KLM Open
The KLM Open is an annual golf tournament played in the Netherlands, and has been part of the European Tour's schedule since the Tour was inaugurated in 1972. Founded in 1912, the tournament was originally known as the Dutch Open, before a variety of sponsors resulted in numerous name changes over the years, with KLM being the incumbent. The tournament has been moved around the golfing calendar, but since 2010 it has been held in early September.
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| Tournament information | |
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| Location | Amsterdam, Netherlands |
| Established | 1912 |
| Course(s) | The International |
| Par | 72 |
| Length | 7,042 yards (6,439 m) |
| Tour(s) | European Tour |
| Format | Stroke play |
| Prize fund | €2,000,000 |
| Month played | September |
| Tournament record score | |
| Aggregate | 261 Thomas Pieters (2015) |
| Current champion | |
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Venues
| Venue | Location | First | Last | Times |
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| Royal Haagsche Golf & Country Club | The Hague | 1912 | 1981 | 20 |
| Noordwijkse Golf Club | Noordwijk | 1916 | 2001 | 9 |
| Doornsche Golf Club | Utrecht | 1918 | 1918 | 1 |
| Kennemer Golf & Country Club | Zandvoort | 1920 | 2015 | 23 |
| Domburgsche Golfclub | Domburg | 1921 | 1921 | 1 |
| Hilversumsche Golf Club | Hilversum | 1923 | 2012 | 30 |
| Utrechtse Golf Club 'De Pan' | Utrecht | 1934 | 1982 | 3 |
| Eindhovensche Golf | Eindhoven | 1947 | 1970 | 6 |
| Golfclub Toxandria | Breda | 1950 | 1965 | 2 |
| Rosendaelsche Golfclub | Arnhem | 1984 | 1984 | 1 |
| The Dutch | Spijk | 2016 | 2018 | 3 |
| The International | Amsterdam | 2019 | 2019 | 1 |
| Bernardus Golf | Cromvoirt | 2020 | 2022 | 3 |
Winners
- European Tour event (1972–)
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- Pre-European Tour (1912–1971)
| Year | Winner | Country | Venue | Score | Margin of victory | Runner(s)-up |
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| Dutch Open | ||||||
| 1971 | Ramón Sota (2) | | Kennemer | 277 | 6 strokes | .svg.png){kind=small} |
| 1970 | Vicente Fernández |  | Eindhovensche | 279 | 6 strokes |  |
| 1969 | Guy Wolstenholme |  | Hilversumsche | 277 | 5 strokes | .svg.png){kind=small} |
| 1968 | John Cockin | | Hilversumsche | 292 | Playoff | |
| 1967 | Peter Townsend | | Haagsche | 282 | 1 stroke | |
| 1966 | Ramón Sota | | Kennemer | 277 | 1 stroke | |
| 1965 | Ángel Miguel | | Toxandria | 278 | Playoff | |
| 1964 | Sewsunker Sewgolum (3) | | Eindhovensche | 275 | 3 strokes | |
| 1963 | Retief Waltman | | Haagsche | 279 | 1 stroke | .svg.png){kind=small} |
| 1962 | Brian Huggett | | Hilversumsche | 274 | 2 strokes |  |
| 1961 | Brian Wilkes | | Kennemer | 279 | 2 strokes | |
| 1960 | Sewsunker Sewgolum (2) | | Eindhovensche | 280 | 3 strokes | |
| 1959 | Sewsunker Sewgolum | | Haagsche | 283 | 1 stroke | |
| 1958 | Dave Thomas | | Kennemer | 277 | 3 strokes | |
| 1957 | John Jacobs | | Hilversumsche | 284 | 3 strokes | .svg.png){kind=small} |
| 1956 | Antonio Cerdá | | Eindhovensche | 277 | 5 strokes | |
| 1955 | Alfonso Angelini |  | Kennemer | 280 | Playoff | |
| 1954 | Ugo Grappasonni | | Haagsche | 295 | Playoff | |
| 1953 | Flory Van Donck (5) | | Eindhovensche | 286 | 2 strokes | |
| 1952 | Cecil Denny (2) | | Hilversumsche | 284 | 1 stroke | |
| 1951 | Flory Van Donck (4) | | Kennemer | 281 | 2 strokes |  |
| 1950 | Roberto De Vicenzo | | Toxandria | 269 | 14 strokes | |
| 1949 | Jimmy Adams | | Haagsche | 294 | 5 strokes | |
| 1948 | Cecil Denny | | Hilversumsche | 290 | 3 strokes | |
| 1947 | Joop Rühl | | Eindhovensche | 290 | 3 strokes | |
| 1946 | Flory Van Donck (3) | | Hilversumsche | 290 | 8 strokes | |
| 1940–45: No tournament due to World War II | ||||||
| 1939 | Bobby Locke | | Kennemer | 281 | 6 strokes | |
| 1938 | Alf Padgham | | Haagsche | 281 | 3 strokes | |
| 1937 | Flory Van Donck (2) | | De Pan | 286 | 2 strokes |  |
| 1936 | Flory Van Donck | | Hilversumsche | 285 | 4 strokes | |
| 1935 | Sid Brews (2) | | Kennemer | 275 | 10 strokes | |
| 1934 | Sid Brews | | De Pan | 286 | 1 stroke | |
| 1933 | Marcel Dallemagne | | Kennemer | 143 | 6 strokes | |
| 1932 | Auguste Boyer | | Haagsche | 137 | 4 strokes | |
| 1931 | Frank Dyer |  | Kennemer | 145 | 5 strokes | |
| 1930 | Dirk Oosterveer (2) | | Haagsche | 152 | 2 strokes | |
| 1929 | Jack Taylor | | Hilversumsche | 153 | 1 stroke | |
| 1928 | Ernest Whitcombe | | Haagsche | 141 | 6 strokes | |
| 1927 | Percy Boomer |  | Haagsche | 147 | 1 stroke | |
| 1926 | Aubrey Boomer (3) | | Haagsche | 151 | 5 strokes | |
| 1925 | Aubrey Boomer (2) | | Haagsche | 144 | 8 strokes | |
| 1924 | Aubrey Boomer | | Haagsche | 138 | 14 strokes | |
| 1923 | Henry Burrows (3) | | Hilversumsche | 153 | 1 stroke |  |
| 1922 | George Pannell (2) | | Noordwijkse | 160 | 3 strokes | |
| 1921 | Henry Burrows (2) | | Domburgsche | 158 | 4 strokes | |
| 1920 | Henry Burrows | | Kennemer | 151 | Playoff | |
| 1919 | Dirk Oosterveer | | Haagsche | 158 | 6 strokes | |
| 1918 | Florent Gevers (a) | | Doornsche | 159 | 1 stroke | |
| 1917 | Jacob Oosterveer | | Haagsche | 160 | 2 strokes | van Krimpen (a) |
| 1916 | Charles Bryce (a) | | Noordwijkse | 166 | 7 strokes | van Krimpen (a) |
| 1915 | Gerry del Court van Krimpen (a) | | Haagsche | 152 | 12 strokes | |
| 1913–14: No tournament | ||||||
| 1912 | George Pannell | | Haagsche | 158 | 1 stroke | |
In 1920 Burrows won the 36-hole playoff by 5 strokes, 146 to 151. In 1954 Grappasonni and de Wit were tied at 154 after a 36-hole playoff. Grappasonni won the first extra hole. In 1955 Angelini beat de Wit in a 36-hole playoff, 142 to 143. In 1965 Miguel beat Benito at the first extra hole. In 1968 Shaw dropped out at the second extra hole and Cockin won on the third extra hole. In 1989 Olazábal beat Rafferty at the 9th hole of the sudden-death playoff. Olazábal had a double-bogey 6 while Rafferty took a triple-bogey 7. Chapman had dropped out of the playoff at the first extra hole after a bogey 5. In 1992 Langer beat Brand at the second extra hole. In 2001 Langer beat Bennett at the first extra hole after Bennett took a bogey 5. In 2006 Dyson beat Green at the first playoff hole with a birdie 3. In 2009 Dyson beat Hedblom and Lawrie at the first playoff hole with a birdie. In 2013 Luiten beat Jiménez with a par 4 on first extra hole.
In 1915 Burrows and Kettley contested a 36-hole playoff to determine who would be the professional champion. Burrows won, scoring 155 to Kettley's 168, and also took the first prize of ƒ100 (about £8).