The Cannes Open was a men's professional golf tournament that was played annually from 1979 to 1998.[1] From 1984 it was an event on the European Tour, and returned to the schedule as a one-off event in 2001 to replace the Estoril Open, which was cancelled by organisers due to security concerns following the 9/11 attacks in the United States.[2]
| Tournament information | |
|---|---|
| Location | Cannes, France |
| Established | 1979 |
| Course(s) | Golf de Cannes Mougins |
| Par | 72 |
| Length | 6,833 yards (6,248 m) |
| Tour(s) | European Tour |
| Format | Stroke play |
| Prize fund | €550,000 |
| Month played | October |
| Final year | 2001 |
| Tournament record score | |
| Aggregate | 268 Jorge Berendt (2001) |
| To par | −20 as above |
| Final champion | |
 Jorge Berendt | |
| Location map | |
  Golf de Cannes Mougins Location in France  Golf de Cannes Mougins Location in Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur | |
The tournament had several different sponsored names. The winners included two major championship winners, Seve Ballesteros and Ian Woosnam. The prize fund peaked at £403,570 in 1996 before falling to £300,000 in 1998, which was the smallest on the European Tour that season. It was without a title sponsor that year, for the only time apart from 1988 and was subsequently cancelled.
Greg Norman won the 1983 event which was held in September, the same week as the St. Mellion Timeshare TPC on the European Tour.[3] Frenchmen Jean Garaïalde (1980 and 1982) and Géry Watine (1981) were other winners prior to the tournament joining the European Tour schedule in 1984.[4][5]
Winners edit
| Year | Winner | Score | To par | Margin of victory |
Runner(s)-up | Venue | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cannes Open | |||||||
| 2001 | Jorge Berendt |
268 | −20 | 1 stroke |  Jean van de Velde |
Cannes Mougins | |
| 1999–2000: No tournament | |||||||
| 1998 | Thomas Levet |
278 | −6 | 1 stroke |  Phillip Price Sven Strüver Greg Turner |
Royal Mougins | |
| Europe 1 Cannes Open | |||||||
| 1997 |  Stuart Cage |
270 | −14 | 5 strokes | Paul Broadhurst David Carter |
Royal Mougins | |
| Air France Cannes Open | |||||||
| 1996 |  Raymond Russell |
272 | −12 | 2 strokes | David Carter |
Royal Mougins | |
| 1995 |  André Bossert |
132[a] | −10 | 2 strokes |  Øyvind Rojahn Jean van de Velde |
Royal Mougins | |
| 1994 | Ian Woosnam |
271 | −17 | 5 strokes | Colin Montgomerie |
Cannes Mougins | |
| 1993 |  Rodger Davis |
271 | −13 | Playoff |  Mark McNulty |
Cannes Mougins | |
| Credit Lyonnais Cannes Open | |||||||
| 1992 |  Anders Forsbrand |
273 | −15 | 1 stroke | Per-Ulrik Johansson |
Cannes Mougins | |
| 1991 |  David Feherty |
275 | −13 | 3 strokes | Craig Parry |
Cannes Mougins | |
| 1990 | Mark McNulty (2) |
280 | −8 | 1 stroke | Ronan Rafferty |
Cannes Mougins | |
| 1989 | Paul Broadhurst |
207[b] | −9 | 1 stroke | Jimmy Heggarty Brett Ogle Peter Senior |
Cannes Mougins | |
| Cannes Open | |||||||
| 1988 | Mark McNulty |
279 | −9 | 3 strokes |  Ron Commans Joey Sindelar |
Cannes Mougins | |
| Suze Open | |||||||
| 1987 |  Seve Ballesteros |
275 | −13 | Playoff | Ian Woosnam |
Cannes Mougins | |
| 1986 |  John Bland |
276 | −12 | 4 strokes | Seve Ballesteros |
Cannes Mougins | |
| Compagnie de Chauffe Cannes Open | |||||||
| 1985 | Robert Lee |
280 | −8 | Playoff | David Llewellyn |
Cannes Mougins | |
| 1984 | David Frost |
280 | −8 | 2 strokes | Gordon Brand Jnr John Morgan |
Cannes Mougins | |
| Cannes Open | |||||||
| 1983 | Greg Norman |
287 | −1 | 2 strokes | Corey Pavin |
Cannes Mougins | [3] |
| 1982 | Jean Garaïalde |
284 |  |
Cannes Mougins | |||
| 1981 | Géry Watine |
285 | −3 | 1 stroke | Curtis Strange |
Cannes Mougins | [5] |
| 1980 | Jean Garaïalde |
287 | |
Cannes Mougins | |||
| Pro-Am de Cannes-Mougins | |||||||
| 1979 |  Silvano Locatelli |
144 | |
Cannes Mougins | [6] | ||
Notes edit
References edit
- ^ "History – Golf Cannes Mougins". Golf Cannes Mougins. Retrieved 17 November 2020.
- ^ "Kim Leads by Two After First Round". The New York Times. 28 September 2001. Retrieved 21 January 2009.
- ^ a b "Golf | Paris, 19 Sept". The Age. 20 September 1983. p. 40. Retrieved 17 November 2020 – via Google News Archive.
- ^ "Cannes Open". where2golf.com. Retrieved 17 November 2020.
- ^ a b "Watine Frankrijk's nummer één" (PDF). Maandblad Golf (in Dutch). October 1981. p. 37. Retrieved 17 November 2020.
- ^ "Pro-Am de Cannes-Mougins". L'Officiel hommes (in French). No. 12–14. 1979. p. 138 – via Google Books.
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