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]

Cannes Open
Tournament information
LocationCannes, France
Established1979
Course(s)Golf de Cannes Mougins
Par72
Length6,833 yards (6,248 m)
Tour(s)European Tour
FormatStroke play
Prize fund550,000
Month playedOctober
Final year2001
Tournament record score
Aggregate268 Jorge Berendt (2001)
To par−20 as above
Final champion
Argentina Jorge Berendt
Location map
Golf de Cannes Mougins is located in France
Golf de Cannes Mougins
Golf de Cannes Mougins
Location in France
Golf de Cannes Mougins is located in Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur
Golf de Cannes Mougins
Golf de Cannes Mougins

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

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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

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  1. ^ Shortened to 36 holes due to rain.
  2. ^ Shortened to 54 holes due to rain.

References

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  1. ^ "History – Golf Cannes Mougins". Golf Cannes Mougins. Retrieved 17 November 2020.
  2. ^ "Kim Leads by Two After First Round". The New York Times. 28 September 2001. Retrieved 21 January 2009.
  3. ^ a b "Golf | Paris, 19 Sept". The Age. 20 September 1983. p. 40. Retrieved 17 November 2020 – via Google News Archive.
  4. ^ "Cannes Open". where2golf.com. Retrieved 17 November 2020.
  5. ^ a b "Watine Frankrijk's nummer één" (PDF). Maandblad Golf (in Dutch). October 1981. p. 37. Retrieved 17 November 2020.
  6. ^ "Pro-Am de Cannes-Mougins". L'Officiel hommes (in French). No. 12–14. 1979. p. 138 – via Google Books.
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