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Dates: Thursday, August 16th through Sunday, August 19th
Site: Slieve Russell Hotel Golf & Country Club, County Cavan, Ireland
Course Architect: Paddy Merrigan (1992)
Par: 72
Yardage: 7,053
Hole-By-Hole: 1 - Par 4 428 Yds 10 - Par 4 411 Yds
2 - Par 4 434 Yds 11 - Par 3 193 Yds
3 - Par 4 398 Yds 12 - Par 4 442 Yds
4 - Par 3 167 Yds 13 - Par 5 529 Yds
5 - Par 4 436 Yds 14 - Par 4 374 Yds
6 - Par 5 512 Yds 15 - Par 4 453 Yds
7 - Par 3 220 Yds 16 - Par 3 176 Yds
8 - Par 4 389 Yds 17 - Par 4 399 Yds
9 - Par 5 552 Yds 18 - Par 5 540 Yds
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36 3,536 Yds 36 3,517 Yds
Annual: 3rd
Defending Champion: Massimo Scarpa
Runner-Up: Mikael Lundberg
Tournament Record: 275 (Massimo Scarpa, 2000)
54-Hole Record:205 (Massimo Scarpa, 2000)
36-Hole Record:135 (Eric Carlberg, 1999)
Course Record: 65 (Henrik Stenson, Tobias Dier, 2000)
Total Purse: $314,000
Shares: 1st Place - $52,330; 2nd Place - 34,880; 3rd Place - 19,656
2000 Finish
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Player Score Player Score
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Massimo Scarpa 275 Tobias Dier 278
Mikael Lundberg 276 Ross Drummond 279
Andrew Beal 277 Gary Murphy 279
Garry Houston 278 Gary Emerson 279
Carlos Rodiles 278 Luis Claverie 279
Past North West of Ireland Open Winners
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2000 -- Massimo Scarpa (275) -- Mikael Lundberg
1999 -- Costantino Rocca (276) -- Padraig Harrington
Note: Formerly called West of Ireland Classic (1999); Buzzgolf.com North
West of Ireland Open (2000).
Top Contenders in the Field
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Massimo Scarpa - Defending champion, 3 top-20 finishes this year
Paul Broadhurst - Best finish this year is a tie for 23rd at Heineken
Gary Evans - Has 9 cuts made in his last 10 starts, 1 top-10 in 2001
Trevor Immelman - Has made the cut in only 2 of his last 10 tournaments
Mark Pilkington - Posted his best finish of the year, tie for 4th last wk
Wayne Riley - Has only 2 top-25 finishes this year, missed cut at Open
Des Smyth - Won Madeira Island Open, missed 6 of last 7 cuts
Van Phillips - Only one cut made in his last 11 starts
Sports Network Selections
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Pick to Win - Massimo Scarpa
Darkhorse - Gary Evans
Last week's Pick to Win (Ian Woosnam) - Finished tied for 49th
Last week's Darkhorse (Jarmo Sandelin) - Finished tied for 65th
NOTES:
One shot off the pace heading into the weekend rounds, Massimo Scarpa
carded 18-hole marks of 68-70 to defeat Mikael Lundberg by one shot and
captured his first career European Tour title. Scarpa's total of 275 broke the
previous tournament record of 276 set by countryman Costantino Rocca in 1999.
Tied for the lead after a fourth-hole bogey, Scarpa birdied the sixth and then
moved closer to victory with an eagle on 13 and a birdie on 14. Lundberg had a
chance to catch Scarpa after the leader bogeyed 17, but Lundberg also suffered
a bogey on the same hole and finished one back. This event combines players
from the main European Tour and the European Challenge Tour. Most of the top
European players are competing this week in the United States at the PGA
Championship in Duluth, Georgia. Tiger Woods is the defending champion at this
year's venue -- the Atlanta Athletic Club. Next week the European Tour moves
to Scotland for the Scottish PGA Championship at Gleneagles. Also on tap is
the WGC - NEC Invitational at Firestone Country Club in Akron, Ohio. Woods won
last year at the NEC while Pierre Fulke was the winner at Gleneagles.
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