The Open di Puglia e Basilicata is an annual professional golf tournament held in Riva dei Tessali, near Castellaneta, Italy.

Open di Puglia e Basilicata
Tournament information
LocationCastellaneta, Italy
Established1983
Course(s)Riva dei Tessali Golf Club
Metaponto Golf Club
Par71 (R)
72 (M)
Length6,503 yards (5,946 m) (R)
6,815 yards (6,232 m) (M)
Tour(s)Alps Tour
Challenge Tour
FormatStroke play
Prize fund45,000
Month playedOctober
Final year2010
Tournament record score
Aggregate266 Kenneth Ferrie (2000)
To par−18 as above
Final champion
Spain Miguel Pujalte Sastre
Location map
Riva dei Tessali GC is located in Italy
Riva dei Tessali GC
Riva dei Tessali GC
Location in Italy
Riva dei Tessali GC is located in Apulia
Riva dei Tessali GC
Riva dei Tessali GC
Location in Apulia

First held in 1983, there was a brief hiatus before the second edition in 1986. The tournament became part of the second tier Challenge Tour schedule in 1991, where it remained until 2007. Since 2008, it has been an event on the third tier Alps Tour. It also forms part of the Italian Pro Tour.

Prior to 2003, it was solely hosted at Riva dei Tessali Golf Club, but since then it has been jointly held at Metaponto Golf Club.

Winners edit

Year Tour[a] Winner Score To par Margin of
victory
Runner(s)-up
Open di Puglia and Basilicata
2010 ALP   Miguel Pujalte Sastre 201 −13 3 strokes   Matteo Delpodio
  Andrea Rota
2009 ALP   Paolo Terreni 137[b] −6 Playoff   Andrea Perrino
Tessali-Metaponto Open di Puglia e Basilicata
2008 ALP   Martin Rominger 274 −11 1 stroke   Julien Grillon
2007 CHA   Michael Hoey 272 −13 Playoff   Liam Bond
2006 CHA   Anthony Snobeck 272 −14 Playoff   Kyron Sullivan
2005 CHA   Rafael Gómez 267 −17 1 stroke   Johan Edfors
2004 CHA   Leif Westerberg 274 −10 1 stroke   Oliver Wilson
2003 CHA   Martin LeMesurier 273 −11 Playoff   André Bossert
  Sam Walker
Tessali Open del Sud
2002 CHA   Simon Wakefield 274 −10 1 stroke   Andrew Raitt
2001: No tournament
2000 CHA   Kenneth Ferrie 266 −18 3 strokes   Mark Foster
  Christophe Pottier
Open dei Tessali
1999 CHA   Gustavo Rojas 272 −12 2 strokes   Didier de Vooght
1998 CHA   Pehr Magnebrant 276 −8 Playoff   John Senden
1997 CHA   Ivó Giner 280 −4 3 strokes   Stephen Leaney
1996 CHA   Stephen Scahill 279 −5 6 strokes   Pauli Hughes
Tessali Open
1995 CHA   Andrew Collison 279 −5 2 strokes   Jonathan Sewell
1994 CHA   Michael Archer 282 −2 1 stroke   Stephan Catherine
  Daniel Westermark
1993 CHA   Olle Nordberg 287 −1 Playoff   Neal Briggs
  Andrew Sandywell
1992 CHA   Anders Gillner 279 −5 Playoff   Baldovino Dassù
1991 CHA   Éric Giraud 281 −3   Jeremy Robinson
1990 CHA   Emanuele Bolognesi (2) 288  
1989 CHA   Neal Briggs 284 E 1 stroke  
1988   Baldovino Dassù (2) 288  
1987   Giuseppe Calì 289  
1986   Emanuele Bolognesi 289  
1984–85: No tournament
1983   Baldovino Dassù 289  

Notes edit

  1. ^ ALP − Alps Tour; CHA − Challenge Tour.
  2. ^ Shortened to 36 holes due to rain.

External links edit