Open de España

Open de España

Tournament information
Location	Girona, Spain
Established	1912
Course(s)	PGA Golf de Catalunya
Par	72
Tour(s)	European Tour Asian Tour
Format	Stroke play
Purse	€2,000,000
Month played	May
Current champion
Thomas Levet

The Open de España (formerly the Spanish Open) is the national open golf championship of Spain. It was founded in 1912 and has been part of the European Tour's schedule since the inception of the Tour in 1972. Except for a five year period in the early 1980s, the tournament has been played in April or May. In 2005 it was one of five European Tour events to be held in Spain. Distinguished former champions include Arnold Palmer, Seve Ballesteros, Bernhard Langer, and Nick Faldo.

Winners

Year	Winner	Country	Score	Runner(s)-up
Open de España
2009	Thomas Levet	France	270	Fabrizio Zanotti
2008	Peter Lawrie	Ireland	273PO	Ignacio Garrido
2007	Charl Schwartzel	South Africa	272	Jyoti Randhawa
Andalucía Open de España Valle Romano
2006	Niclas Fasth	Sweden	270PO	John Bickerton
Jazztel Open de España en Andalucía
2005	Peter Hanson	Sweden	280PO	Peter Gustafsson
Canarias Open de España
2004	Christian Cévaër	France	271	Ricardo González, Peter Hedblom, David Park
2003	Kenneth Ferrie	England	266PO	Peter Hedblom, Peter Lawrie
2002	Sergio García	Spain	275	Emanuele Canonica
Via Digital Open de España
2001	Robert Karlsson	Sweden	277	Jean-François Remésy
Peugeot Open de España
2000	Brian Davis	England	274	Markus Brier
1999	Jarmo Sandelin	Sweden	267	Ignacio Garrido, Miguel Ángel Jiménez, Paul McGinley
1998	Thomas Bjørn	Denmark	267	Greg Chalmers, José María Olazábal
1997	Mark James	England	277PO	Greg Norman
Peugeot Spanish Open
1996	Pádraig Harrington	Ireland	272	Gordon Brand, Jnr
1995	Seve Ballesteros	Spain	274	Ignacio Garrido, José Rivero
1994	Colin Montgomerie	Scotland	277	Richard Boxall, Mark McNulty, Mark Roe
1993	Joakim Haeggman	Sweden	275	Ernie Els, Nick Faldo
1992	Andrew Sherborne	England	271	Nick Faldo
1991	Eduardo Romero	Argentina	275PO	Seve Ballesteros
1990	Rodger Davis	Australia	277	Nick Faldo, Peter Fowler, Bernhard Langer
1989	Bernhard Langer	West Germany	281	José Maria Cañizares, Paul Carrigill
1988	Mark James	England	262	Nick Faldo
1987	Nick Faldo	England	286	Hugh Baiocchi, Seve Ballesteros
1986	Howard Clark	England	272	Ian Baker-Finch
1985	Seve Ballesteros	Spain	266	Gordon Brand, Jnr
Benson & Hedges Spanish Open
1984	Bernhard Langer	West Germany	275	Howard Clark
1983	Eamonn Darcy	Ireland	277	Manuel Piñero
1982	Sam Torrance	Scotland	273	Roger Chapman, Sandy Lyle, Ian Woosnam
1981	Seve Ballesteros	Spain	273	Steve Martin
1980	Eddie Polland	Northern Ireland	276	Seve Ballesteros, Mark James
Spanish Open
1979	Dale Hayes	South Africa	278	Brian Barnes
1978	Brian Barnes	Scotland	276	Howard Clark
1977	Bernard Gallacher	Scotland	277	Francisco Abreu
1976	Eddie Polland	Northern Ireland	282	Bob Shearer
1975	Arnold Palmer	United States	283	John Fourie
1974	Jerry Heard	United States	279	Gary Player
1973	Neil Coles	England	282	Tienie Britz, Craig Defoy
1972	Antonio Garrido	Spain	293
1971	Dale Hayes	South Africa	275	Roberto De Vicenzo
1970	Ángel Gallardo	Spain	284
1969	Jean Garaïalde	France	283
1968	Bob Shaw	Australia	286
1967	Sebastian Miguel	Spain	265
1966	Roberto De Vicenzo	Argentina	279	Bernard Hunt
1965	No tournament
1964	Ángel Miguel	Spain	272
1963	Ramón Sota	Spain	287
1962	No tournament
1961	Ángel Miguel	Spain	267
1960	Sebastian Miguel	Spain	286
1959	Peter Thomson	Australia	286
1958	Peter Alliss	England	268
1957	Max Faulkner	England	283
1956	Peter Alliss	England	285
1955	Conde de Lamaze (am)	France	271	Ángel Miguel
1954	Sebastian Miguel	France	268
1953	Max Faulkner	England	271
1952	Max Faulkner	England	275
1951	Mariano Provencio	Spain	281	Henry de Lamaze (am)
1950	Antonio Cerdá	Argentina
1949	Marcelino Morcillo	Spain	280
1948	Marcelino Morcillo	Spain	268
1947	Mario Gonzalez (am)	Brazil	277	Marcelino Morcillo
1946	Marcelino Morcillo	Spain	281
1945	Carlos Celles	Spain	274
1944	Nicasio Sagardia	Spain
1943	Mariano Provencio	Spain	286
1942	Gabriel Gonzalez	Spain	264
1941	Mariano Provencio	Spain	283
1936-40	No tournament
1935	Angel de la Torre	Spain
1934	Joaquin Bernardino	Spain
1933	Gabriel Gonzalez	Spain
1932	Gabriel Gonzalez	Spain
1931	No tournament
1930	Joaquin Bernardino	Spain
1929	Eugène Lafitte	France
1928	Arnaud Massy	France
1927	Arnaud Massy	France
1926	Joaquin Bernardino	Spain
1925	Angel de la Torre	Spain
1924	No tournament
1923	Angel de la Torre	Spain
1922	No tournament
1921	Eugène Lafitte	France
1920	No tournament
1919	Angel de la Torre	Spain
1918	No tournament
1917	Angel de la Torre	Spain
1916	Angel de la Torre	Spain
1913-15	No tournament
1912	Arnaud Massy	France

Multiple winners

Thirteen men have won the tournament more than once through 2009.

• 6 wins
  • Angel de la Torre: 1916, 1917, 1919, 1923, 1925, 1935
• 3 wins
  • Arnaud Massy: 1912, 1927, 1928
  • Joaquin Bernardino: 1926, 1930, 1934
  • Gabriel Gonzalez: 1932, 1933, 1942
  • Marcelino Morcillo: 1946, 1948, 1949
  • Mariano Provencio: 1941, 1943, 1951
  • Max Faulkner: 1952, 1953, 1957
  • Sebastian Miguel: 1954, 1960, 1967
  • Seve Ballesteros: 1981, 1985, 1995
• 2 wins
  • Eugène Lafitte: 1921, 1929
  • Peter Alliss: 1956, 1958
  • Ángel Miguel: 1961, 1964
  • Dale Hayes: 1971, 1979
  • Eddie Polland: 1976, 1980
  • Bernhard Langer: 1984, 1989
  • Mark James: 1988, 1997

External links

• Official site - in Spanish
• Coverage on the European Tour's official site - use the "schedule browser" on the left to navigate to other years.