European Open (golf)

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The European Open is a European Tour golf tournament. It was founded in 1978 and up to 1994 it was played at various courses in England, except in 1979, when it took place at Turnberry in Scotland. From 1995 to 2007 it was played at K Club in Straffan, Ireland, and in 2008 it will move to the Jack Nicklaus-designed Heritage course at The London Golf Club in Kent, England. It has become an important tournament on the Tour, and in 2007 the total prize money was £2,400,000, putting it in the leading group of European Tour events outside of the major championships and the three individual World Golf Championships events.

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Past winners
European Open
2008
Smurfit Kappa European Open
2007 Colin Montgomerie Flag of Scotland Scotland
2006 Stephen Dodd Flag of Wales Wales
Smurfit European Open
2005 Kenneth Ferrie Flag of England England
2004 Retief Goosen Flag of South Africa South Africa
2003 Phillip Price Flag of Wales Wales
2002 Michael Campbell Flag of New Zealand New Zealand
2001 Darren Clarke Flag of Northern Ireland Northern Ireland
2000 Lee Westwood Flag of England England
1999 Lee Westwood Flag of England England
1998 Mathias Grönberg Flag of Sweden Sweden
1997 Per-Ulrik Johansson Flag of Sweden Sweden
1996 Per-Ulrik Johansson Flag of Sweden Sweden
1995 Bernhard Langer Flag of Germany Germany
European Open
1994 David Gilford Flag of England England
GA European Open
1993 Gordon Brand, Jnr Flag of Scotland Scotland
1992 Nick Faldo Flag of England England
1991 Mike Harwood Flag of Australia Australia
Panasonic European Open
1990 Peter Senior Flag of Australia Australia
1989 Andrew Murray Flag of England England
1988 Ian Woosnam Flag of Wales Wales
1987 Paul Way Flag of England England
1986 Greg Norman Flag of Australia Australia
1985 Bernhard Langer Flag of West Germany West Germany
1984 Gordon Brand, Jnr. Flag of Scotland Scotland
1983 Isao Aoki Flag of Japan Japan
European Open Championship
1982 Manuel Piñero Flag of Spain Spain
Dixcel Tissues European Open
1981 Graham Marsh Flag of Australia Australia
European Open Championship
1980 Tom Kite Flag of the United States United States
1979 Sandy Lyle Flag of Scotland Scotland
1978 Bobby Wadkins Flag of the United States United States

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