The Abama Open de Canarias was a golf tournament on the European and Challenge Tours which was only played in 2005, and was last of four dual ranking events that year. It was held at the Abama Golf Club in Tenerife, Spain, during the same week in October as the WGC-American Express Championship.[1]
| Tournament information | |
|---|---|
| Location | Tenerife, Spain |
| Established | 2005 |
| Course(s) | Abama Golf Club |
| Par | 71 |
| Length | 6,857 yards (6,270 m) |
| Tour(s) | European Tour Challenge Tour |
| Format | Strokeplay |
| Prize fund | €450,000 |
| Month played | October |
| Final year | 2005 |
| Tournament record score | |
| Aggregate | 274 John Bickerton (2005) |
| To par | −10 as above |
| Final champion | |
 John Bickerton | |
| Location map | |
  Abama GC Location in the Canary Islands  Abama GC Location in Tenerife | |
England's John Bickerton won the event, his first win on the European Tour, and collected the €75,000 (£51,104) first prize.[2] The total prize fund was towards the lower end of the scale on the European Tour, at €450,000, but was the third richest tournament on the Challenge Tour that season.
The European Tour had previously visited the Canary Islands between 2002 and 2004 for the Canarias Open de España, the Turespana Masters Open de Canarias in 1997, and for the Turespana Open De Canaria, originally the Tenerife Open, from 1989 to 1995.
Winners edit
| Year | Tours[a] | Winner | Score | To par | Margin of victory |
Runners-up | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2005 | CHA, EUR | John Bickerton |
274 | −10 | 5 strokes |  Michael Kirk Stuart Little |
[3][4] |
Notes edit
- ^ CHA − Challenge Tour; EUR − European Tour.
References edit
- ^ "Bickerton runs away with first title". Seattle Post-Intelligencer. Tenerife, Canary Islands. Sports Network. 9 October 2005. Retrieved 2011-02-01. [dead link]
- ^ "Bickerton secures first Tour win". BBC Sport. 9 October 2005. Retrieved 2011-02-01.
- ^ "Abama Open de Canarias 2005". PGA European Tour. Retrieved 2011-02-01.
- ^ "Bickerton wins the Abama Open with final-round 68". USA Today. Tenerife, Canary Islands. Associated Press. 9 October 2005. Retrieved 2011-02-01.