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Nigerian Open

For the table tennis tournament, see Nigeria Open.

The Nigerian Open was a golf tournament in Nigeria, played between 1969 and 1999. It was generally played at the Ikoyi Club in Ikoyi, Lagos.[1] From 1997 to 1999 it was played at the IBB International Golf & Country Club in Abuja.[citation needed] It was an fixture on the Safari Circuit until 1993, and also a Challenge Tour event between 1990 and 1993.

Nigerian Open
Tournament information
LocationIkoyi, Lagos, Nigeria
Established1969
Course(s)Ikoyi Club
Par71
Tour(s)Challenge Tour
Safari Circuit
FormatStroke play
Prize fund£126,446
Month playedFebruary
Final year1999
Tournament record score
Aggregate255 Peter Tupling (1981)
To par−29 as above
Final champion
Sweden Johan Sköld
Location map
Ikoyi Club is located in Nigeria
Ikoyi Club
Ikoyi Club
Location in Nigeria

In 1981, England's Peter Tupling set the record low 72 hole score in professional tournament golf, when he won the title with a 29 under par total of 255.[2] Notable past champions include major winners Vijay Singh and Sandy Lyle and former Ryder Cup player Gordon J. Brand.

Winners edit

Year Tour[a] Winner Score To par Margin of
victory		 Runner(s)-up Ref.
1999   Johan Sköld 278
1998   José Cantero 274 −14
1997   Ricardo González
1995   Lateef Lasisi
1994   Emos Korblah 275
1993 CHA   Gordon Manson 274 −10 2 strokes   Frédéric Regard [3]
1992: No tournament due to rescheduling
1991 CHA   James Lebbie 270 −14 4 strokes   Paul Eales [4]
1990 CHA   Wayne Stephens 198[b] −15 6 strokes   Chris Platts [5]
1989 SAF   Vijay Singh (2) 279 −5 1 stroke   Gordon J. Brand
  Jeff Pinsent
  Ian Spencer		 [6]
1988 SAF   Vijay Singh 281 −3 Playoff[c]   Mike Miller [7]
1987: No tournament
1986 SAF   Gordon J. Brand 272 −12 8 strokes   Malcolm MacKenzie [8]
1985 SAF   Bill Longmuir (3) 277 −3 2 strokes   David Jagger [9]
1984 SAF   Ewen Murray 271 −13 1 stroke   Bill Longmuir [10]
1983 SAF   Gordon J. Brand 275 −9 4 strokes   Gary Cullen [11]
1982 SAF   David Jagger (3) 274 −10 Playoff[d]   Ian Woosnam [12]
1981 SAF   Peter Tupling 255 −29 6 strokes   Bill Longmuir [13]
1980 SAF   Bill Longmuir (2) 264 −20 4 strokes   Tommy Horton [14]
1979 SAF   John Morgan 269 −15 5 strokes   Pip Elson
  Tommy Horton		 [15]
1978 SAF   Sandy Lyle 269 −15 Playoff[e]   Michael King [16]
1977 SAF   David Jagger (2) 273 −11 Playoff[f]   Malcolm Gregson [17][18]
1976   Bill Longmuir 209 −4 1 stroke   Pip Elson
  Carl Mason		 [19]
1975   David Jagger 270 −14 Playoff[g]   Harry Bannerman
  Peter Dawson		 [20]
1974   Jack Newton 275 −9 4 strokes   Eamonn Darcy
  Christy O'Connor Jnr
  Ronnie Shade		 [21]
1973   Tommy Horton 267 −17 3 strokes   Malcolm Gregson [22]
1972: No tournament due to rescheduling
1971   Lee Elder 267 −17 5 strokes   John Cook [23]
1970   John Cook 276 1 stroke   John Garner [24]
1969   Marshall Douglas 281 5 strokes   Ian Wrigley [25]

Notes edit

  1. ^ CHA − Challenge Tour; SAF − Safari Circuit.
  2. ^ Tournament contested over three rounds due to local elections.
  3. ^ Singh won with a par on the first hole of a sudden-death playoff.
  4. ^ Jagger won with a birdie on the second hole of a sudden-death playoff.
  5. ^ Lyle won on the second hole of a sudden-death playoff.
  6. ^ Jagger won with a birdie on the second hole of a sudden-death playoff.
  7. ^ Jagger won with a birdie on the second hole of a sudden-death playoff.

References edit

  1. ^ "Ikoyi course". Ikoyi Golf Community Nigeria Association. Retrieved March 4, 2020.
  2. ^ Hopkins, John (19 March 2003). "Matharu hints at bright future on day in sun". The Times. London. Retrieved 26 November 2008.
  3. ^ "Results - Nigerian Open 1993 - Challenge Tour".
  4. ^ "Results - Nigerian Open 1992 - Challenge Tour".
  5. ^ McCormack, Mark H. (1991). The World of Professional Golf 1991. Chapmans. pp. 262–263, 502. ISBN 1855925583.
  6. ^ "Gordon J Brand". The Glasgow Herald. 20 November 1989. p. 19.
  7. ^ McCormack, Mark H. (1989). World of Professional Golf 1989. Collins Willow. pp. 235–236, 464. ISBN 000218284X.
  8. ^ "Eight-stroke Lagos victory for Brand". The Glasgow Herald. 17 February 1986. p. 9.
  9. ^ "Nigerian pay-off for Longmuir". The Glasgow Herald. 25 February 1985. p. 20.
  10. ^ "Murray holds off Longmuir for Nigerian Open victory". The Glasgow Herald. 27 February 1984. p. 17.
  11. ^ "Nigerian Open". The Guardian. 28 February 1983. p. 19.
  12. ^ "Golf". The Glasgow Herald. 8 February 1982. p. 17.
  13. ^ "Britain's Peter Tupling". The Glasgow Herald. 23 February 1981. p. 18.
  14. ^ "Golf | Lagos". The Times. 25 February 1980. p. 10. Retrieved 5 March 2020 – via The Times Digital Archive.
  15. ^ "John Morgan". The Glasgow Herald. 27 February 1979. p. 23.
  16. ^ "Bright to Sandy Lyle's Career". The Glasgow Herald. 28 February 1978. p. 23.
  17. ^ "David Jagger". The Glasgow Herald. 1 March 1977. p. 31.
  18. ^ McCormack, Mark H. (1978). The World of Professional Golf 1978. Angus & Robertson. p. 174. ISBN 0207958181.
  19. ^ "Elson second in Open". Coventry Evening Telegraph. Coventry, England. 26 February 1976. p. 16. Retrieved 8 June 2020 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  20. ^ "Golf". The Observer. 23 February 1975. p. 19.
  21. ^ "Newton in rich Nigerian win". The Age. 25 February 1974. p. 25.
  22. ^ "Horton wins Nigerian Open". The Glasgow Herald. 26 February 1973. p. 4.
  23. ^ "Easy victory for Elder". The Glasgow Herald. 6 December 1971. p. 4.
  24. ^ "Douglas third despite 66". The Glasgow Herald. 7 December 1970. p. 5.
  25. ^ "Douglas wins in Lagos". The Glasgow Herald. 5 January 1970. p. 4.
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