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Dates: Thursday, May 3rd through Sunday, May 6th
Site: Lyon Golf Club (Sangliers Course), Villette d'Anthon, France
Course Architect: Hugues Lambert (1991)
Par: 72
Yardage: 7,352
Hole-by-Hole: 1 - Par 4 458 Yds 10 - Par 4 429 Yds
2 - Par 5 586 Yds 11 - Par 4 430 Yds
3 - Par 4 385 Yds 12 - Par 4 442 Yds
4 - Par 3 188 Yds 13 - Par 4 433 Yds
5 - Par 5 571 Yds 14 - Par 3 208 Yds
6 - Par 4 429 Yds 15 - Par 5 592 Yds
7 - Par 4 405 Yds 16 - Par 4 432 Yds
8 - Par 3 196 Yds 17 - Par 3 200 Yds
9 - Par 4 449 Yds 18 - Par 5 519 Yds
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36 3,667 Yds 36 3,685 Yds
Annual: 85th
2000 Champion: Colin Montgomerie
Runner-Up: Jonathan Lomas
Tournament Record: 262 (Lu Liang Huan, 1971)
18-Hole Record: 62 (Lu Liang Huan, Vicente Ferandez, 1971;
Seve Ballesteros, 1985)
Total Purse: $1,162,850
Shares: 1st Place - $193,800; 2nd Place - 129,200; 3rd Place - 72,790
2000 Finish
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Player Score Player Score
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Colin Montgomerie 272 Roger Wessels 278
Jonathan Lomas 274 Peter O'Malley 279
Rodger Davis 277 David Gilford 279
Fredrik Jacobson 278 Robert Coles 279
John Senden 278 Jean Van de Velde 279
Soren Hansen 279
Carlos Rodiles 279
Andrew Coltart 279
Michael Campbell 279
Past Novotel Perrier Open de France Winners and Runners-Up
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2000 -- Colin Montgomerie (272) -- Jonathan Lomas
1999 -- *Retief Goosen (272) -- Greg Turner
1998 -- Sam Torrance (276) -- Bernhard Langer, Matthew Goggin,
Olivier Edmond, Massimo Florioli
1997 -- Retief Goosen (271) -- Jamie Spence
1996 -- *Robert Allenby (272) -- Bernhard Langer
1995 -- Paul Broadhurst (274) -- Neal Briggs
1994 -- Mark Roe (274) -- Gabriel Hjertstedt
1993 -- *Costantino Rocca (273) -- Paul McGinley
1992 -- Miguel Angel Martin (276) -- Martin Poxon
1991 -- Eduardo Romero (281) -- Sam Torrance, Jose Maria Olazabal
1990 -- *Philip Walton (275) -- Bernhard Langer
1989 -- Nick Faldo (273) -- Hugh Baiocchi, Bernhard Langer, Mark Roe
1988 -- Nick Faldo (274) -- Wayne Riley, Denis Durnian
1987 -- Jose Rivero (269) -- Howard Clark
1986 -- Seve Ballesteros (269) -- Vicente Fernandez
1985 -- Seve Ballesteros (263) -- Sandy Lyle
1984 -- Bernhard Langer (270) -- Jose Rivero
1983 -- *Nick Faldo (277) -- Jose Maria Canizares, David J. Russell
1982 -- Seve Ballesteros (278) -- Sandy Lyle
1981 -- Sandy Lyle (270) -- Bernhard Langer
1980 -- Greg Norman (268) -- Ian Mosey
1979 -- Bernard Gallacher (284) -- Willie Milne
1978 -- Dale Hayes (269) -- Seve Ballesteros
1977 -- Seve Ballesteros (282) -- John Bland, Antonio Garrido, Manuel Pinero,
Ian Stanley
1976 -- Vincent Tshabalala (272) -- Salvador Balbuena
1975 -- Brian Barnes (281) -- Neil Coles, Eamonn Darcy, Dale Hayes,
John O'Leary
1974 -- Peter Oosterhuis (284) -- Peter Townsend
1973 -- Peter Oosterhuis (280) -- Tony Jacklin
1972 -- *Barry Jaeckel (265)
1971 -- Lu Liang Huan (262) -- Vicente Fernandez, Roberto de Vicenzo
1970 -- David Graham (268)
1969 -- J.Garaialde (277) 1968 -- P.J. Butler (272)
1967 -- B.J. Hunt (271) 1966 -- D.J. Hutchinson (274)
1965 -- R.Sota (268) 1964 -- Roberto de Vicenzo (272)
1963 -- Bruce Devlin (273) 1962 -- A.Murray (274)
1961 -- Kel Nagle (271) 1960 -- Roberto de Vicenzo (275)
1959 -- D.C. Thomas (276) 1958 -- F.van Donck (276)
1957 -- F.van Donck (266) 1956 -- A.Miguel (277)
1955 -- Byron Nelson (271) 1954 -- F.van Donck (275)
1953 -- Bobby Locke (276) 1952 -- Bobby Locke (268)
1951 -- H.Hassanein (278) 1950 -- Roberto de Vicenzo (279)
1949 -- U.Grappasonni (275) 1948 -- F.Cavalo (287)
1947 -- Henry Cotton (285) 1946 -- Henry Cotton (269)
1945 -- Not Held 1944 -- Not Held
1943 -- Not Held 1942 -- Not Held
1941 -- Not Held 1940 -- Not Held
1939 -- M.Pose (285) 1938 -- M.Dallemagne (282)
1937 -- M.Dallegmagne (278) 1936 -- M.Dallemagne (277)
1935 -- S.F. Brews (293) 1934 -- S.F. Brews (284)
1933 -- B.Gadd (283) 1932 -- A.J. Lacey (295)
1931 -- A.Boomer (291) 1930 -- E.R. Whitcombe (282)
1929 -- A.Boomer (283) 1928 -- @C.Tolley (283)
1927 -- George Duncan (299) 1926 -- A.Boomer (280)
1925 -- Arnaud Massy (291) 1924 -- @C.Tolley (290)
1923 -- J.Ockenden (288) 1922 -- A.Boomer (286)
1921 -- A.Boomer (284) 1920 -- Walter Hagen (298)
1919 -- Not Held 1918 -- Not Held
1917 -- Not Held 1916 -- Not Held
1915 -- Not Held 1914 -- J.D. Edgar (288)
1913 -- George Duncan (304) 1912 -- J.Gassiat (289)
1911 -- Arnaud Massy (284) 1910 -- James Braid (298)
1909 -- J.H. Taylor (293) 1908 -- J.H. Taylor (300)
1907 -- Arnaud Massy (298) 1906 -- Arnaud Massy (292)
* - won in playoff.
@ - amateur.
Top Contenders in the Field
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Seve Ballesteros - Four-time winner of this event, all-time wins leader
Warren Bennett - 20th on money list with one top-10 finish
Angel Cabrera - Has four top-10's in 4 events in Europe with 1 win
Paul Lawrie - Former British Open champion, 24th on money list
Jonathan Lomas - Finished 2nd last year to Monty with weekend 69's
Paul McGinley - 36th on money list with two top-10's in seven events
Jose M. Olazabal - Made 7 of 9 cuts on PGA Tour this year, but no top-10's
Carl Pettersson - 23rd on money list with a pair of top-10 finishes
Eduardo Romero - Won this event in 1991, missed cut at Masters
Jean Van de Velde - Made 3 of 7 cuts on PGA TOur with one top-10 finish
Golftoday Network Selections
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Pick to Win - Jose Maria Olazabal
Darkhorse - Warren Bennett
Last Week's Pick to Win (Padraig Harrington) - Finished tied for 2nd
Last Week's Darkhorse (Ignacio Garrido) - Finished tied for 4th
NOTES:
Colin Montgomerie posted a pair of eagles in the final five holes to
lock up his first win of the 2000 season, as he defeated Jonathan Lomas by
two shots. Montgomerie opened with a one-under 71 at Le Golf National in Paris
and closed with rounds of 68-65-68 for a four-day total of 272. Michael
Campbell, trailing Monty by one-shot heading into Sunday, stumbled home with a
two-over 74 to tie for 7th. The European Tour last visited the Sangliers
course at Lyon Golf Club in 1994 when Stephen Ames became the first West
Indian golfer to win a European Tour event by capturing the Open V33 Du Grand
Lyon. A year earlier Costantino Rocca won twice in France, winning the Open
V33 Du Grand Lyon over the Terrains de Brocards course at Lyon Golf Club and
then the Open de France at Le Golf National. Jean Van de Velde makes his first
appearance of the year in Europe after competing the early part of the season
on the US Tour in his bid to win his national title for the first time.
Amateur champion Mikko Ilonen of Finland, who turned professional a month ago
after competing in the Masters Tournament, makes his debut on The European
Tour this week. The feature of the course, carved through woodland on the
outskirts of Lyon at Villette d'Anthon, is that six holes are adjacent to the
River Rhone and water comes into play on eight holes. The fifth's narrow
landing area, below a ridge and between trees and hazard is, arguably, the
most demanding hole. This is the oldest tournament in continental Europe. The
purse was increased by 364,316 euros from last year. Nick Faldo was the last
player to win this event two straight years, accomplishing the feat in
1988-89. Seve Ballesteros is a four-time winner of this tournament. Bernhard
Langer, a winner of this event in 1984, has been runner-up five times. Next
week the European Tour moves to England for the Benson and Hedges
International Open where Jose Maria Olazabal is expected to defend his title.
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