Belgian Open
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The Belgian Open was a men's golf tournament which was played intermittently from 1910-2000. It was a European Tour event in 1978-79, 1987-94 and 1997-2000 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 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 and Nick Faldo. 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.
[edit] Winners
Belgacom Open
- 2000 Lee Westwood - England
- 1999 Robert Karlsson - Sweden
- 1998 Lee Westwood - England
- 1995-1997 No tournament
Alfred Dunhill Open
- 1994 Nick Faldo - England
- 1993 Darren Clarke - Darren Clarke
Paiget Belgian Open
- 1992 Miguel Angel Jiménez - Spain
Renault Belgian Open
- 1991 Per-Ulrik Johansson - Sweden
Peugeot-Trends Belgian Open
- 1990 Ove Sellberg - Sweden
Volvo Belgian Open
- 1989 Gordon J Brand - England
- 1988 José María Olazábal - Spain
- 1987 Eamonn Darcy - Republic of Ireland
- 1980-1986 No tournament
Belgian Open
- 1979 Gavan Levenson - South Africa
- 1978 Noel Ratcliffe - Australia
- 1959-1977 No tournament
- 1958 Ken Bousfield - England
- 1957 Bernard Hunt - England
- 1956 Flory Van Donck - Belgium
- 1955 Dave Thomas - Wales
- 1954 Dai Rees - Wales
- 1953 Flory Van Donck - Belgium
- 1952 Antonio Cerda - Argentina
- 1951 A. Pelissier
- 1950 Roberto DeVicenzo - Argentina
- 1949 James Adams - Scotland
- 1948 W.S. Forrester
- 1947 Flory Van Donck - Belgium
- 1946 Flory Van Donck - Belgium
- 1940-1945 No tournament due to World War II
- 1939 Flory Van Donck - Belgium
- 1938 Henry Cotton - England
- 1937 Marcel Dallemagne - France
- 1936 Auguste Boyer - France
- 1935 W.J. Branch
- 1934 Henry Cotton - England
- 1933 Auguste Boyer - France
- 1932 Arthur Lacey - England
- 1931 Arthur Lacey - England
- 1930 Henry Cotton - England
- 1929 Sid Brews - South Africa
- 1928 A. Tingey, Jr.
- 1927 Marcel Dallemagne - France
- 1926 Aubrey Boomer - England
- 1925 E. Lafitte
- 1924 Walter Hagen - United States
- 1923 Percy Boomer - England
- 1922 Aubrey Boomer - England
- 1921 E. Lafitte
- 1920 Rowland Jones
- 1915-1919 No tournament due to World War I
- 1914 Tom Ball
- 1913 Tom Ball
- 1912 George Duncan - Scotland
- 1911 C.H. Mayo
- 1910 Arnaud Massy - France
[edit] External links
- Coverage on the European Tour's official site - use schedule browser on the left to access other years.
- List of winners from 1910 to 1998 from golftoday.co.uk
