Egyptian Open
Tournament information | |
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Location | Cairo, Egypt |
Established | 1921 |
Course(s) | Mirage City Golf Club |
Par | 72 |
Length | 7,108 yards (6,500 m) |
Tour(s) | Challenge Tour |
Format | Stroke play |
Prize fund | €250,000 |
Month played | October |
Final year | 2010 |
Final champion | |
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Location map | |
Location in Egypt |
The Egyptian Open is the national open golf tournament of Egypt. It was first played in 1921, and is the oldest professional competition in the Middle East.[1] During the early 1950s, it was contested by many of the world's leading golfers, with winners including Bobby Locke and Bernard Hunt.[2][3]
In 2009, the tournament once again attracted an international field including eight time European Tour Order of Merit winner and captain of the 2010 European Ryder Cup team Colin Montgomerie.[1] During the event, it was announced that a deal had been signed which would see the Egyptian Open become an event on the second tier Challenge Tour for a minimum of three years from 2010.[4]
The Challenge Tour last visited Egypt in 2004 for the Al Ahram-Jolie Ville Sharm El Sheikh Challenge.
Winners
[edit]Year | Tour[a] | Winner | Score | Margin of victory |
Runner(s)-up | Venue | Ref. |
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2010 | CHA | ![]() |
275 | 1 stroke | ![]() ![]() |
Mirage City | |
2009 | ![]() |
275 | 4 strokes | ![]() |
Mirage City | [5] | |
2008 | ![]() |
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2007 | ![]() |
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2006 | ![]() |
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2005 | ![]() |
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2004 | ![]() |
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2003 | ![]() |
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2002 | ![]() |
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2001 | ![]() |
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2000: No tournament | |||||||
1999 | ![]() |
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1998 | ![]() |
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1997 | ![]() |
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1995–96: No tournament | |||||||
1994 | ![]() |
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1993 | ![]() |
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1992 | ![]() |
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1991 | ![]() |
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1990 | ![]() |
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1989 | ![]() |
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1988 | ![]() |
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1987 | ![]() |
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1986 | ![]() |
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1985 | ![]() |
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1984 | ![]() |
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1983 | ![]() |
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1982 | ![]() |
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1981 | ![]() |
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1980 | ![]() |
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1979 | ![]() |
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1978 | ![]() |
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1977 | ![]() |
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1976 | ![]() |
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1975 | ![]() |
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1974 | ![]() |
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1973 | ![]() |
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1972 | ![]() |
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1971 | ![]() |
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1970 | ![]() |
276 | Alexandria | ||||
1969 | ![]() |
285 | |||||
1968 | ![]() |
269 | Alexandria | ||||
1967 | ![]() |
281 | Alexandria | ||||
1966 | ![]() |
274 | Alexandria | ||||
1965 | ![]() |
284 | Alexandria | ||||
1964 | ![]() |
276 | Alexandria | ||||
1963 | ![]() |
280 | Alexandria | ||||
1962 | ![]() |
282 | Alexandria | ||||
1961 | ![]() |
282 | Alexandria | ||||
1960 | ![]() |
286 | Heliopolis | ||||
1959 | ![]() |
289 | Alexandria | ||||
1958 | ![]() |
Heliopolis | |||||
1957: No tournament | |||||||
1956 | ![]() |
281 | 1 stroke | ![]() |
Cairo | [6] | |
1955 | ![]() |
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1954 | ![]() |
274 | 15 strokes | ![]() |
Cairo | [7] | |
1953 | ![]() |
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1952 | ![]() |
Cairo | |||||
1951 | ![]() |
283 | Cairo | ||||
1950 | ![]() |
276 | Alexandria | ||||
1949 | ![]() |
284 | Cairo | ||||
1948 | ![]() |
280 | Alexandria | ||||
1947 | ![]() |
309 | Smouha | ||||
1946 | ![]() |
303 | Cairo | ||||
1945 | ![]() |
305 | Cairo | ||||
1940–1944: No tournament | |||||||
1939 | ![]() |
305 | New Sports Club | [8] | |||
1938 | ![]() |
302 | 4 strokes | ![]() |
Alexandria | ||
1937 | ![]() |
297 | Playoff | ![]() |
Cairo | ||
1936 | ![]() |
297 | 10 strokes | Alexandria | |||
1935 | ![]() |
297 | Cairo | ||||
1934 | ![]() |
297 | Alexandria | ||||
1933 | ![]() |
287 | Cairo | ||||
1932 | ![]() |
289 | Cairo | ||||
1931 | ![]() |
287 | Cairo | ||||
1930 | ![]() |
298 | Alexandria | ||||
1929 | ![]() |
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1928 | ![]() |
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1927 | ![]() |
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1926 | ![]() |
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1925 | ![]() |
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1924 | ![]() |
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1923 | ![]() |
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1922 | ![]() |
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1921 | ![]() |
Notes
[edit]- ^ CHA − Challenge Tour.
References
[edit]- ^ a b "Montgomerie set for 2009 Egyptian Open debut". Arab News. 20 October 2009. Retrieved 7 February 2010.
- ^ Severino, Dick (1972). "Golf In The Arab World; The Courses". Sports in the Arab World. 23 (7): 18–21. Retrieved 7 February 2010.
- ^ Severino, Dick (1972). "Golf In The Arab World; The Players". Sports in the Arab World. 23 (7): 22–23. Retrieved 7 February 2010.
- ^ McKee, William (12–18 November 2009). "It's no mirage". Al-Ahram Weekly. No. 972. Archived from the original on 23 November 2009. Retrieved 7 February 2010.
- ^ "Tiptop Tiley Bags Egyptian Open Golf Title In Style". Arab News. 9 November 2009. Retrieved 4 March 2024.
- ^ "Egyptian title for Hunt". The Glasgow Herald. 2 April 1956. Retrieved 9 February 2011.
- ^ "Locke is winner by wide margin". Spokane Daily Chronicle. 5 April 1954. Retrieved 15 February 2011.
- ^ "Newcomer wins Open Championship - M.R. Gardner new champion". Egyptian Mail. 1 February 1939.
- ^ "Past Winners". Egyptian Golf Open. Egyptian Golf Federation. Archived from the original on 31 March 2012.
- ^ Huggins, Percy, ed. (1973). The Golfer's Handbook. p. 167.