Madeira Islands Open

Madeira Islands Open
Tournament information
Location Madeira Islands, Portugal
Established 1993
Course(s) Porto Santo Golfe
Par 72
Length 7,047 yards
Tour(s) European Tour
Challenge Tour
Format Stroke play
Prize fund €700,000
Month played May
Current champion
Michael Hoey

The Madeira Islands Open is a men's professional golf tournament on the European Tour, played on the Madeira Islands in Portugal. It was founded in 1993 and is often the first event of the season played in Europe, after the season has spent the northern winter in Asia, Australasia and South Africa. The tournament has one of the smallest prize funds on the tour (€700,000 in 2011), and few of the tour's top players take part. It is one of two European Tour events currently staged in Portugal each year, the other being the Portugal Masters. It was hosted at Santo da Serra Golf Club from 1993 to 2008 and will be hosted at Porto Santo Golfe from 2009. Beginning in 2011, it is dual-ranked with the Challenge Tour and is played opposite the Volvo World Match Play Championship.

Winners

Year Winner Country
Madeira Islands Open
2011 Michael Hoey  Northern Ireland
Madeira Islands Open BPI - Portugal
2010 James Morrison  England[1]
2009 Estanislao Goya  Argentina
2008 Alastair Forsyth  Scotland
Madeira Islands Open BPI
2007 Daniel Vancsik  Argentina
Madeira Island Open Caixa Geral de Depositos
2006 Jean van de Velde  France
2005 Robert-Jan Derksen  Netherlands
Madeira Island Open
2004 Chris Hanell  Sweden
2003 Bradley Dredge  Wales
2002 Diego Borrego  Spain
2001 Des Smyth  Ireland
2000 Niclas Fasth  Sweden
1999 Pedro Linhart  Spain
1998 Mats Lanner  Sweden
1997 Peter Mitchell  England
1996 Jarmo Sandelin  Sweden
1995 Santiago Luna  Spain
1994 Mats Lanner  Sweden
1993 Mark James  England

References

  1. ^ "Morrison holds on for first tour win". PGA European Tour. 11 April 2010. http://www.europeantour.com/europeantour/season=2010/tournamentid=2010017/news/newsid=120057.html#morrison+holds+first+tour. Retrieved 11 April 2010. 

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