Belgian Open (golf)

Belgian Open
Tournament information
Location  Belgium
Established 1910
Tour(s) European Tour
Format Stroke play
Final year 2000
Tournament record score
Aggregate 266 England Lee Westwood (2000)
Final champion
England Lee Westwood

The Belgian Open was a men's golf tournament which was played intermittently from 1910 to 2000. It was a European Tour event in 197879, 198794 and 19982000 and in the last two of these three periods it had several different sponsored names. In 2000 the prize fund was 1,019,266, which was below average for a European Tour event at that time.

The first ever Belgian Open was won by Arnaud Massy, the only Frenchman to win a major championship. Other distinguished champions included Walter Hagen, Henry Cotton, José María Olazábal, Nick Faldo and Lee Westwood. Belgium's most successful 20th century golfer, Flory Van Donck, won his home open five times between 1939 and 1956.

The Royal Belgian Golf Federation continues to stage a "National Open" but it is a two-day event and is not aimed at elite international golfers.

Winners

YearWinnerCountryVenueScoreTo parMargin of
victory
Runner(s)-up
Belgacom Open
2000 Lee Westwood  England Royal Zoute GC 266 −18 4 strokes Argentina Eduardo Romero
1999 Robert Karlsson  Sweden Royal Zoute GC 272 −12 1 stroke South Africa Retief Goosen
England Jamie Spence
1998 Lee Westwood  England Royal Zoute GC 268 −16 Playoff Sweden Fredrik Jacobson
Alfred Dunhill Open
1995–97: No tournament
1994 Nick Faldo  England Royal Zoute GC 279 −5 Playoff Sweden Joakim Haeggman
1993 Darren Clarke  Northern Ireland Royal Zoute GC 270 −14 2 strokes England Nick Faldo
Fiji Vijay Singh
Piaget Belgian Open
1992 Miguel Ángel Jiménez  Spain Royal Zoute GC 274 −10 3 strokes England Barry Lane
Renault Belgian Open
1991 Per-Ulrik Johansson  Sweden Royal Waterloo GC 276 −12 Playoff England Paul Broadhurst
Peugeot-Trends Belgian Open
1990 Ove Sellberg  Sweden Royal Waterloo GC 272 −16 4 strokes Wales Ian Woosnam
Volvo Belgian Open
1989 Gordon J. Brand  England Royal Waterloo GC 273 −11 4 strokes England Kevin Dickens
1988 José María Olazábal  Spain Golf du Bercuit 269 −15 4 strokes United States Mike Smith
1987 Eamonn Darcy  Ireland Royal Waterloo GC 200 −13 1 stroke England Nick Faldo
Northern Ireland Ronan Rafferty
Wales Ian Woosnam
Belgian Open
1980–86: No tournament
1979 Gavan Levenson  South Africa Royal Waterloo GC 279 −5 3 strokes South Africa Bobby Cole
England Nick Faldo
England Michael King
1978 Noel Ratcliffe  Australia Royal Golf Club of Belgium 280 −12 1 stroke Australia Chris Tickner
Pre-European Tour
YearVenueWinner[1]ScoreMargin of
victory
Runner(s)-upRef
1959–77 No tournament
1958 Royal Golf Club of Belgium England Ken Bousfield 271 3 strokes Argentina Antonio Cerdá
1957 Royal Latem GC England Bernard Hunt 280 Playoff
(36 holes)
Wales Dai Rees
1956 Royal Latem GC Belgium Flory Van Donck 269 8 strokes Spain Ángel Miguel
1955 Royal Golf Club des Fagnes Wales Dave Thomas 290
1954 Royal Antwerp GC Wales Dai Rees 287
1953 Royal Waterloo GC Belgium Flory Van Donck 270
1952 Royal Golf Club des Fagnes Argentina Antonio Cerdá 286
1951 Royal Latem GC France Albert Pelissier 279
1950 Royal Zoute GC Argentina Roberto De Vicenzo 282
1949 Royal Golf Club des Fagnes Scotland Jimmy Adams 283
1948 Royal Golf Club of Belgium Scotland Willie Forrester 288
1947 Royal Golf Club des Fagnes Belgium Flory Van Donck 283
1946 Royal Waterloo GC Belgium Flory Van Donck 289
194045 No tournament due to World War II
1939 Royal Golf Club of Belgium Belgium Flory Van Donck 291
1938 Royal Waterloo GC England Henry Cotton 277
1937 Royal Zoute GC France Marcel Dallemagne 285
1936 Royal Golf Club des Fagnes France Auguste Boyer 285
1935 Royal Golf Club of Belgium England Bill Branch 283 Playoff
(36 holes)
Belgium Flory Van Donck [2]
1934 Royal Waterloo GC England Henry Cotton 279
1933 Royal Golf Club des Fagnes France Auguste Boyer 282
1932 Royal Golf Club of Belgium England Arthur Lacey 291
1931 Royal Golf Club des Fagnes England Arthur Lacey 301
1930 Royal Golf Club of Belgium England Henry Cotton 281
1929 Royal Antwerp GC South Africa Sid Brews 300 1 stroke Jersey Aubrey Boomer [3]
1928 Royal Golf Club of Belgium England Albert Tingey, Jr. 297 3 strokes England Jack Taylor [4]
1927 Royal Zoute GC France Marcel Dallemagne 140
1926 Royal Zoute GC Jersey Aubrey Boomer 137 9 strokes Jersey Percy Boomer [5]
1925 Royal Antwerp GC France Eugène Lafitte 142 1 stroke England Arthur Havers [6]
1924 Royal Zoute GC United States Walter Hagen 142 Jersey Aubrey Boomer
1923 Royal Golf Club of Belgium Jersey Percy Boomer 143
1922 Royal Golf Club of Belgium Jersey Aubrey Boomer 150 1 stroke C H Corlett, M Cavallo [7]
1921 Royal Golf Club of Belgium France Eugène Lafitte 145
1920 Royal Zoute GC England Rowland Jones 154 Playoff Jersey Aubrey Boomer, England Henry Burrows [8]
191519 No tournament due to World War I
1914 Royal Antwerp GC England Tom Ball 144 4 strokes England Charles Mayo [9]
1913 Lombardsijde GC England Tom Ball 145 1 stroke Scotland James Braid [10]
1912 Royal Golf Club of Belgium Scotland George Duncan 144 Playoff Jersey Ted Ray England Tom Ball [11]
1911 Royal Golf Club of Belgium England Charles Mayo 144 3 strokes France Arnaud Massy [12]
1910 Royal Golf Club of Belgium France Arnaud Massy 139 5 strokes Scotland Sandy Herd, England Harry Vardon [13]

In 1957 Hunt (137) beat Rees (145) by 8 strokes in a 36-hole playoff. In 1935 Branch (145) beat Van Donck (149) by 4 strokes in a 36-hole playoff.

References

  1. "Belgian Open" (PDF). Royal Belgian Golf Federation. Retrieved 2013-02-07.
  2. "Belgian Open championship". The Times. 9 July 1935. p. 7.
  3. "Belgian Open championship". The Times. 1 June 1929. p. 5.
  4. "Belgian championship". The Times. 19 June 1928. p. 7.
  5. "Belgian Open golf championship". The Times. 14 July 1926. p. 6.
  6. "Belgian Open golf championship". The Times. 5 October 1925. p. 16.
  7. "Golf - Belgian open championship". The Times. 3 July 1922. p. 19.
  8. "Golf - Belgian professional championship". The Times. 14 July 1920. p. 6.
  9. "Belgian Open golf championship - Tom Ball's victory". The Times. 13 July 1914. p. 13.
  10. "Belgian Open championship - Victory of Tom Ball". The Times. 18 October 1913. p. 13.
  11. "Open championship of Belgium - Victory of Duncan". The Times. 6 July 1912. p. 13.
  12. "Belgian Open championship - Victory of C.H. Mayo". The Times. 1 June 1911. p. 14.
  13. "Open championship of Belgium - Victory of Arnaud Massy". The Times. 3 June 1910. p. 18.

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