Madeira Islands Open
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Madeira Islands Open
| Tournament information | |
|---|---|
| Location | Madeira Islands, Portugal |
| Established | 1993 |
| Course(s) | Santo de Sarra |
| Par | 72 |
| Length | 6,825 yards (6,241 m) |
| Tour(s) | European Tour Challenge Tour |
| Format | Stroke play |
| Prize fund | €675,000 |
| Month played | May |
| Current champion | |
 Ricardo Santos |
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The Madeira Islands Open is a men's professional golf tournament on the European Tour, played on the Madeira Islands in Portugal. It was founded in 1993 and is often the first event of the season played in Europe, after the season has spent the northern winter in Asia, Australasia and South Africa. The tournament has one of the smallest prize funds on the tour (€675,000 in 2012), and few of the tour's top players take part. It is one of two European Tour events currently staged in Portugal each year, the other being the Portugal Masters. It was hosted at Santo da Serra Golf Club from 1993 to 2008 and will be hosted at Porto Santo Golfe from 2009. Beginning in 2011, it is dual-ranked with the Challenge Tour. It was played opposite the Volvo World Match Play Championship in 2011.
Winners
| Year | Winner | Country |
|---|---|---|
| Madeira Islands Open - Portugal | ||
| 2012 | Ricardo Santos | Portugal |
| Madeira Islands Open | ||
| 2011 | Michael Hoey |  Northern Ireland |
| Madeira Islands Open BPI - Portugal | ||
| 2010 | James Morrison |  England[1] |
| 2009 | Estanislao Goya |  Argentina |
| 2008 | Alastair Forsyth |  Scotland |
| Madeira Islands Open BPI | ||
| 2007 | Daniel Vancsik | Argentina |
| Madeira Island Open Caixa Geral de Depositos | ||
| 2006 | Jean van de Velde |  France |
| 2005 | Robert-Jan Derksen |  Netherlands |
| Madeira Island Open | ||
| 2004 | Chris Hanell |  Sweden |
| 2003 | Bradley Dredge |  Wales |
| 2002 | Diego Borrego |  Spain |
| 2001 | Des Smyth |  Ireland |
| 2000 | Niclas Fasth | Sweden |
| 1999 | Pedro Linhart | Spain |
| 1998 | Mats Lanner | Sweden |
| 1997 | Peter Mitchell | England |
| 1996 | Jarmo Sandelin | Sweden |
| 1995 | Santiago Luna | Spain |
| 1994 | Mats Lanner | Sweden |
| 1993 | Mark James | England |
References
- ^ "Morrison holds on for first tour win". PGA European Tour. 11 April 2010. http://www.europeantour.com/europeantour/season=2010/tournamentid=2010017/news/newsid=120057.html#morrison+holds+first+tour. Retrieved 11 April 2010.
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