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
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

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

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

Multiple winners

• 4 wins
  • Auguste Boyer: 1926, 1928, 1930, 1931
  • Flory Van Donck: 1938, 1947, 1953, 1955
• 2 wins
  • Percy Alliss: 1927, 1935
  • Ugo Grappasonni: 1950, 1954
  • Sandy Lyle: 1984, 1992
  • Sam Torrance: 1987, 1995
  • Ian Poulter: 2000, 2002
  • Gonzalo Fernández-Castaño: 2007, 2012
  • Hennie Otto: 2008, 2014

References

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

External links

• Coverage on the European Tour's official site

Coordinates: 45°36′58″N 9°17′31″E / 45.616°N 9.292°E