Open de Andalucía

This article is about the current European Tour golf tournament, founded in 2007. For the former European Tour event, that was titled as the Turespana Masters Open de Andalucia between 1992 and 1995, and again in 1999, see Turespana Masters.

Open de Andalucia
Tournament information
Location	Andalusia, Spain
Established	2007
Course(s)	Aloha Golf Club
Par	72
Length	6,881 yards (6,292 m)
Tour(s)	European Tour
Format	Stroke play
Prize fund	€1,000,000
Final year	2012
Tournament record score
Aggregate	263 Louis Oosthuizen (2010)
To par	−20 Lee Westwood (2007)
Final champion
Julien Quesne

The Open de Andalucia was a European Tour men's professional golf tournament which was played from 2007 to 2012. The event was held in the Andalusia region of Spain.

History

Between 1992 and 1995, and again in 1999, former European Tour event, the Turespana Masters, was held in the Andalusia region and titled as the Turespana Masters Open de Andalucia, with winners including future major champion and World Number 1 Vijay Singh, and local favourite Miguel Ángel Jiménez.

This incarnation of the Open de Andalucia owes its origins indirectly to the PGA Tour's decision to reschedule The Players Championship from March to May. In response, the European Tour decided to move the British Masters, which is one of its higher profile tournaments, from that same week in May to a September slot when more top players would be available. The Valle Romano Open de Andalucia was created to fill the gap in the schedule this move created. It has been promoted by the personal companies of the Spanish European Tour members Miguel Ángel Jiménez and Gonzalo Fernández-Castaño.

The first two events were staged at the Aloha Golf Club near Marbella, before the tournament was moved to the Real Club de Golf de Sevilla near Seville for the 2009 season at the request of sponsors.

At the 2009 Open de Andalucia, European Ryder Cup veteran Colin Montgomerie became the 18th player to reach the 500 appearance mark on the European Tour. He started the tournament impressively with a five under par 67, for a share of second place after the first round.^[1] His challenge faded however, and he finished tied for 31st place at level-par, 14 strokes behind the winner, Søren Kjeldsen of Denmark. Kjeldsen had broken the course record with a 10-under-par 62 on Saturday to move into the lead, and a level-par final round of 72 on Sunday was enough to see off the challenge of Scot David Drysdale by three strokes.^[2]

Winners

Year	Winner	Country	Venue	Score	To par	Margin	Runner(s)-up
Open de Andalucía de Costa del Sol
2012	Julien Quesne	France	Aloha Golf Club	271	−17	2 strokes	Matteo Manassero
Open de Andalucía de Golf by Turkish Airlines
2011	Paul Lawrie	Scotland	Parador de Málaga Golf	268	−12	1 stroke	Johan Edfors
Open de Andalucia de Golf
2010	Louis Oosthuizen	South Africa	Parador de Málaga Golf	263	−17	3 strokes	Richard Finch Peter Whiteford
Open de Andalucía
2009	Søren Kjeldsen	Denmark	Real Club de Golf de Sevilla	274	−14	3 strokes	David Drysdale
MAPFRE Open de Andalucía by Valle Romano
2008	Thomas Levet	France	Aloha Golf Club	272	−16	Playoff (1 hole)	Oliver Fisher
Valle Romano Open de Andalucia
2007	Lee Westwood	England	Aloha Golf Club	268	−20	2 strokes	Fredrik Andersson Hed Phillip Archer

References

↑ "Montgomerie shines in 500th event". BBC Sport. 26 March 2009. Retrieved 2009-03-27.
↑ "Kjeldsen holds on for Seville win". BBC Sport. 29 March 2009. Retrieved 2009-03-29.

External links

Former European Tour events

Abama Open de Canarias AGF Open Andalucía Masters ANZ Championship Argentine Open Atlantic Open Australian Masters Avantha Masters Barcelona Open Belgian Open Benson & Hedges International Open BMW Asian Open Bob Hope British Classic Brazil Rio de Janeiro 500 Years Open Brazil São Paulo 500 Years Open British PGA Matchplay Championship Callers of Newcastle Cannes Open Car Care Plan International Carroll's International Castelló Masters Catalan Open Celtic International The Championship at Laguna National Czech Open Deutsche Bank Players Championship of Europe Dimension Data Pro-Am Double Diamond International El Bosque Open El Paraiso Open English Open Epson Grand Prix of Europe Estoril Open Extremadura Open FNB Players Championship German Masters German Open Girona Open Glasgow Open Great North Open Greater Manchester Open Greg Norman Holden International GSI L'Equipe Open Heineken Classic The Heritage Iberdrola Open Indian Masters Indonesia Open Iskandar Johor Open Jersey Open John Player Classic John Player Trophy Johnnie Walker Championship at Gleneagles Johnnie Walker Classic Kerrygold International Classic Kronenbourg Open Lawrence Batley International Madrid Masters Madrid Open Mallorca Classic Martini International Merseyside International Open Monte Carlo Open Moroccan Open Murphy's Cup Nelson Mandela Championship New Zealand Open NH Collection Open Nordic Open Newcastle Brown "900" Open North West of Ireland Open Oki Pro-Am Open de Andalucia Open de Baleares Open de Sevilla Open Mediterrania Open Novotel Perrier Open V33 Grand Lyon PLM Open Penfold Tournament Piccadilly Medal Portuguese Open Roma Masters Saint-Omer Open Sanyo Open Sarazen World Open Scandinavian Enterprise Open Sicilian Open Singapore Masters Singapore Open Skol Lager Individual TCL Classic Timex Open Tournament Players Championship Trophée Lancôme Tunisian Open Turespaña Masters Turespana Open De Canaria Uniroyal International Championship Vivendi Cup Volvo Golf Champions Volvo Masters Volvo Open di Firenze Wales Open W.D. & H.O. Wills Tournament Welsh Golf Classic

Current events

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