European Open (golf)

European Open

Tournament information
Location	Kent, England
Established	1978
Tour(s)	European Tour
Format	Stroke play
Prize fund	£2,400,000
Final year	2009
Tournament record score
Aggregate	260 Ian Woosnam (1988)
To par	-21 Per-Ulrik Johansson (1997)
Final champion
Christian Cévaër

The European Open was 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.

It was an important tournament on the Tour, and in 2008 the total prize money was £2.4 million, putting it in the leading group of European Tour events outside of the major championships and the three individual World Golf Championships events.

Winners

Year	Winner	Score
European Open
2009	Christian Cévaër	281 (-7)
2008	Ross Fisher	268 (-20)
Smurfit Kappa European Open
2007	Colin Montgomerie	269 (-11)
2006	Stephen Dodd	279 (-9)
Smurfit European Open
2005	Kenneth Ferrie	285 (-3)
2004	Retief Goosen	275 (-13)
2003	Phillip Price	272 (-16)
2002	Michael Campbell	282 (-6)
2001	Darren Clarke	273 (-15)
2000	Lee Westwood	276 (-12)
1999	Lee Westwood	271 (-17)
1998	Mathias Grönberg	275 (-13)
1997	Per-Ulrik Johansson	267 (-21)
1996	Per-Ulrik Johansson	277 (-11)
1995	Bernhard Langer	280 (-8)PO
European Open
1994	David Gilford	275 (-13)
GA European Open
1993	Gordon Brand, Jnr	275 (-13)
1992	Nick Faldo	262 (-18)
1991	Mike Harwood	277 (-11)
Panasonic European Open
1990	Peter Senior	267 (-13)
1989	Andrew Murray	277 (-11)
1988	Ian Woosnam	260 (-20)
1987	Paul Way	279 (-9)
1986	Greg Norman	269 (-11)PO
1985	Bernhard Langer	269 (-11)
1984	Gordon Brand, Jnr.	270 (-10)
1983	Isao Aoki	274 (-6)
European Open Championship
1982	Manuel Piñero	266 (-14)
Dixcel Tissues European Open
1981	Graham Marsh	275 (-13)
European Open Championship
1980	Tom Kite	284 (-8)
1979	Sandy Lyle	275 (-9)
1978	Bobby Wadkins	283 (-5)PO

External links

• Coverage on the European Tour's official site