European Open (golf)

European Open

Tournament information
Location	Germany
Established	1978
Course(s)	Golf Resort Bad Griesbach, Beckenbauer Course
Par	71
Length	7,188 yards (6,573 m)
Tour(s)	European Tour
Format	Stroke play
Prize fund	€2,000,000
Tournament record score
Aggregate	260 Ian Woosnam (1988)
To par	−21 Per-Ulrik Johansson (1997)
Current champion
Thongchai Jaidee

Bad
Griesbach

Location in Germany

The European Open was a European Tour golf tournament. Founded in 1978, up to 1994 it was played at various courses in England, including Sunningdale and Walton Heath, except for the 1979 event, which was held at Turnberry in Scotland. Between 1995 and 2007 the tournament was held at the K Club in Straffan, Ireland, before moving again in 2008, this time to the Jack Nicklaus-designed Heritage course at the London Golf Club near Sevenoaks, Kent, England.

It was an important tournament on the Tour, and in 2008 the total prize money was £2.4 million, putting it in the leading group of European Tour events outside of the major championships and the three individual World Golf Championships events.

Winners

Year	Winner	Country	Score	To par	Margin of victory	Runner(s)-up
Porsche European Open
2015	Thongchai Jaidee	Thailand	267	−17	1 stroke	Graeme Storm
European Open
2010–14	No tournament
2009	Christian Cévaër	France	281	−7	1 stroke	Gary Orr Álvaro Quirós Steve Webster
2008	Ross Fisher	England	268	−20	7 strokes	Sergio García
Smurfit Kappa European Open
2007	Colin Montgomerie	Scotland	269	−11	1 stroke	Niclas Fasth
2006	Stephen Dodd	Wales	279	−9	2 strokes	José Manuel Lara Anthony Wall
Smurfit European Open
2005	Kenneth Ferrie	England	285	−3	2 strokes	Colin Montgomerie Graeme Storm
2004	Retief Goosen	South Africa	275	−13	5 strokes	Richard Green Peter O'Malley Lee Westwood
2003	Phillip Price	Wales	272	−16	1 stroke	Alastair Forsyth Mark McNulty
2002	Michael Campbell	New Zealand	282	−6	1 stroke	Bradley Dredge Retief Goosen Pádraig Harrington Paul Lawrie
2001	Darren Clarke	Northern Ireland	273	−15	3 strokes	Thomas Bjørn Pádraig Harrington Ian Woosnam
2000	Lee Westwood (2)	England	276	−12	1 stroke	Ángel Cabrera
1999	Lee Westwood	England	271	−17	3 strokes	Darren Clarke Peter O'Malley
1998	Mathias Grönberg	Sweden	275	−13	10 strokes	Miguel Ángel Jiménez Phillip Price
1997	Per-Ulrik Johansson (2)	Sweden	267	−21	6 strokes	Peter Baker
1996	Per-Ulrik Johansson	Sweden	277	−11	1 stroke	Costantino Rocca
1995	Bernhard Langer (2)	Germany	280	−8	Playoff	Barry Lane
European Open
1994	David Gilford	England	275	−13	5 strokes	José María Olazábal Costantino Rocca
GA European Open
1993	Gordon Brand, Jnr (2)	Scotland	275	−13	7 strokes	Phillip Price Ronan Rafferty
1992	Nick Faldo	England	262	−18	3 strokes	Robert Karlsson
1991	Mike Harwood	Australia	277	−11	2 strokes	Sandy Lyle
Panasonic European Open
1990	Peter Senior	Australia	267	−13	1 stroke	Ian Woosnam
1989	Andrew Murray	England	277	−11	1 stroke	Frank Nobilo
1988	Ian Woosnam	Wales	260	−20	3 strokes	Nick Faldo
1987	Paul Way	England	279	−9	2 strokes	John Bland Gordon Brand, Jnr
1986	Greg Norman	Australia	269	−11	Playoff	Ken Brown
1985	Bernhard Langer	West Germany	269	−11	3 strokes	John O'Leary
1984	Gordon Brand, Jnr	Scotland	270	−10	3 strokes	Seve Ballesteros Noel Ratcliffe
1983	Isao Aoki	Japan	274	−6	2 strokes	Seve Ballesteros Nick Faldo Carl Mason
European Open Championship
1982	Manuel Piñero	Spain	266	−14	2 strokes	Sam Torrance
Dixcel Tissues European Open
1981	Graham Marsh	Australia	275	−13	2 strokes	Seve Ballesteros
European Open Championship
1980	Tom Kite	United States	284	−8	1 stroke	Lon Hinkle Leonard Thompson
1979	Sandy Lyle	Scotland	275	−9	7 strokes	Dale Hayes Peter Townsend
1978	Bobby Wadkins	United States	283	−5	Playoff	Bernard Gallacher Gil Morgan

External links

• Coverage on the European Tour's official site