Sarazen World Open

The Sarazen World Open was a professional golf tournament, named in honor of seven-time major champion and hall of famer Gene Sarazen. It was held from 1994 to 1999. The field mostly consisted of national open winners from around the world from the previous two years. From 1996 to 1998, it was sponsored by Subaru and titled as the Subaru Sarazen World Open.

The Sarazen World Open was an unofficial event on the PGA Tour and for the first five years was also an approved special event on European Tour; in its final year it became an official Order of Merit event on the European Tour. It was played at Chateau Elan (Legends course) in Braselton, Georgia until 1999, when it was held at PGA Catalunya in Barcelona, Spain.

Winners

European Tour event

Year	Winner	Country	Score	To par	Margin of victory	Runners-up	Purse ($)	First prize ($)
1999	Thomas Bjørn	Denmark	273	−15	2 strokes	Paolo Quirici Katsuyoshi Tomori	600,000	100,000

Unofficial money event (1994–1998)

Year	Winner	Country	Score	Runner(s)-up	Purse ($)	First prize ($)
1998	Dudley Hart	United States	272 (−16)	Bob Tway	2,000,000	360,000
1997	Mark Calcavecchia	United States	271 (−17)	Lee Westwood	2,000,000	360,000
1996	Frank Nobilo (2)	New Zealand	272 (−16)	Scott Hoch	1,900,000	342,000
1995	Frank Nobilo	New Zealand	216 (−8)	Miguel Ángel Jiménez Mark McNulty	1,900,000	350,000
1994	Ernie Els	South Africa	273 (−15)	Fred Funk	1,900,000	350,000

External links

• Coverage of 1999 event on the European Tour's official site
• 1999 event preview