has made six cuts in seven events but no top-10's
Hank Kuehne - Missed the cut last week with rounds of 71-75
Gary Orr - Playing in only his third event of the season
Greg Owen - Has made the cut in 5 of 6 events with 2 top-10's
Dean Robertson - 13th on Order of Merit with three top-five finishes
Jarmo Sandelin - Missed the cut last week with rounds of back-to-back 73's
Golftoday Network Selections
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Pick to Win - David Carter
Darkhorse - Mark Davis
Last week's Pick to Win (Angel Cabrera) - Finished tied for 6th
Last week's Darkhorse (Elliot Boult) - Finished 3rd
NOTES:
Niclas Fasth led from start to finish to become the fourth
Swedish winner of this event in the last eight years, as he registered
his first career win. Despite a final round of 73, Fasth defeated Ross
Drummond, Mark Davis and Richard S Johnson by two shots. Fasth started
the day with a two-shot lead over Jim Payne, but he pulled away with
two birdies from the 10th and despite two bogeys in the last seven
holes, he still managed to post the win. Payne struggled with a six-
over 78 to tie for 14th. Fasth will try to become the first player to
post back-to-back wins at this event. Mats Lanner is the only two-
time winner of this tournament, capturing the title in 1994 and 1998.
This is the fifth straight year in which Santo da Serra has hosted
this tournament. The golf course is perched 2,300 feet above sea level
and its beauty is enhanced by many spectacular views over the adjacent
Atlantic Ocean. The European Tour moves to South America for two
events over the next couple of weeks. Next week the players will be
competing in the second annual Sao Paulo Brazil Open where Padraig
Harrington posted the victory last year and the following week the
event is the Open de Argentina in Buenos Aires. Most of the top
European players are competing this week at the Bay Hill Invitational
on the PGA Tour.
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