Dates:
Thursday, October 21st through Sunday, October 24th Site: Royal Zoute Golf Club,
Knokke-Le-Zoute, Belgium Par: 71 Yardage: 6,907 Hole-By-Hole: 1 - Par 4 420 Yds
10 - Par 4 384 Yds 2 - Par 4 395 Yds 11 - Par 3 209 Yds 3 - Par 3 148 Yds 12 -
Par 5 532 Yds 4 - Par 4 417 Yds 13 - Par 4 446 Yds 5 - Par 4 470 Yds 14 - Par
4 414 Yds 6 - Par 4 415 Yds 15 - Par 5 550 Yds 7 - Par 4 386 Yds 16 - Par 3 183
Yds 8 - Par 3 207 Yds 17 - Par 5 546 Yds 9 - Par 4 402 Yds 18 - Par 4 383 Yds
------------- ------------- 34 3,260 Yds 37 3,647 Yds Annual: 50th Defending Champion:
Lee Westwood Runner-Up: Fredrik Jacobson Tournament Record: 268 (Lee Westwood,
Fredrik Jacobson, 1998) 54-Hole Record: 200 (Eamonn Darcy, 1987) 36-Hole Record:
132 (Fredrik Jacobson, 1998) Course Record: 64 (Miguel Angel Jimenez, 1992; Bernhard
Langer, Vijay Singh, Rodger Davis, 1993; Robert Karlsson, Greg Turner, Van Phillips,
Mark Mouland, 1998) Total Purse: 750,000 (euros) Shares: 1st Place - 125,000;
2nd Place - 83,320; 3rd Place - 46,940 1998 Finish ----------- Player Score Player
Score ------ ----- ------ ----- Lee Westwood * 268 Peter Mitchell 272 Fredrik
Jacobson 268 Alex Cejka 273 Robert Karlsson 270 Michael Jonzon 273 Greg Turner
270 Mark Mouland 273 Jarmo Sandelin 272 Seven players at 274 * - Won in playoff.
Past Belgacom Open Winners and Runners-up -----------------------------------------
1998 -- *Lee Westwood (268) -- Fredrik Jacobson 1997 -- Not Held 1996 -- Not Held
1995 -- Not Held 1994 -- *Nick Faldo (279) 1993 -- Darren Clarke (270) 1992 --
Miguel Angel Jimenez (274) 1991 -- *Per-Ulrik Johansson (276) 1990 -- Ove Sellberg
(272) 1989 -- Gordon J. Brand (273) 1988 -- Jose Maria Olazabal (269) 1987 --
#Eamonn Darcy (200) 1986 -- Not Held 1985 -- Not Held 1984 -- Not Held 1983 --
Not Held 1982 -- Not Held 1981 -- Not Held 1980 -- Not Held 1979 -- G.Levenson
(279) 1978 -- N.Ratcliffe (280) 1977 -- Not Held 1976 -- Not Held 1975 -- Not
Held 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 -- K.Bousfield (271) 1957 -- *B.J.
Hunt (280) 1956 -- F.van Donck (269) 1955 -- D.C. Thomas (290) 1954 -- D.J. Reese
(287) 1953 -- F.van Donck (270) 1952 -- A.Cerda (286) 1951 -- A.Pelissier (279)
1950 -- Roberto de Vicenzo (282) 1949 -- J.Adams (283) 1948 -- W.S. Forrester
(288) 1947 -- F.van Donck (283) 1946 -- F.van Donck (289) 1945 -- Not Held 1944
-- Not Held 1943 -- Not Held 1942 -- Not Held 1941 -- Not Held 1940 -- Not Held
1939 -- F.van DOnck (291) 1938 -- T.H. Cotton (277) 1937 -- M.Dallemagne (285)
1936 -- A.Boyer (285) 1935 -- W.J. Branch (283) 1934 -- T.H. Cotton (279) 1933
-- A.Boyer (282) 1932 -- A.Lacey (291) 1931 -- A.Lacey (301) 1930 -- T.H. Cotton
(281) 1929 -- S.F. Brews (300) 1928 -- A.Tingey, Jr. (293) 1927 -- M.Dallemagne
(140) 1926 -- A.Boomer (137) 1925 -- E.Lafitte (145) 1924 -- W.Hagen (142) 1923
-- P.Boomer (143) 1922 -- A.Boomer (150) 1921 -- E.Lafitte (145) 1920 -- R.Jones
(154) 1919 -- Not Held 1918 -- Not Held 1917 -- Not Held 1916 -- Not Held 1915
-- Not Held 1914 -- T.Ball (144) 1913 -- T.Ball (154) 1912 -- G.Duncan (144) 1911
-- C.H. Mayo (144) 1910 -- A.Massy (139) * - won in playoff # - 54 holes Note:
From 1910-27 the tournament was only 36 holes. Formerly called Volvo Belgian Open
(1987-89), Peugeot-Trends Belgian Open (1990), Renault Belgian Open (1991), Piaget
Belgian Open (1992), Alfred Dunhill Open (1993-94). Tournament was not held from
1938-45, 1959-77, 1980-86, 1995-97. Top Contenders in the Field ---------------------------
Lee Westwood - Defending champion, 4th in scoring, 3 wins this year Seve Ballesteros
- Leads tour in putting & putts per greens in regulation Thomas Bjorn - Won last
week's Sarazen World Open, 14th on money list Darren Clarke - 7th on money list
with one win and six top-10's John Daly - Has made
just 10 of 21 cuts on PGA Tour, no top-10's Retief Goosen - 6th in scoring, 4th
on money list with 1 win, 11 top-10's David Howell - 21st on money list with one
win and three top-five's Mark James - Ryder Cup captain has been runner-up twice
this year P-Ulrik Johansson - Has made the cut in 10 of 18 European events, 3
top-10's Bernhard Langer - Five top-10's, 3rd in sand saves, 28th on money list
Paul Lawrie - Open champion, 5th on money list with 2 wins Miguel A. Martin -
Tied for 18th last week, won earlier this season Jean Van de Velde - Has made
20 of 24 cuts, 3 top-10's, 13th on money list Ian Woosnam - 29th on money list
with 3 top-10's in 21 events
