Egyptian Open

Egyptian Open
Tournament information
Location Egypt Egypt
Established 1921
Course(s) JW Marriott, Mirage City Golf
Par 72
Length 7,108 yards (6,500 m)
Tour(s) Challenge Tour
Format Stroke play
Prize fund US$250,000
Month played October
Current champion
Chile Mark Tullo

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

YearWinnerScore
2010Chile Mark Tullo275 (−13)
2009England Steven Tiley275 (−13)
2008Egypt Amr Abu El Ela
2007Sweden Calle Carlsson
2006Egypt Ayman Mahmoud
2005Sweden Calle Carlsson
2004Egypt Amr Abu El Ela
2003Egypt Amr Zaki
2002Egypt Amr Abu El Ela
2001Egypt Amr Abu El Ela
2000No tournament
1999Egypt Amr Abu El Ela
1998Egypt Amr Abu El Ela
1997Egypt Amr Abu El Ela
1995–96No tournament
1994Egypt Amr Abu El Ela
1993Egypt Raouf Mahrous
1992Egypt Amr Abu El Ela
1991Egypt Amr Abu El Ela
1990Egypt Amr Abu El Ela
1989Egypt Amr Abu El Ela
1988Egypt Ramy Taher
1987Egypt Mohamed Said Doche
1986Egypt Mohamed Said Doche
1985Egypt Abdel Halim Kahoul
1984Egypt Ramy Taher
1983Egypt Ramy Taher
1982Egypt Mohamed Said Doche
1981Egypt Mohamed Said Doche
1980Egypt Mohamed Said Doche
1979Egypt Mohamed Said Doche
1978Egypt Mohamed Said Doche
1977Egypt Mohamed Said Doche
1976Egypt Mohamed Said Doche
1975Egypt Mohamed Said Doche
1974Egypt Mohamed Said Doche
1973Egypt Mohamed Said Doche
1972Egypt Mohamed Said Doche
1971Egypt Mohamed Said Doche
1970Egypt Mohamed Said Doche
1969Egypt Mohamed Said Doche
1968Egypt Cherif El-Sayed Cherif
1967Egypt Abdel Halim Kahoul
1966Egypt Mohamed Said Doche
1965Egypt Mohamed Said Doche
1964Egypt Mohamed Said Doche
1963Egypt Mohamed Said Doche
1962Egypt Mohamed Said Doche
1961Egypt Mohamed Said Doche
1960Egypt Mohamed Said Doche
1959Egypt Cherif El-Sayed Cherif
1958Egypt Mohamed Said Doche
1957No tournament
1956England Bernard Hunt281[5]
1955Egypt Khattab Hassan
1954South Africa Bobby Locke274[6]
1953Egypt Naaman Aly
1952Egypt Hassan Hassanein
1951Egypt Hassan Hassanein
1950Egypt Hassan Hassanein
1949Egypt Hassan Hassanein
1948Egypt Khattab Hassan
1947Egypt Khattab Hassan
1946England John Plant (a)
1945Scotland James Wynne
1940–44No tournament
1939England Mike Gardner (a)310[7]
1938England Ralph Moffitt
1937Scotland James Wynne
1936Scotland James Wynne
1935England Ralph Moffitt
1934Scotland James Wynne
1933England Ralph Moffitt
1932England Ralph Moffitt
1931 P. D. Miller (a)
1930England Ralph Moffitt
1929England Ralph Moffitt
1928England Ralph Moffitt
1927 F. H. Hayward (a)
1926 J. G. Kerr
1925 M. W. J. Hime (a)
1924 P. A. Wood
1923 T. L. C. Heald (a)
1922England Edmund Forrest
1921 G. R. Kinder (a)

References

  1. 1 2 "Montgomerie set for 2009 Egyptian Open debut". Arab News. 20 October 2009. Retrieved 2010-02-07.
  2. ↑ Severino, Dick (1972). "Golf In The Arab World; The Courses". Sports in the Arab World. 23 (7): 18&ndash, 21. Retrieved 2010-02-07.
  3. ↑ Severino, Dick (1972). "Golf In The Arab World; The Players". Sports in the Arab World. 23 (7): 22&ndash, 23. Retrieved 2010-02-07.
  4. ↑ McKee, William (12–18 November 2009). "It's no mirage". Al-Ahram Weekly (972). Archived from the original on 2009-11-23. Retrieved 2010-02-07.
  5. ↑ "Egyptian title for Hunt". The Glasgow Herald. 2 April 1956. Retrieved 2011-02-09.
  6. ↑ "Locke is winner by wide margin". Spokane Daily Chronicle. 5 April 1954. Retrieved 2011-02-15.
  7. ↑ "Newcomer wins Open Championship - M.R. Gardner new champion". Egyptian Mail. 1 February 1939.
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