- Belgian Open (golf)
Infobox_Former_Golf_Tournament
tournament_name = Belgian Open
location =Belgium
establishment = 1910
course =Royal Zoute
par = 71
tour = European Tour
format =Strokeplay
final year = 2000
aggregate =
to-par =
score =
Final Champion =Lee Westwood :"For the
tennis tournament, seeBelgian Open (tennis) The Belgian Open was a men'sgolf tournament which was played intermittently from 1910 to 2000. It was a European Tour event in 1978-79, 1987-94 and 1998-2000 and in the last two of these three periods it had several different sponsored names. In 2000 the prize fund was €1,019,266, which was below average for a European Tour event at that time.The first ever Belgian Open was won by
Arnaud Massy , the only Frenchman to win a major championship. Other distinguished champions includedWalter Hagen ,Henry Cotton ,José María Olazábal andNick Faldo . Belgium's most successful 20th century golfer,Flory Van Donck , won his home open five times between 1939 and 1956.The Royal Belgian Golf Federation continues to stage a "National Open" but it is a two day event and is not aimed at elite international golfers.
Winners
External links
* [http://www.europeantour.com/publish.sps?pageid=127&pagegid=%7BAEFB93B0%2DEFF5%2D4C05%2DAB0F%2DFD08D947D944%7D&eventid=2000079&infosid=3&pageno=1 Coverage on the European Tour's official site] - use schedule browser on the left to access other years.
* [http://www.golftoday.co.uk/tours/tours99/belgacom/preview.html List of winners from 1910 to 1998 from golftoday.co.uk]
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