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August 26, 2019 This Week August 29 - September 1, 2019 Omega European Masters 2018 Champion: Matthew Fitzpatrick (ENG) Crans-sur-Sierre Golf Club, Crans Montana, Switzerland Total/Par: 263 (-17) / Prize Fund: €2,500,000 02 08 09 10 Omega European R2D Rankings European Tour Official World Masters Schedule Golf Ranking #1 Shane Lowry Pts. Challenge Tour Staysure Tour Rankings 2019 Order of Merit 2019 1 Shane LOWRY IRL 3344.5 Pts. Pts. 2 Bernd WIESBERGER AUT 2828.4 1 Calum HILL SCO 107762.7 1 Bernhard LANGER GER 1955.0 3 Jon RAHM ESP 2658.3 2 Richard BLAND ENG 101205.7 3 Antoine ROZNER FRA 96609.0 2 Paul BROADHURST ENG 1920.0 4 Tommy FLEETWOOD ENG 2114.5 4 Ricardo SANTOS POR 86810.3 3 Phillip PRICE WAL 1622.9 5 Matthew JORDAN ENG 83624.2 5 Matt WALLACE ENG 2103.2 6 Cormac SHARVIN NIR 77174.3 4 José COCERES ARG 1412.9 7 Connor SYME SCO 69289.7 5 Peter BAKER ENG 1115.6 6 Matthew FITZPATRICK ENG 1991.8 8 Darius VAN DRIEL NED 68061.9 6 Barry LANE ENG 1068.1 7 Kevin KISNER USA 1822.8 9 Robin ROUSSEL FRA 67431.5 10 José-Filipe LIMA POR 56020.0 7 Jean-François REMESY FRA 1037.1 8 Louis OOSTHUIZEN RSA 1792.6 11 Jack SENIOR ENG 53596.5 12 Francesco LAPORTA ITA 52975.1 8 Clark DENNIS USA 982.4 9 Erik VAN ROOYEN RSA 1703.4 13 Grégory HAVRET FRA 51550.0 14 Daan HUIZING NED 50346.6 9 James KINGSTON RSA 957.6 10 Xander SCHAUFFELE USA 1691.1 15 Joel SJÖHOLM SWE 47372.2 10 Peter FOWLER AUS 794.1 Did you know? Omega European Masters • With his play-off victory in 2018 Matthew Fitzpatrick became the first person to • Victory this week would mark the fifth successfully defend the Omega European consecutive year that Fitzpatrick has Masters title since Seve Ballesteros (1977- triumphed on the European Tour. The 78) Englishman, who is currently tied with Alex Noren for the current most consecutive • Should Fitzpatrick retain his title at Golf winning seasons, has won in every season Club Crans-sur-Sierre this week he would since his maiden victory at the 2015 British become the first player in the history of the Masters tournament to clinch three consecutive Omega European Masters victories • Crans-sur-Sierre has the distinction of being the only venue to hold a European Tour • With his first Omega European Masters event in every season since 1972. The 2019 triumph in 2017 Fitzpatrick became the Omega European Masters will be the 48th of youngest player to reach four European the tournament since joining the European Youngest winner: Tour victories, aged 23 years and nine days, Tour International Schedule. The venue has since Matteo Manassero won the 2014 hosted the tournament every year it has BMW PGA Championship aged 20 years been played since 1939 and 37 days • Crans-sur-Sierre will be staging the • Seve Ballesteros claimed the first of his tournament for the 73rd successive time. 20years and 99 days three Omega European Masters wins in Only Augusta National (83 times for the 1977 when he was just 20 years and 99 Masters Tournament) has held the same Seve Ballesteros, 1977 days old, his fourth career victory. The event more times than the Swiss venue Spaniard remains the youngest winner in the history of the storied championship • Jamie Spence became one of only three players in European Tour history to win an Tournament first played: • Rory McIlroy will return to compete in event by shooting 60 in his final round, the Omega European Masters for the first making up a ten-shot deficit over third time since 2011, when he finished in a tie round leader Colin Montgomerie to win the for third alongside Jamie Donaldson behind 1992 European Masters in a play-off with eventual champion Thomas Bjørn and Anders Forsbrand Martin Kaymer 1939 www.europeantour.com 02 Facts & Figures August 29 - September 1, 2019 Omega European Masters Card of the course Prize Fund / Pts Facts & Figures First played 1939 (Became part of The European Tour International Schedule in 1972) Pos Euro R2D Pts Holes Yards Meters Par Most wins 01 540 494 4 1 416,660.00 585.00 3 - Alex Ross, 1923, 1925 and 1926 3 - Auguste Boyer, 1930, 1934 and 1935 02 446 408 4 2 277,770.00 389.00 3 - Dai Rees, 1956, 1959 and 1963 3 - Harold Henning, 1960, 1964 and 1965 03 191 175 3 3 156,500.00 218.00 3 - Seve Ballesteros, 1977, 1978 and 1989 04 503 460 4 4 125,000.00 175.00 Consecutive wins Alex Ross, 1925-26; Auguste Boyer, 1934-35; Harold 05 364 333 4 5 106,000.00 148.00 Henning, 1964-65; Roberto Bernardini, 1968-69; Seve Ballesteros, 1977-78; Matt Fitzpatrick, 2017-18 06 324 296 4 6 87,500.00 122.60 Youngest winner 07 331 303 4 7 75,000.00 105.00 Seve Ballesteros, 20 years and 99 days, 1977 08 175 160 3 8 62,500.00 87.50 Oldest winner 09 633 579 5 9 56,000.00 78.05 Miguel Angel Jiménez, 46 years and 243 days, 2010 OUT 3507 3208 35 10 50,000.00 70.00 Lowest 18 hole score 60 (-12), Jamie Spence, 1992 10 406 371 4 11 46,000.00 64.10 Lowest 72 hole score 11 217 198 3 12 43,000.00 60.20 260 (-24), Colin Montgomerie, 1996 12 417 381 4 13 40,250.00 56.35 Lowest final round by a winner 60 (-12), Jamie Spence, 1992 13 195 178 3 14 38,250.00 53.55 Wire-to-wire-winners 14 559 511 5 15 36,750.00 51.45 Jerry Anderson 1984; Eduardo Romero 2000; Ricardo Gonzalez 2001; Robert Karlsson, 2002 15 516 472 5 16 35,250.00 49.35 235 215 3 17 33,750.00 47. 25 Largest winning margin 16 10 shots, Eduardo Romero, 2000 17 394 360 4 18 32,250.00 45.15 Biggest final round comeback by a winner 18 402 368 4 19 31,000.00 43.05 10 shots, Jamie Spence, 1992 IN 3341 3054 35 20 30,000.00 42.00 Play-offs Manuel Piñero beat Antonio Garrido and Tony TOTAL 6848 6262 70 Johnstone, 1981 Ian Woosnam beat Bill Longmuir, 1982 Sir Nick Faldo beat Sandy Lyle, 1983 Jamie Spence beat Anders Forsbrand, 1992 Sven Strüver beat Patrik Sjöland, 1998 Brett Rumford beat Phillip Archer, 2007 Jean-François Lucquin beat Rory McIlroy, 2008 Architect Thomas Bjørn beat Craig Lee, 2013 Fremantle and Gedge, 1906 David Lipsky beat Graeme Storm, 2014 (front nine), 1908 (back nine), Alex Noren beat Scott Hend, 2016 Matt Fitpatrick beat Scott Hend, 2017 redesigned by M Nicholson,1929 Matt Fitzpatrick beat Lucas Bjerregaard, 2018 and Seve Ballesteros, 1999 Albatrosses Colin Montgomerie, 1st hole, round 2, 1989 Mark Davis, 14th hole, round 2, 1991 Matthew Cort, 1st hole, round 2, 2004 Tadd Fujikawa, 9th hole, round 2, 2007 Prize Fund Course Record Mads Vibe-Hastrup, 1st hole, round 3, 2008 €2,500,000 61 (-10), Miguel Low cut Angel Jiménez, 2010; 137 (-5), 1997 Craig Lee, 2013 High cut 154 (+10), 1974 and 1976 For full Omega European Masters Facts and Figures, please visit the European Tour’s Media Hub: mediahub.europeantour.com www.europeantour.com 03 Entries Omega European Masters Entries in Category 0a The leading available Ranked Member or European Challenge David LAW Paul Lawrie Golf Centre SCO Tour Ranked Member not otherwise exempt above from within the top 110 of the 2019 Race to Dubai Rankings as of the conclusion of the Swedish Masters Entries in Category 5 Legends Category - Players ranked within the top 40 of the Oliver WILSON ENG 2018 Career Money list who meet 4 or more of the additional qualifying criteria for this Category, Entries in Category 1 Winners of The Race to Dubai and Majors Padraig HARRINGTON IRL Tommy FLEETWOOD Formby Hall ENG Miguel Ángel JIMÉNEZ ESP Rory MCILROY NIR Thomas BJØRN DEN Sergio GARCIA Golf In Dubai ESP Robert KARLSSON SWE Danny WILLETT ENG Entries in Category 6a Professional Tournament Invitations Entries in Category 1a Medical Extension Gregory MOLTENI +ENERGIA elettrica ITA Luke DONALD ENG Rory SABBATINI SVK Min Woo LEE AUS Entries in Category 2 Winners of Rolex Series events and WGC’s Troy MERRITT USA Bernd WIESBERGER Reiters-Reserve.at AUT Joel GIRRBACH Golf Lipperswil SUI Lee WESTWOOD Close House GC ENG Raphaël DE SOUSA Gest4players SUI Matthew FITZPATRICK Hallamshire GC ENG Benjamin RUSCH GC Lipperswil SUI Brandon STONE Mount Edgecombe CC RSA Mathias EGGENBERGER GC Bad Ragaz SUI Alex NOREN Troon SWE Wilco NIENABER Bloemfontein RSA Thongchai JAIDEE Black Mountain GC THA Eduardo DE LA RIVA ESP Chris WOOD Long Ashton GC ENG Entries in Category 6b Amateur Tournament Invitations Entries in Category 3 Winners of 2019 Season tournaments equal to or above 1.75M Eugenio LOPEZ-CHACARRA (AM) Real GC La Moraleja ESP US Dollars, 2018 Season tournaments equal to or above 1.75M Race to Dubai Points & Giovanni MANZONI (AM) GC Verona ITA 2017 Season tournaments equal to or above 1.5M euro Loris SCHUEPBACH (AM) GC Bad Ragaz SUI Christiaan BEZUIDENHOUT RSA Nicola GERHARDSEN (AM) GC Rheinblick SUI Andrea PAVAN TPC Craig Ranch ITA Alessandro NOSEDA (AM) GC Luzern SUI Marcus KINHULT Skaftö GC SWE Ronan KLEU (AM) G&CC Zürich-Zumikon SUI Mikko KORHONEN DEFA FIN Jorge CAMPILLO Norba Club de Golf Caceres ESP Entries in Category 7 Players qualifying through the Top 5 or Top 10 Regulation (as Stephen GALLACHER Kingsfield Golf Centre SCO applicable) from the previous 2019 Race to Dubai Tournament Scott HEND AUS Sihwan KIM Los Coyotes CC USA Kurt KITAYAMA USA Aaron RAI DCD London ENG Entries in Category 10 Top 116 from the final 2018 Race to Dubai Rankings Eddie PEPPERELL Frilford Heath ENG Andy SULLIVAN Nuneaton GC ENG Lucas BJERREGAARD DEN Thomas DETRY Royal GC of Belgium BEL Ashun WU Shuangshan GC CHN Ross FISHER ENG Matt WALLACE The Belfry Hotel & Resort ENG Erik VAN ROOYEN Country Club Johannesburg RSA Richard MCEVOY Thorpe Hall GC ENG Dean BURMESTER Mont Choisy Le Golf RSA Alexander BJÖRK Vaxjo GK SWE Lucas HERBERT Commonwealth GC AUS Alexander LEVY Golf de Barbossi FRA Mike LORENZO-VERA FRA Joost LUITEN Winston GC NED Sam HORSFIELD Lake Nona ENG Wade ORMSBY Royal Adelaide GC AUS Matthew SOUTHGATE Thorpe Hall GC ENG Paul DUNNE Greystones IRL Hideto TANIHARA JPN Romain WATTEL Bussy Saint-Georges FRA Lee SLATTERY Formby Hall ENG Julian SURI USA Darren FICHARDT Centurion CC RSA Jordan SMITH Bowood G & CC ENG Benjamin HEBERT Golf de Moliets FRA Andres ROMERO Jockey Club Tucuman ARG Nacho ELVIRA ESP Renato PARATORE Castelgandolfo GC ITA Pablo LARRAZÁBAL ESP Edoardo MOLINARI ITA Jason SCRIVENER Mandurah CC AUS S.S.P.