Nigerian Open

Nigerian Open
Tournament information
Location Nigeria Nigeria
Established 1969
Tour(s) Challenge Tour (1991–93)
Format Stroke play
Tournament record score
Aggregate 255 Peter Tupling (1981)
To par -29 (as above)

The Nigerian Open is (or was) a golf tournament in Nigeria. Founded in 1969, it was a Challenge Tour event between 1990 and 1993, having previously been part of what was known as the Safari Tour.

The Safari Tour can be traced back to the sixties, when British professionals escaped the northern European winter and taught at clubs throughout Africa. Many of the professionals also took their assistants with them to gain extra experience, and as the numbers involved in these tours increased, so events in the host countries evolved. The driving force behind the African events was Dai Rees, who would liaise with local sponsors and organisers on behalf of the professionals. By 1975, the size of the Safari Tour had become too much to administer, and so the European Tournament Players' Division (now known as European Tour) took over the representation of the professionals. As the European Tour began to expand its schedule globally, in 1991 the five Safari Tour events became part of the developmental Challenge Tour.

In 1981, England's Peter Tupling set the record low 72 hole score in professional tournament golf, when he won the title with a 29 under par total of 255.[1] Notable past champions include major winners Vijay Singh and Sandy Lyle and former Ryder Cup player Gordon J. Brand.

Winners

This list of winners is incomplete.
YearVenueWinnerScore
1999Sweden Johan Skold278
1998Argentina José Cantero
1997Argentina Roberto Gonzalez
1995Nigeria Lateef Lasisi
1994Ghana Amos Korblah275
1993Ikoyi Club 1938Scotland Gordon Manson274
1992No tournament due to rescheduling
1991
(1992)		Ikoyi Club 1938Sierra Leone James Lebbie270
1990
(1991)		Ikoyi Club 1938England Wayne Stephens
1989Fiji Vijay Singh
1988Fiji Vijay Singh
1987
1986England Gordon J. Brand
1985Ikoyi Club 1938Scotland Bill Longmuir277
1984Scotland Ewen Murray
1983England Gordon J. Brand
1982England David Jagger
1981England Peter Tupling255
1980Scotland Bill Longmuir
1979England John Morgan
1978Scotland Sandy Lyle
1977England David Jagger
1976Scotland Bill Longmuir
1975England David Jagger
1974Australia Jack Newton275
1973England Tommy Horton267
1972
1971Ikoyi Club 1938United States Lee Elder267
1970England John Cook
1969Scotland Marshall Douglas

Year in brackets indicates Challenge Tour season.

References

  1. ↑ Hopkins, John (March 19, 2003). "Matharu hints at bright future on day in sun". London: The Times. Retrieved 2008-11-26.
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