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Cannes Open

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Cannes Open
Tournament information
LocationCannes, France
Established1979
Course(s)Golf de Cannes Mougins
Par72
Length6,833 yards (6,248 m)
Tour(s)European Tour
FormatStroke play
Prize fund550,000
Month playedOctober
Final year2001
Tournament record score
Aggregate268 Jorge Berendt (2001)
To par−20 as above
Final champion
Argentina Jorge Berendt
Location map
Golf de Cannes Mougins is located in France
Golf de Cannes Mougins
Golf de Cannes Mougins
Location in France
Golf de Cannes Mougins is located in Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur
Golf de Cannes Mougins
Golf de Cannes Mougins

The Cannes Open was a men's professional golf tournament that was played annually from 1979 to 1998.[1] From 1984 it was an event on the European Tour, and 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.[2]

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.

Greg Norman won the 1983 event which was held in September, the same week as the St. Mellion Timeshare TPC on the European Tour.[3] Frenchmen Jean Garaïalde (1980 and 1982) and Géry Watine (1981) were other winners prior to the tournament joining the European Tour schedule in 1984.[4][5]

Winners

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Year Winner Score To par Margin of
victory
Runner(s)-up Venue Ref.
Cannes Open
2001 Argentina Jorge Berendt 268 −20 1 stroke France Jean van de Velde Cannes Mougins
1999–2000: No tournament
1998 France Thomas Levet 278 −6 1 stroke Wales Phillip Price
Germany Sven Strüver
New Zealand Greg Turner
Royal Mougins
Europe 1 Cannes Open
1997 England Stuart Cage 270 −14 5 strokes England Paul Broadhurst
England David Carter
Royal Mougins
Air France Cannes Open
1996 Scotland Raymond Russell 272 −12 2 strokes England David Carter Royal Mougins
1995 Switzerland André Bossert 132[a] −10 2 strokes Norway Øyvind Rojahn
France Jean van de Velde
Royal Mougins
1994 Wales Ian Woosnam 271 −17 5 strokes Scotland Colin Montgomerie Cannes Mougins
1993 Australia Rodger Davis 271 −13 Playoff Zimbabwe Mark McNulty Cannes Mougins
Credit Lyonnais Cannes Open
1992 Sweden Anders Forsbrand 273 −15 1 stroke Sweden Per-Ulrik Johansson Cannes Mougins
1991 Northern Ireland David Feherty 275 −13 3 strokes Australia Craig Parry Cannes Mougins
1990 Zimbabwe Mark McNulty (2) 280 −8 1 stroke Northern Ireland Ronan Rafferty Cannes Mougins
1989 England Paul Broadhurst 207[b] −9 1 stroke Northern Ireland Jimmy Heggarty
Australia Brett Ogle
Australia Peter Senior
Cannes Mougins
Cannes Open
1988 Zimbabwe Mark McNulty 279 −9 3 strokes United States Ron Commans
United States Joey Sindelar
Cannes Mougins
Suze Open
1987 Spain Seve Ballesteros 275 −13 Playoff Wales Ian Woosnam Cannes Mougins
1986 South Africa John Bland 276 −12 4 strokes Spain Seve Ballesteros Cannes Mougins
Compagnie de Chauffe Cannes Open
1985 England Robert Lee 280 −8 Playoff Wales David Llewellyn Cannes Mougins
1984 South Africa David Frost 280 −8 2 strokes Scotland Gordon Brand Jnr
England John Morgan
Cannes Mougins
Cannes Open
1983 Australia Greg Norman 287 −1 2 strokes United States Corey Pavin Cannes Mougins [3]
1982 France Jean Garaïalde 284 Cannes Mougins
1981 France Géry Watine 285 −3 1 stroke United States Curtis Strange Cannes Mougins [5]
1980 France Jean Garaïalde 287 Cannes Mougins
Pro-Am de Cannes-Mougins
1979 Italy Silvano Locatelli 144 Cannes Mougins [6]

Notes

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  1. ^ Shortened to 36 holes due to rain.
  2. ^ Shortened to 54 holes due to rain.

References

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  1. ^ "History – Golf Cannes Mougins". Golf Cannes Mougins. Retrieved 17 November 2020.
  2. ^ "Kim Leads by Two After First Round". The New York Times. 28 September 2001. Retrieved 21 January 2009.
  3. ^ a b "Golf | Paris, 19 Sept". The Age. 20 September 1983. p. 40. Retrieved 17 November 2020 – via Google News Archive.
  4. ^ "Cannes Open". where2golf.com. Retrieved 17 November 2020.
  5. ^ a b "Watine Frankrijk's nummer één" (PDF). Maandblad Golf (in Dutch). October 1981. p. 37. Retrieved 17 November 2020.
  6. ^ "Pro-Am de Cannes-Mougins". L'Officiel hommes (in French). No. 12–14. 1979. p. 138 – via Google Books.
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