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European Open (golf)

Coordinates: 53°19′21″N 10°13′35″E / 53.3225°N 10.2265°E / 53.3225; 10.2265
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European Open
Tournament information
LocationWinsen, Germany
Established1978
Course(s)Green Eagle Golf Courses
(North Course)
Par72
Length7,603 yards (6,952 m)
Tour(s)European Tour
FormatStroke play
Prize fundUS$2,500,000
Month playedJune
Tournament record score
Aggregate260 Ian Woosnam (1988)
To par−21 Per-Ulrik Johansson (1997)
Current champion
England Laurie Canter
Location map
Green Eagle is located in Germany
Green Eagle
Green Eagle
Location in Germany
Green Eagle is located in Lower Saxony
Green Eagle
Green Eagle
Location in Lower Saxony

The European Open is 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. After a five-year hiatus, the event returned to the European Tour schedule in 2015, now played in Germany.

Venues

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Venue Location First Last Times
Walton Heath Golf Club Surrey, England 1978 1991 5
Turnberry South Ayrshire, Scotland 1979 1979 1
Royal Liverpool Golf Club Wirral, England 1981 1981 1
Sunningdale Golf Club (Old Course) Berkshire, England 1982 1992 8
East Sussex National Golf Club Uckfield, England 1993 1994 2
The K Club Straffan, Ireland 1995 2007 13
London Golf Club Kent, England 2008 2009 2
Golf Resort Bad Griesbach Bad Griesbach, Germany 2015 2016 2
Green Eagle Golf Courses (North Course) Winsen, Germany 2017 2024 7

Winners

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Year Winner Score To par Margin of
victory
Runner(s)-up Venue
European Open
2024 England Laurie Canter 279 −13 2 strokes South Africa Thriston Lawrence
Austria Bernd Wiesberger
Green Eagle
Porsche European Open
2023 Northern Ireland Tom McKibbin 283 −9 2 strokes France Julien Guerrier
Germany Maximilian Kieffer
Germany Marcel Siem
Green Eagle
2022 Finland Kalle Samooja 282 −6 2 strokes Netherlands Wil Besseling Green Eagle
2021 England Marcus Armitage 208[a] −8 2 strokes Belgium Thomas Detry
Italy Edoardo Molinari
England Matthew Southgate
Netherlands Darius van Driel
Green Eagle
2020 Cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic[1]
2019 England Paul Casey 274 −14 1 stroke Scotland Robert MacIntyre
Germany Bernd Ritthammer
Austria Matthias Schwab
Green Eagle
2018 England Richard McEvoy 277 −11 1 stroke Sweden Christofer Blomstrand
Germany Allen John (a)
Italy Renato Paratore
Green Eagle
2017 England Jordan Smith 275 −13 Playoff France Alexander Lévy Green Eagle
2016 France Alexander Lévy 194[b] −19 Playoff England Ross Fisher Bad Griesbach
2015 Thailand Thongchai Jaidee 267 −17 1 stroke England Graeme Storm Bad Griesbach
European Open
2010–2014: No tournament
2009 France Christian Cévaër 281 −7 1 stroke Scotland Gary Orr
Spain Álvaro Quirós
England Steve Webster
London
2008 England Ross Fisher 268 −20 7 strokes Spain Sergio García London
Smurfit Kappa European Open
2007 Scotland Colin Montgomerie 269 −11 1 stroke Sweden Niclas Fasth The K Club
2006 Wales Stephen Dodd 279 −9 2 strokes Spain José Manuel Lara
England Anthony Wall
The K Club
Smurfit European Open
2005 England Kenneth Ferrie 285 −3 2 strokes Scotland Colin Montgomerie
England Graeme Storm
The K Club
2004 South Africa Retief Goosen 275 −13 5 strokes Australia Richard Green
Australia Peter O'Malley
England Lee Westwood
The K Club
2003 Wales Phillip Price 272 −16 1 stroke Scotland Alastair Forsyth
Zimbabwe Mark McNulty
The K Club
2002 New Zealand Michael Campbell 282 −6 1 stroke Wales Bradley Dredge
South Africa Retief Goosen
Republic of Ireland Pádraig Harrington
Scotland Paul Lawrie
The K Club
2001 Northern Ireland Darren Clarke 273 −15 3 strokes Denmark Thomas Bjørn
Republic of Ireland Pádraig Harrington
Wales Ian Woosnam
The K Club
2000 England Lee Westwood (2) 276 −12 1 stroke Argentina Ángel Cabrera The K Club
1999 England Lee Westwood 271 −17 3 strokes Northern Ireland Darren Clarke
Australia Peter O'Malley
The K Club
1998 Sweden Mathias Grönberg 275 −13 10 strokes Spain Miguel Ángel Jiménez
Wales Phillip Price
The K Club
1997 Sweden Per-Ulrik Johansson (2) 267 −21 6 strokes England Peter Baker The K Club
1996 Sweden Per-Ulrik Johansson 277 −11 1 stroke Italy Costantino Rocca The K Club
1995 Germany Bernhard Langer (2) 280 −8 Playoff England Barry Lane The K Club
European Open
1994 England David Gilford 275 −13 5 strokes Spain José María Olazábal
Italy Costantino Rocca
East Sussex National
GA European Open
1993 Scotland Gordon Brand Jnr (2) 275 −13 7 strokes Wales Phillip Price
Northern Ireland Ronan Rafferty
East Sussex National
1992 England Nick Faldo 262 −18 3 strokes Sweden Robert Karlsson Sunningdale
1991 Australia Mike Harwood 277 −11 2 strokes Scotland Sandy Lyle Walton Heath
Panasonic European Open
1990 Australia Peter Senior 267 −13 1 stroke Wales Ian Woosnam Sunningdale
1989 England Andrew Murray 277 −11 1 stroke New Zealand Frank Nobilo Walton Heath
1988 Wales Ian Woosnam 260 −20 3 strokes England Nick Faldo Sunningdale
1987 England Paul Way 279 −9 2 strokes South Africa John Bland
Scotland Gordon Brand Jnr
Walton Heath
1986 Australia Greg Norman 269 −11 Playoff Scotland Ken Brown Sunningdale
1985 West Germany Bernhard Langer 269 −11 3 strokes Republic of Ireland John O'Leary Sunningdale
1984 Scotland Gordon Brand Jnr 270 −10 3 strokes Spain Seve Ballesteros
Australia Noel Ratcliffe
Sunningdale
1983 Japan Isao Aoki 274 −6 2 strokes Spain Seve Ballesteros
England Nick Faldo
England Carl Mason
Sunningdale
European Open Championship
1982 Spain Manuel Piñero 266 −14 2 strokes Scotland Sam Torrance Sunningdale
Dixcel Tissues European Open
1981 Australia Graham Marsh 275 −13 2 strokes Spain Seve Ballesteros Royal Liverpool
European Open Championship
1980 United States Tom Kite 284 −8 1 stroke United States Lon Hinkle
United States Leonard Thompson
Walton Heath
1979 Scotland Sandy Lyle 275 −9 7 strokes South Africa Dale Hayes
England Peter Townsend
Turnberry
1978 United States Bobby Wadkins 283 −5 Playoff Scotland Bernard Gallacher
United States Gil Morgan
Walton Heath

Notes

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  1. ^ Shortened to 54 holes due to COVID-19 travel restrictions in Germany.
  2. ^ Shortened to 54 holes due to numerous fog delays.

References

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  1. ^ "Porsche European Open cancellation". European Tour. 28 May 2020. Retrieved 28 May 2020.
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