Current crop determined to emulate Europe’s past Masters

IF ONE of the record number of 20 Europeans competing win the Masters this weekend, it would be the first time one of their number triumphed in a major since 1999.

Current crop determined to emulate Europe’s past Masters
Wed, 06 Apr, 2005 - 01:00
Charlie Mulqueen, Augusta

It was Paul Lawrie who then shocked the golfing world with his British Open win at Carnoustie in 1999.

Jose Maria Olazabal won the Masters the same year and the 19-year-old Sergio Garcia hunted Tiger Woods home in the US PGA Championship at Medinah later that season, before losing by a single shot.

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