Italian Open (golf)
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| Tournament information | |
|---|---|
| Location | Brescia, Italy |
| Established | 1925 |
| Course(s) | Gardagolf Country Club |
| Par | 71 |
| Length | 7,201 yards (6,585 m) |
| Tour(s) | European Tour |
| Format | Stroke play |
| Prize fund | US$7,000,000 |
| Month played | May/June |
| Tournament record score | |
| Aggregate | 262 Percy Alliss (1935) Francesco Molinari (2016) Thorbjørn Olesen (2018) |
| To par | −25 Hennie Otto (2008) |
| Current champion | |
 Thorbjørn Olesen | |
The Italian Open is the Italian national open golf championship for men. It was founded in 1925 and has been part of the European Tour's schedule since the tour was founded in 1972. The 2018 event was the 75th edition of the championship.
The 2016 Italian Open was played in September at the Golf Club Milano in Monza with a prize fund of €3 million. In 2017 it became one of the European Tour Rolex Series events, moving to October, with total prize money of US$ 7 million. The 2018 tournament was played in late May and early June at Gardagolf Country Club near Lake Garda.[1]
History
In 2008, Hennie Otto was just one stroke away from the tournament aggregate record of 262, set by Percy Alliss in 1935 on the course at Sanremo, which even by the standards of the day was relatively short, at just 5,200 yards.[2]
Venues
| Venue | Location | First | Last | Times |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Golf Club Alpino di Stresa | Stresa | 1925 | 1927 | 3 |
| Circolo Golf Villa d'Este | Montorfano | 1928 | 1972 | 12 |
| Circolo Golf degli Ulivi, Sanremo | Sanremo | 1934 | 1948 | 5 |
| Sestrieres Golf Club | Sestriere | 1936 | 1936 | 1 |
| Circolo del Golf Roma, Acquasanta | Rome | 1950 | 1980 | 3 |
| Golf Club Milano | Monza | 1951 | 2017 | 9 |
| Circolo Golf Venezia | Venice | 1955 | 1974 | 3 |
| Golf Club Varese | Varese | 1958 | 1958 | 1 |
| Golf Club Garlenda | Garlenda | 1971 | 1971 | 1 |
| Olgiata Golf Club | Rome | 1973 | 2002 | 1 (+1) |
| Golf Club Monticello | Como | 1975 | 1992 | 7 |
| Circolo Golf Is Molas | Pula, Sardinia | 1976 | 2001 | 4 |
| Pevero Golf Club | Arzachena, Sardinia | 1978 | 1978 | 1 |
| Circolo Golf Ugolino | Florence | 1983 | 1983 | 1 |
| Molinetto Country Club | Milan | 1985 | 1985 | 1 |
| Golf Club Albarella | Venice | 1986 | 1986 | 1 |
| Castelconturbia Golf Club | Borgomanero | 1991 | 1998 | 2 |
| Modena Golf and Country Club | Modena | 1993 | 1993 | 1 |
| Marco Simone Golf and Country Club | Rome | 1994 | 1994 | 1 |
| Le Rovedine Golf Club | Milan | 1995 | 1995 | 1 |
| Golf Club Bergamo "L'Albenza" | Bergamo | 1996 | 1996 | 1 |
| Gardagolf Country Club | Brescia | 1997 | 2018 | 3 |
| Circolo Golf Torino "La Mandria" | Turin | 1999 | 2014 | 3 |
| Golf Club Castello Tolcinasco | Milan | 2004 | 2008 | 5 |
| Royal Park i Roveri | Turin | 2009 | 2012 | 4 |
In 1973 the first two rounds were played on two different courses, Acquasanta and Olgiata, everyone playing one round on each course. After the cut, Acquasanta was then used for the final two rounds.
Winners
*Tournament shortened to three rounds due to rain.
^Only nine holes (par 35) were played in the first round of the 1974 tournament.
| Year | Winner | Country | Venue | Score | Margin of victory |
Runner(s)-up | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1961-70: No tournament | |||||||
| 1960 | Brian Wilkes |  South Africa |
Venezia | 285 | 2 strokes |  Jean Garaïalde
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| 1959 | Peter Thomson |  Australia |
Villa d'Este | 269 | 1 stroke |  Alfonso Angelini
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| 1958 | Peter Alliss |  England |
Varese | 282 | 10 strokes | Alfonso Angelini
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| 1957 | Harold Henning | South Africa |
Villa d'Este | 273 | 3 strokes |  Roger Cotton
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| 1956 | Antonio Cerdá |  Argentina |
Milano | 284 | Playoff |  Flory Van Donck
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| 1955 | Flory Van Donck (4) | Belgium |
Venezia | 287 | 1 stroke | Henri de Lamaze (a)
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| 1954 | Ugo Grappasonni (2) | Italy |
Villa d'Este | 272 | Playoff | John Jacobs
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| 1953 | Flory Van Donck (3) | Belgium |
Villa d'Este | 269 | 6 strokes | Max Faulkner Dai Rees
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| 1952 | Eric Brown |  Scotland |
Milano | 273 | 6 strokes | Alfonso Angelini
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| 1951 | Jimmy Adams | Scotland |
Milano | 283 | 1 stroke | Eric Brown
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| 1950 | Ugo Grappasonni | Italy |
Acquasanta | 281 | Playoff | Alfonso Angelini
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| 1949 | Hassan Hassanein |  Egypt |
Villa d'Este | 271 | Aldo Casera
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| 1948 | Aldo Casera | Italy |
Golf Sanremo | 267 | Ugo Grappasonni Pietro Manca
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| 1947 | Flory Van Donck (2) | Belgium |
Golf Sanremo | 263 | Aldo Casera
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| 1939–1946: No tournament due to World War II | |||||||
| 1938 | Flory Van Donck | Belgium |
Villa d'Este | 276 |  Pulvio Travaini
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| 1937 | Marcel Dallemagne | France |
Golf Sanremo | 276 | Playoff | Auguste Boyer
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| 1936 | Henry Cotton | England |
Sestrieres | 268 | 6 strokes |  Joe Ezar
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| 1935 | Percy Alliss (2) | England |
Golf Sanremo | 262 | 5 strokes | Auguste Boyer Arthur Havers
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| 1934 | Norman Nutley | England |
Golf Sanremo | 132 |  Gonzales
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| 1933: No tournament | |||||||
| 1932 | Aubrey Boomer |  Jersey |
Villa d'Este | 143 | Auguste Boyer
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| 1931 | Auguste Boyer (4) | France |
Villa d'Este | 141 | René Golias
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| 1930 | Auguste Boyer (3) | France |
Villa d'Este | 140 | Marcel Dallemagne
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| 1929 | René Golias | France |
Villa d'Este | 143 | Auguste Boyer
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| 1928 | Auguste Boyer (2) | France |
Villa d'Este | 145 | 1 stroke | Jean Baptiste Loth
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| 1927 | Percy Alliss | England |
Alpino di Stresa | 145 | Playoff | Marcel Dallemagne
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| 1926 | Auguste Boyer | France |
Alpino di Stresa | 147 | Alec Ross
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| 1925 | Francesco Pasquali | Italy |
Alpino di Stresa | 154 | 1 stroke |  William Jolly
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In 1954 Grappasonni beat Jacobs 137 to 138 in the 36-hole playoff.
Multiple winners
- 4 wins
- Auguste Boyer: 1926, 1928, 1930, 1931
- Flory Van Donck: 1938, 1947, 1953, 1955
- 2 wins
- Percy Alliss: 1927, 1935
- Ugo Grappasonni: 1950, 1954
- Sandy Lyle: 1984, 1992
- Sam Torrance: 1987, 1995
- Bernhard Langer: 1983, 1997
- Ian Poulter: 2000, 2002
- Gonzalo Fernández-Castaño: 2007, 2012
- Hennie Otto: 2008, 2014
- Francesco Molinari: 2006, 2016
References
- ^ "Italian Open to make Lake Garda return in 2018". European Tour. 13 December 2017.
- ^ "Low, Long & Little". Time. 26 July 1937. Retrieved 2008-11-23.
- ^ http://www.openditaliagolf.eu/albo-doro-open-ditalia/