Cannes Open

Cannes Open
Tournament information
Location Cannes, France
Established 1984
Tour(s) European Tour
Format Stroke play
Final year 2001
Tournament record score
Aggregate 268 Jorge Berendt (2001)
To par −20 (as above)
Final champion
Argentina Jorge Berendt

The Cannes Open was a men's professional golf tournament on the European Tour that was played annually from 1984 to 1998. It 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.[1]

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.

Winners

YearWinnerCountryVenueScoreTo parMargin
of victory
Runner(s)-up
Cannes Open
2001 Jorge Berendt  Argentina Cannes Mougins 268 −20 1 stroke France Jean van de Velde
1999–2000: No tournament
1998 Thomas Levet  France Royal Mougins 278 −6 1 stroke Wales Phillip Price
Germany Sven Strüver
New Zealand Greg Turner
Europe 1 Cannes Open
1997 Stuart Cage  England Royal Mougins 270 −14 5 strokes England Paul Broadhurst
England David Carter
Air France Cannes Open
1996 Raymond Russell  Scotland Royal Mougins 272 −12 2 strokes England David Carter
1995 André Bossert   Switzerland Royal Mougins 132* −10 2 strokes Norway Øyvind Rojahn
France Jean van de Velde
1994 Ian Woosnam  Wales Cannes Mougins 271 −17 5 strokes Scotland Colin Montgomerie
1993 Rodger Davis  Australia Cannes Mougins 271 −13 Playoff Zimbabwe Mark McNulty
Credit Lyonnais Cannes Open
1992 Anders Forsbrand  Sweden Cannes Mougins 273 −15 1 stroke Sweden Per-Ulrik Johansson
1991 David Feherty  Northern Ireland Cannes Mougins 275 −13 3 strokes Australia Craig Parry
1990 Mark McNulty (2)  Zimbabwe Cannes Mougins 280 −8 1 stroke Northern Ireland Ronan Rafferty
1989 Paul Broadhurst  England Cannes Mougins 207^ −9 1 stroke Northern Ireland Jimmy Heggarty
Australia Brett Ogle
Australia Peter Senior
Cannes Open
1988 Mark McNulty  Zimbabwe Cannes Mougins 279 −9 3 strokes United States Ron Commans
United States Joey Sindelar
Suze Open
1987 Seve Ballesteros  Spain Cannes Mougins 275 −13 Playoff Wales Ian Woosnam
1986 John Bland  South Africa Cannes Mougins 276 −12 4 strokes Spain Seve Ballesteros
Compagnie de Chauffe Cannes Open
1985 Robert Lee  England Cannes Mougins 280 −8 Playoff Wales David Llewellyn
1984 David Frost  South Africa Cannes Mougins 280 −8 2 strokes Scotland Gordon Brand, Jnr
England John Morgan

*Tournament reduced to 36 holes because of rain
^Tournament reduced to 54 holes

References

  1. "Kim Leads by Two After First Round". The New York Times. 28 September 2001. Retrieved 21 January 2009.

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