Catalan Open

The Catalan Open was a European Tour golf tournament which was played annually from 1989 to 1996, except for 1990. It was played at several different golf courses in Catalonia, Spain. It never had the same full official name two years in a row, due to sponsorship and preferred language changes. The winners included future two-time Masters champion José María Olazábal. The prize fund was £200,000 in 1989 and £300,000 in all other years (plus the usual minor increments to the guaranteed amount for additional players who made the cut). By the final year this was the second smallest purse on the tour.

Catalan Open
Tournament information
LocationCatalonia, Spain
Established1989
Tour(s)European Tour
FormatStroke play
Final year1996
Tournament record score
Aggregate271 José María Olazábal (1991)
To par−17 José María Olazábal (1991)
Final champion
Paul Lawrie

Winners

YearWinnerCountryVenueScoreTo parMargin
of victory
Runner(s)-up
Catalan Open
1996Paul Lawrie ScotlandBonmont135[lower-alpha 1]−91 stroke Fernando Roca
Open Catalonia
1995Philip Walton IrelandPeralada281−73 strokes Andrew Coltart
Heineken Open Catalonia
1994José Cóceres ArgentinaPals275−133 strokes Jean-Louis Guepy
Heineken Open
1993Sam Torrance ScotlandOsona Montanya201[lower-alpha 2]−153 strokes Jay Townsend
Catalan Open
1992José Rivero SpainMas Nou280−81 stroke José María Cañizares
Johan Ryström
Haydn Selby-Green
Open Catalonia
1991José María Olazábal SpainBonmont Terres Noves271−176 strokes David Feherty
1990Cancelled due to lack of sponsorship.[2]
Massimo Dutti Catalan Open
1989Mark Roe EnglandPals279−131 stroke Gordon Brand, Jnr
Colin Montgomerie
José María Olazábal
  1. Tournament reduced to 36 holes due to bad weather.[1]
  2. Tournament reduced to 54 holes.

References

  1. McCormack, Mark H. (1997). The World of Professional Golf 1997. IMG Publishing. pp. 130, 432–433. ISBN 1878843176.
  2. "Sport in brief | Catalán off". The Times. 6 February 1990. p. 40. Retrieved 25 April 2020 via The Times Digital Archive.


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