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
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

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

External links

• Coverage on the European Tour's official site