Italian Open (golf)

Italian Open
Tournament information
Location Monza, Italy
Established 1925
Course(s) Golf Club Milano
Par 72
Length 7,159 yards (6,546 m)
Tour(s) European Tour
Format Stroke play
Prize fund 1,500,000
Month played September
Tournament record score
Aggregate 262 Percy Alliss (1935)
To par −25 Hennie Otto (2008)
Current champion
Sweden Rikard Karlberg
Monza
Location in Italy

The Italian Open is the Italian national open golf championship for men. It was founded in 1925 and has been part of the European Tour's schedule since the tour's first season in 1972.

The Italian Open is currently played in September at the Golf Club Torino near Turin. In 2013 it had a prize fund of €1.5 million, which was one of the smaller purses among the European Tour events played in Europe itself.

In 2008, South African Hennie Otto was just one stroke away from the tournament aggregate record of 262, set by Percy Alliss in 1935 on the course at Sanremo, which even by the standards of the day was relatively short, at just 5,200 yards.[1]

Winners

YearWinnerCountryVenueScoreTo parMargin
of victory
Runner(s)-up
Open d'Italia presented by Damiani
2015 Rikard Karlberg  Sweden GC Milano 269 −19 Playoff Germany Martin Kaymer
2014 Hennie Otto (2)  South Africa GC Torino 268 −20 2 strokes England David Howell
Open d'Italia Lindt
2013 Julien Quesne  France GC Torino 276 −12 1 stroke Republic of Ireland David Higgins
England Steve Webster
BMW Italian Open
2012 Gonzalo Fernández-Castaño (2)  Spain Royal Park i Roveri 264 −24 2 strokes South Africa Garth Mulroy
2011 Robert Rock  England Royal Park i Roveri 267 −21 1 stroke England Gary Boyd
Denmark Thorbjørn Olesen
2010 Fredrik Andersson Hed  Sweden Royal Park i Roveri 268 −16 2 strokes England David Horsey
2009 Daniel Vancsik  Argentina Royal Park i Roveri 267 −17 6 strokes United States John Daly
France Raphaël Jacquelin
England Robert Rock
Methorios Capital Italian Open
2008 Hennie Otto  South Africa Castello di Tolcinasco Golf & CC 263 −25 1 stroke England Oliver Wilson
Telecom Italia Open
2007 Gonzalo Fernández-Castaño  Spain Castello di Tolcinasco Golf & CC 200* −16 Playoff Austria Markus Brier
2006 Francesco Molinari  Italy Castello di Tolcinasco Golf & CC 265 −23 4 strokes Denmark Anders Hansen
Sweden Jarmo Sandelin
2005 Steve Webster  England Castello di Tolcinasco Golf & CC 270 −18 3 strokes Wales Bradley Dredge
England Richard Finch
Denmark Anders Hansen
2004 Graeme McDowell  Northern Ireland Castello di Tolcinasco Golf & CC 197* −19 Playoff France Thomas Levet
Italian Open Telecom Italia
2003 Mathias Grönberg  Sweden Gardagolf Country Club 271 −17 2 strokes Argentina Ricardo González
Spain José Manuel Lara
Scotland Colin Montgomerie
2002 Ian Poulter (2)  England Olgiata GC 197* −19 2 strokes Scotland Paul Lawrie
Atlanet Italian Open
2001 Grégory Havret  France Is Molas 268 −20 1 stroke Wales Bradley Dredge
Italian Open
2000 Ian Poulter  England Is Molas 267 −21 1 stroke Scotland Gordon Brand, Jnr
Fiat and Fila Italian Open
1999 Dean Robertson  Scotland GC Torino 271 −17 1 stroke Republic of Ireland Pádraig Harrington
Italian Open
1998 Patrik Sjöland  Sweden GC Castelconturbia 195* −21 3 strokes Sweden Joakim Haeggman
Spain José María Olazábal
Conte of Florence Italian Open
1997 Bernhard Langer (2)  Germany Gardagolf Country Club 273 −15 1 stroke Spain José María Olazábal
1996 Jim Payne  England Golf Club Bergamo 275 −9 1 stroke Sweden Patrik Sjöland
Italian Open
1995 Sam Torrance (2)  Scotland GC Le Rovedine 269 −19 2 strokes Spain José Rivero
Tisettanta Italian Open
1994 Eduardo Romero  Argentina Golf Marco Simone 272 −16 1 stroke New Zealand Greg Turner
Lancia Martini Italian Open
1993 Greg Turner  New Zealand Modena Golf & CC 267 −21 1 stroke Argentina José Cóceres
1992 Sandy Lyle (2)  Scotland GC Monticello 270 −18 1 stroke Scotland Colin Montgomerie
1991 Craig Parry  Australia GC Castelconturbia 279 −9 1 stroke Wales Ian Woosnam
1990 Richard Boxall  England GC Milano 267 −21 5 strokes Spain José María Olazábal
Lancia Italian Open
1989 Ronan Rafferty  Northern Ireland GC Monticello 273 −15 1 stroke Scotland Sam Torrance
1988 Greg Norman  Australia GC Monticello 270 −18 1 stroke Australia Craig Parry
1987 Sam Torrance  Scotland GC Monticello 271 −17 Playoff Spain José Rivero
Italian Open
1986 David Feherty  Northern Ireland Albarella GC 270 −10 Playoff Northern Ireland Ronan Rafferty
1985 Manuel Piñero  Spain Molinetto CC 267 −21 1 stroke Scotland Sam Torrance
1984 Sandy Lyle  Scotland GC Milano 277 −11 4 strokes United States Bobby Clampett
1983 Bernhard Langer  West Germany GC Ugolino 271 −17 Playoff Spain Seve Ballesteros
Scotland Ken Brown
1982 Mark James  England Is Molas Resort 280 −8 3 strokes United States Bobby Clampett
Wales Ian Woosnam
1981 José Maria Cañizares  Spain GC Milano 280 −8 Playoff United States Bobby Clampett
1980 Massimo Mannelli  Italy CG Roma 276 −8 1 stroke South Africa John Bland
Scotland Ken Brown
1979 Brian Barnes  Scotland GC Monticello 281 −7 Playoff South Africa Dale Hayes
1978 Dale Hayes  South Africa Pevero GC 293 +5 3 strokes South Africa Vin Baker
England Tommy Horton
1977 Ángel Gallardo  Spain GC Monticello 286 −2 Playoff Scotland Brian Barnes
1976 Baldovino Dassù  Italy Is Molas Resort 280 −8 8 strokes England Carl Mason
Spain Manuel Piñero
1975 Billy Casper  United States GC Monticello 286 −2 1 stroke Scotland Brian Barnes
1974 Peter Oosterhuis  England CG Venezia 249^ 2 strokes South Africa Dale Hayes
United States Johnny Miller
1973 Tony Jacklin  England CG Roma 284 −4 1 stroke Spain Valentín Barrios
1972 Norman Wood  Scotland CG Villa d'Este 271 Wales Brian Huggett

*Tournament shortened to three rounds due to rain.
^Only nine holes were played in the first round of the 1974 tournament.

Italian Open (pre-European Tour)
YearWinnerScoreVenue
1971 Spain Ramón Sota 282 CG Garlenda
1961–70 No tournament
1960 South Africa Brian Wilkes 285 CG Venezia
1959 Australia Peter Thomson 269 CG Villa d'Este
1958 England Peter Alliss 282 CG Varese
1957 South Africa Harold Henning 273 CG Villa d'Este
1956 Argentina Antonio Cerdá 284 GC Milano
1955 Belgium Flory Van Donck (4) 287 CG Venezia
1954 Italy Ugo Grappasonni (2) 272 CG Villa d'Este
1953 Belgium Flory Van Donck (3) 267 CG Villa d'Este
1952 Scotland Eric Brown 273 GC Milano
1951 Scotland Jimmy Adams 289 GC Milano
1950 Italy Ugo Grappasonni 281 CG Roma
1949 Egypt Hassan Hassanein 263 CG Villa d'Este
1948 Italy Aldo Casera 267 CG degli Ulivi Sanremo
1947 Belgium Flory Van Donck (2) 263 CG degli Ulivi Sanremo
1939–46 No tournament due to World War II
1938 Belgium Flory Van Donck 276 CG Villa d'Este
1937 France Marcel Dallemagne 276 CG degli Ulivi Sanremo
1936 England Henry Cotton 268 CG Sestriere
1935 England Percy Alliss (2) 262 CG degli Ulivi Sanremo
1934 England N. Nutley 132 CG degli Ulivi Sanremo
1933 No tournament
1932 Jersey Aubrey Boomer 143 CG Villa d'Este
1931 France Auguste Boyer (4) 141 CG Villa d'Este
1930 France Auguste Boyer (3) 140 CG Villa d'Este
1929 France René Golias 143 CG Villa d'Este
1928 France Auguste Boyer (2) 145 CG Villa d'Este
1927 England Percy Alliss 145 Alpino GC
1926 France Auguste Boyer 147 Alpino GC
1925 Italy Francesco Pasquali 154 Alpino GC

Multiple winners

References

  1. "Low, Long & Little". Time. 26 July 1937. Retrieved 2008-11-23.

External links

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