Open de España

Open de España
Tournament information
Location San Roque, Spain
Established 1912
Course(s) Real Club Valderrama
Par 71
Length 6,991 yards (6,393 m)
Tour(s) European Tour
Format Stroke play
Prize fund 2,000,000
Month played April
Current champion
England Andrew Johnston
Real Club de Golf El Prat
Location in Spain

The Open de España (formerly the Spanish Open) is the national open golf championship of Spain. It was founded in 1912 and has been part of the European Tour's schedule since the inception of the Tour in 1972. Except for a five-year period in the early 1980s, the tournament has been played in April or May. In 2005, it was one of five European Tour events to be held in Spain. Former champions include Arnold Palmer, Seve Ballesteros, Bernhard Langer, and Nick Faldo.

Winners

YearWinnerCountryScoreTo parMargin
of victory
Runner(s)-up
Real Club Valderrama Open de España
2016 Andrew Johnston  England 285 +1 1 stroke Netherlands Joost Luiten
Open de España
2015 James Morrison  England 278 −10 4 strokes France Édouard España
England David Howell
Spain Miguel Ángel Jiménez
Italy Francesco Molinari
2014 Miguel Ángel Jiménez  Spain 284 −4 Playoff Australia Richard Green
Belgium Thomas Pieters
2013 Raphaël Jacquelin  France 283 −5 Playoff Chile Felipe Aguilar
Germany Maximilian Kieffer
Reale Seguros Open de España
2012 Francesco Molinari  Italy 280 −8 3 strokes Spain Alejandro Cañizares
Denmark Søren Kjeldsen
Spain Pablo Larrazábal
Open de España
2011 Thomas Aiken  South Africa 278 −10 2 strokes Denmark Anders Hansen
2010 Álvaro Quirós  Spain 277 −11 Playoff England James Morrison
2009 Thomas Levet  France 270 −18 2 strokes Paraguay Fabrizio Zanotti
2008 Peter Lawrie  Ireland 273 −15 Playoff Spain Ignacio Garrido
2007 Charl Schwartzel  South Africa 272 −16 1 stroke India Jyoti Randhawa
Andalucía Open de España Valle Romano
2006 Niclas Fasth  Sweden 270 −18 Playoff England John Bickerton
Jazztel Open de España en Andalucía
2005 Peter Hanson  Sweden 280 −8 Playoff Sweden Peter Gustafsson
Canarias Open de España
2004 Christian Cévaër  France 271 −9 1 stroke Argentina Ricardo González
Sweden Peter Hedblom
Wales David Park
2003 Kenneth Ferrie  England 266 −22 Playoff Sweden Peter Hedblom
Republic of Ireland Peter Lawrie
2002 Sergio García  Spain 275 −13 4 strokes Italy Emanuele Canonica
Via Digital Open de España
2001 Robert Karlsson  Sweden 277 −11 2 strokes France Jean-François Remésy
Peugeot Open de España
2000 Brian Davis  England 274 −14 3 strokes Austria Markus Brier
1999 Jarmo Sandelin  Sweden 267 −21 4 strokes Spain Ignacio Garrido
Spain Miguel Ángel Jiménez
Republic of Ireland Paul McGinley
1998 Thomas Bjørn  Denmark 267 −21 1 stroke Australia Greg Chalmers
Spain José María Olazábal
1997 Mark James (2)  England 277 −11 Playoff Australia Greg Norman
Peugeot Spanish Open
1996 Pádraig Harrington  Ireland 272 −16 4 strokes Scotland Gordon Brand, Jnr
1995 Seve Ballesteros (3)  Spain 274 −14 2 strokes Spain Ignacio Garrido
Spain José Rivero
1994 Colin Montgomerie  Scotland 277 −11 1 stroke England Richard Boxall
Zimbabwe Mark McNulty
England Mark Roe
1993 Joakim Haeggman  Sweden 275 −13 2 strokes South Africa Ernie Els
England Nick Faldo
1992 Andrew Sherborne  England 271 −17 1 stroke England Nick Faldo
1991 Eduardo Romero  Argentina 275 −13 Playoff Spain Seve Ballesteros
1990 Rodger Davis  Australia 277 −11 1 stroke England Nick Faldo
Australia Peter Fowler
Germany Bernhard Langer
1989 Bernhard Langer (2)  West Germany 281 −7 3 strokes Spain José Maria Cañizares
England Paul Carrigill
1988 Mark James  England 262 −18 3 strokes England Nick Faldo
1987 Nick Faldo  England 286 −2 2 strokes South Africa Hugh Baiocchi
Spain Seve Ballesteros
1986 Howard Clark  England 272 −16 1 stroke Australia Ian Baker-Finch
1985 Seve Ballesteros (2)  Spain 266 −14 4 strokes Scotland Gordon Brand, Jnr
Benson & Hedges Spanish Open
1984 Bernhard Langer  West Germany 275 −13 2 strokes England Howard Clark
1983 Eamonn Darcy  Ireland 277 −11 1 stroke Spain Manuel Piñero
1982 Sam Torrance  Scotland 273 −15 8 strokes England Roger Chapman
Scotland Sandy Lyle
Wales Ian Woosnam
1981 Seve Ballesteros  Spain 273 −15 1 stroke Scotland Steve Martin
1980 Eddie Polland (2)  Northern Ireland 276 −12 5 strokes Spain Seve Ballesteros
England Mark James
Spanish Open
1979 Dale Hayes (2)  South Africa 278 −10 2 strokes Scotland Brian Barnes
1978 Brian Barnes  Scotland 276 −12 2 strokes England Howard Clark
1977 Bernard Gallacher  Scotland 277 −11 2 strokes Spain Francisco Abreu
1976 Eddie Polland  Northern Ireland 282 −6 2 strokes Australia Bob Shearer
1975 Arnold Palmer  United States 283 −5 1 stroke South Africa John Fourie
1974 Jerry Heard  United States 279 −9 6 strokes South Africa Gary Player
1973 Neil Coles  England 282 −6 3 strokes South Africa Tienie Britz
Wales Craig Defoy
1972 Antonio Garrido  Spain 293 +1 Playoff Spain Valentín Barrios
Spanish Open (pre-European Tour)
YearWinnerCountryScoreRunner(s)-upMargin
of victory
1971 Dale Hayes  South Africa 275 Argentina Roberto De Vicenzo 1 stroke
1970 Ángel Gallardo  Spain 284 England Neil Coles 3 strokes
1969 Jean Garaïalde  France 283
1968 Bob Shaw  Australia 286
1967 Sebastián Miguel (3)  Spain 265
1966 Roberto De Vicenzo  Argentina 279 England Bernard Hunt 7 strokes
1965 No tournament
1964 Ángel Miguel (2)  Spain 272
1963 Ramón Sota  Spain 287 V Barrlos 8 strokes
1962 No tournament
1961 Ángel Miguel  Spain 267 J Gallardo 1 stroke
1960 Sebastián Miguel (2)  Spain 286 Spain Ramón Sota 2 strokes
1959 Peter Thomson  Australia 286 France Jean Garaïalde
England Syd Scott
2 strokes
1958 Peter Alliss (2)  England 268 Scotland John Panton 10 strokes
1957 Max Faulkner  England 283 England Henry Cotton 6 strokes
1956 Peter Alliss  England 285 England Bernard Hunt 6 strokes
1955 Conde de Lamaze (am)  France 271 Spain Ángel Miguel
1954 Sebastián Miguel  Spain 268
1953 Max Faulkner (2)  England 271
1952 Max Faulkner  England 275 Scotland Tom Haliburton 2 strokes
1951 Mariano Provencio (4)  Spain 281 France Henry de Lamaze (am)
1950 Antonio Cerdá  Argentina 277 Scotland Jimmy Adams 3 strokes
1949 Marcelino Morcillo (3)  Spain 280
1948 Marcelino Morcillo (2)  Spain 268
1947 Mario Gonzalez (am)  Brazil 277 Spain Marcelino Morcillo
1946 Marcelino Morcillo  Spain 281
1945 Carlos Celles  Spain 274
1944 Nicasio Sagardia  Spain
1943 Mariano Provencio (3)  Spain 286
1942 Gabriel González (4)  Spain 264
1941 Mariano Provencio (2)  Spain 283
1940 Gabriel González (3)  Spain
1936–39 No tournament
1935 Tomás Cayarga  Spain 279 Spain Mariano Provencio
1934 Mariano Provencio  Spain 276 Spain Francisco Alonso
1933 Gabriel González (2)  Spain 270 Spain Francisco Alonso
1932 Gabriel González  Spain 272 Spain Tomás Cayarga
1931 No tournament
1930 Joaquin Bernardino (2)  Spain 291 Spain Gabriel González
1929 Eugène Lafitte  France 285 France R. Golias
1928 Arnaud Massy (3)  France 278 Spain Ernesto Céspedes
1927 Arnaud Massy (2)  France
1926 Joaquin Bernardino  Spain 283 Spain Emilio Cayarga
1925 Angel de la Torre (5)  Spain
1924 No tournament
1923 Angel de la Torre (4)  Spain
1922 No tournament
1921 Eugène Lafitte  France 296 Spain Angel de la Torre
1920 No tournament
1919 Angel de la Torre (3)  Spain 304 France Jean Gassiat
1918 No tournament
1917 Angel de la Torre (2)  Spain 288 France Claude Gassiat
1916 Angel de la Torre  Spain 293 England Richard Aitken
1913–15 No tournament
1912 Arnaud Massy  France

Multiple winners

Thirteen men have won the tournament more than once through 2015.

External links

Coordinates: 41°34′16″N 2°03′18″E / 41.571°N 2.055°E / 41.571; 2.055

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