Belgian Open
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| Belgian Open | |
| Tournament information | |
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| Location | Belgium |
| Established | 1910 |
| Course(s) | Royal Zoute |
| Par | 71 |
| Tour(s) | European Tour |
| Format | Strokeplay |
| Final year | 2000 |
| Tournament record score | |
| Final champion | |
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- For the tennis tournament, see Belgian Open (tennis)
The Belgian Open was a men's golf tournament which was played intermittently from 1910 to 2000. It was a European Tour event in 1978-79, 1987-94 and 1997-2000 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 included Walter Hagen, Henry Cotton, José María Olazábal and Nick 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.
[edit] Winners
| Year | Player | Country |
|---|---|---|
| Belgacom Open | ||
| 2000 | Lee Westwood |  England |
| 1999 | Robert Karlsson |  Sweden |
| 1998 | Lee Westwood | England |
| Alfred Dunhill Open | ||
| 1995-97 | No tournament | |
| 1994 | Nick Faldo | England |
| 1993 | Darren Clarke |  Northern Ireland |
| Paiget Belgian Open | ||
| 1992 | Miguel Ángel Jiménez |  Spain |
| Renault Belgian Open | ||
| 1991 | Per-Ulrik Johansson | Sweden |
| Peugeot-Trends Belgian Open | ||
| 1990 | Ove Sellberg | Sweden |
| Volvo Belgian Open | ||
| 1989 | Gordon J. Brand | England |
| 1988 | José María Olazábal | Spain |
| 1987 | Eamonn Darcy |  Ireland |
| Belgian Open | ||
| 1980-86 | No tournament | |
| 1979 | Gavan Levenson |  South Africa |
| 1978 | Noel Ratcliffe |  Australia |
| 1959-77 | No tournament | |
| 1958 | Ken Bousfield | England |
| 1957 | Bernard Hunt | England |
| 1956 | Flory Van Donck | .svg/22px-Flag_of_Belgium_(civil).svg.png){kind=small} Belgium |
| 1955 | Dave Thomas |  Wales |
| 1954 | Dai Rees | Wales |
| 1953 | Flory Van Donck | Belgium |
| 1952 | Antonio Cerdá |  Argentina |
| 1951 | A. Pelissier | |
| 1950 | Roberto DeVicenzo | Argentina |
| 1949 | James Adams |  Scotland |
| 1948 | W. S. Forrester | |
| 1947 | Flory Van Donck | Belgium |
| 1946 | Flory Van Donck | Belgium |
| 1940-45 | No tournament | |
| 1939 | Flory Van Donck | Belgium |
| 1938 | Henry Cotton | England |
| 1937 | Marcel Dallemagne |  France |
| 1936 | Auguste Boyer | France |
| 1935 | W. J. Branch | |
| 1934 | Henry Cotton | England |
| 1933 | Auguste Boyer | France |
| 1932 | Arthur Lacey | England |
| 1931 | Arthur Lacey | England |
| 1930 | Henry Cotton | England |
| 1929 | Sid Brews | South Africa |
| 1928 | A. Tingey, Jr. | |
| 1927 | Marcel Dallemagne | France |
| 1926 | Aubrey Boomer | England |
| 1925 | E. Lafitte | |
| 1924 | Walter Hagen |  United States |
| 1923 | Percy Boomer | England |
| 1922 | Aubrey Boomer | England |
| 1921 | E. Lafitte | |
| 1920 | Rowland Jones | England |
| 1915-19 | No tournament | |
| 1914 | Tom Ball | England |
| 1913 | Tom Ball | England |
| 1912 | George Duncan | Scotland |
| 1911 | Charles H. Mayo | |
| 1910 | Arnaud Massy | France |
[edit] External links
- Coverage on the European Tour's official site - use schedule browser on the left to access other years.
- List of winners from 1910 to 1998 from golftoday.co.uk
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