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Nigerian Open
Tournament information
LocationIkoyi, Lagos, Nigeria
Established1969
Course(s)Ikoyi Club
Tour(s)Challenge Tour (1991–93)
Safari Circuit (until 1993)
FormatStroke play
Final year1999
Tournament record score
Aggregate255 Peter Tupling (1981)
To par−29 (as above)
Final champion
Johan Sköld

The Nigerian Open was a golf tournament in Nigeria, played between 1969 and 1999. It was generally played at the Ikoyi Club in Ikoyi, Lagos.[1] From 1997 to 1999 it was played at the IBB International Golf & Country Club in Abuja.[citation needed] It was an fixture on the Safari Circuit until 1993, and also a Challenge Tour event between 1990 and 1993.

In 1981, England's Peter Tupling set the record low 72 hole score in professional tournament golf, when he won the title with a 29 under par total of 255.[2] Notable past champions include major winners Vijay Singh and Sandy Lyle and former Ryder Cup player Gordon J. Brand.

Winners

Year Winner Country Score To par Margin
of victory		 Runner(s)-up Ref
1999 Johan Sköld  Sweden 278
1998 José Cantero  Argentina 274 −14
1997 Roberto Gonzalez  Argentina
1995 Lateef Lasisi  Nigeria
1994 Emos Korblah  Ghana 275
1993 Gordon Manson  Scotland 274 2 strokes France Frédéric Regard [3]
1992 No tournament due to rescheduling
1991 James Lebbie  Sierra Leone 270 4 strokes England Paul Eales [4]
1990 Wayne Stephens  England 198[a] −15 6 strokes England Chris Platts [5]
1989 Vijay Singh  Fiji 279 −5 1 stroke England Gordon J. Brand
England Jeff Pinsent
England Ian Spencer		 [6]
1988 Vijay Singh  Fiji 281 −3 Playoff[b] Scotland Mike Miller [7]
1987 No tournament
1986 Gordon J. Brand  England 272 −12 8 strokes England Malcolm MacKenzie [8]
1985 Bill Longmuir  Scotland 277 −3 2 strokes England David Jagger [9]
1984 Ewen Murray  Scotland 271 −13 1 stroke Scotland Bill Longmuir [10]
1983 Gordon J. Brand  England 275 −9 4 strokes England Gary Cullen [11]
1982 David Jagger  England 274 −10 Playoff[c] Wales Ian Woosnam [12]
1981 Peter Tupling  England 255 −29 6 strokes Scotland Bill Longmuir [13]
1980 Bill Longmuir  Scotland 264 −20 4 strokes England Tommy Horton [14]
1979 John Morgan  England 269 −15 5 strokes England Pip Elson
England Tommy Horton		 [15]
1978 Sandy Lyle  Scotland 269 −15 Playoff[d] England Michael King [16]
1977 David Jagger  England 273 −11 Playoff[e] England Malcolm Gregson [17]
1976 Bill Longmuir  Scotland 209 −4 1 stroke England Pip Elson
England Carl Mason		 [18]
1975 David Jagger  England 270 −14 Playoff[f] Scotland Harry Bannerman
England Peter Dawson		 [19]
1974 Jack Newton  Australia 275 −9 4 strokes Republic of Ireland Eamonn Darcy
Republic of Ireland Christy O'Connor Jnr
Scotland Ronnie Shade		 [20]
1973 Tommy Horton  England 267 −17 3 strokes England Malcolm Gregson [21]
1972 No tournament due to rescheduling
1971 Lee Elder  United States 267 −17 5 strokes England John Cook [22]
1970 John Cook  England 276 1 stroke England John Garner [23]
1969 Marshall Douglas  Scotland 281 5 strokes England Ian Wrigley [24]
  1. ^ Tournament contested over three rounds due to local elections.
  2. ^ Singh won with a par on the first hole of a sudden-death playoff.
  3. ^ Jagger won with a birdie on the second hole of a sudden-death playoff.
  4. ^ Lyle won on the second hole of a sudden-death playoff.
  5. ^ Jagger won on the second hole of a sudden-death playoff.
  6. ^ Jagger won with a birdie on the second hole of a sudden-death playoff.

References

  1. ^ "Ikoyi course". Ikoyi Golf Community Nigeria Association. Retrieved March 4, 2020.
  2. ^ Hopkins, John (19 March 2003). "Matharu hints at bright future on day in sun". The Times. London. Retrieved 26 November 2008.
  3. ^ https://www.europeantour.com/challenge-tour/nigerian-open-1993/results?round=4
  4. ^ https://www.europeantour.com/challenge-tour/nigerian-open-1992/results?round=4
  5. ^ McCormack, Mark H. (1991). The World of Professional Golf 1991. Chapmans. pp. 262–263, 502. ISBN 1855925583.
  6. ^ "Gordon J Brand". The Glasgow Herald. 20 November 1989. p. 19.
  7. ^ McCormack, Mark H. (1989). World of Professional Golf 1989. Collins Willow. pp. 235–236, 464. ISBN 000218284X.
  8. ^ "Eight-stroke Lagos victory for Brand". The Glasgow Herald. 17 February 1986. p. 9.
  9. ^ "Nigerian pay-off for Longmuir". The Glasgow Herald. 25 February 1985. p. 20.
  10. ^ "Murray holds off Longmuir for Nigerian Open victory". The Glasgow Herald. 27 February 1984. p. 17.
  11. ^ "Nigerian Open". The Guardian. 28 February 1983. p. 19.
  12. ^ "Golf". The Glasgow Herald. 8 February 1982. p. 17.
  13. ^ "Britain's Peter Tupling". The Glasgow Herald. 23 February 1981. p. 18.
  14. ^ "Golf | Lagos". The Times. 25 February 1980. p. 10. Retrieved 5 March 2020 – via The Times Digital Archive.
  15. ^ "John Morgan". The Glasgow Herald. 27 February 1979. p. 23.
  16. ^ "Bright to Sandy Lyle's Career". The Glasgow Herald. 28 February 1978. p. 23.
  17. ^ "David Jagger". The Glasgow Herald. 1 March 1977. p. 31.
  18. ^ "Elson second in Open". Coventry Evening Telegraph. Coventry, England. 26 February 1976. p. 16. Retrieved 8 June 2020 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  19. ^ "Golf". The Observer. 23 February 1975. p. 19.
  20. ^ "Newton in rich Nigerian win". The Age. 25 February 1974. p. 25.
  21. ^ "Horton wins Nigerian Open". The Glasgow Herald. 26 February 1973. p. 4.
  22. ^ "Easy victory for Elder". The Glasgow Herald. 6 December 1971. p. 4.
  23. ^ "Douglas third despite 66". The Glasgow Herald. 7 December 1970. p. 5.
  24. ^ "Douglas wins in Lagos". The Glasgow Herald. 5 January 1970. p. 4.
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