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]
| Tournament information | |
|---|---|
| Location | Cairo, Egypt |
| Established | 1921 |
| Course(s) | Mirage City Golf Club |
| Par | 72 |
| Length | 7,108 yards (6,500 m) |
| Tour(s) | Challenge Tour |
| Format | Stroke play |
| Prize fund | €250,000 |
| Month played | October |
| Final year | 2010 |
| Final champion | |
 Mark Tullo | |
| Location map | |
  Mirage City GC Location in Egypt | |
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 edit
| Year | Tour[a] | Winner | Score | Margin of victory |
Runner(s)-up | Venue | Ref. |
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| 2010 | CHA | Mark Tullo |
275 | 1 stroke |  Floris de Vries George Murray |
Mirage City | |
| 2009 |  Steven Tiley |
275 | 4 strokes |  Thorbjørn Olesen |
Mirage City | [5] | |
| 2008 |  Amr Abu El Ela (12) |
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| 2007 |  Calle Carlsson (2) |
Dreamland | |||||
| 2006 | Ayman Mahmoud |
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| 2005 | Calle Carlsson |
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| 2004 | Amr Abu El Ela (11) |
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| 2003 | Amr Zaki |
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| 2002 | Amr Abu El Ela (10) |
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| 2001 | Amr Abu El Ela (9) |
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| 2000: No tournament | |||||||
| 1999 | Amr Abu El Ela (8) |
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| 1998 | Amr Abu El Ela (7) |
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| 1997 | Amr Abu El Ela (6) |
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| 1995–96: No tournament | |||||||
| 1994 | Amr Abu El Ela (5) |
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| 1993 | Raouf Mahrous |
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| 1992 | Amr Abu El Ela (4) |
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| 1991 | Amr Abu El Ela (3) |
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| 1990 | Amr Abu El Ela (2) |
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| 1989 | Amr Abu El Ela |
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| 1988 | Ramy Taher (3) |
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| 1987 | Mohamed Said Moussa (23) |
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| 1986 | Mohamed Said Moussa (22) |
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| 1985 | Abdel Halim Kahoul (2) |
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| 1984 |  Ramy Taher (2) |
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| 1983 | Ramy Taher |
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| 1982 | Mohamed Said Moussa (21) |
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| 1981 | Mohamed Said Moussa (20) |
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| 1980 | Mohamed Said Moussa (19) |
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| 1979 | Mohamed Said Moussa (18) |
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| 1978 | Mohamed Said Moussa (17) |
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| 1977 | Mohamed Said Moussa (16) |
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| 1976 | Mohamed Said Moussa (15) |
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| 1975 | Mohamed Said Moussa (14) |
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| 1974 | Mohamed Said Moussa (13) |
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| 1973 | Mohamed Said Moussa (12) |
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| 1972 | Mohamed Said Moussa (11) |
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| 1971 |  Mohamed Said Moussa (10) |
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| 1970 | Mohamed Said Moussa (9) |
276 | Alexandria | ||||
| 1969 | Mohamed Said Moussa (8) |
285 | |||||
| 1968 | Cherif El-Sayed Cherif (2) |
269 | Alexandria | ||||
| 1967 | Abdel Halim Kahoul (2) |
281 | Alexandria | ||||
| 1966 | Mohamed Said Moussa (7) |
274 | Alexandria | ||||
| 1965 | Mohamed Said Moussa (6) |
284 | Alexandria | ||||
| 1964 | Mohamed Said Moussa (5) |
276 | Alexandria | ||||
| 1963 | Abdel Halim Kahoul |
280 | Alexandria | ||||
| 1962 | Mohamed Said Moussa (4) |
282 | Alexandria | ||||
| 1961 | Mohamed Said Moussa (3) |
282 | Alexandria | ||||
| 1960 | Mohamed Said Moussa (2) |
286 | Heliopolis | ||||
| 1959 | Cherif El-Sayed Cherif |
289 | Alexandria | ||||
| 1958 | Mohamed Said Moussa |
Heliopolis | |||||
| 1957: No tournament | |||||||
| 1956 | Bernard Hunt |
281 | 1 stroke |  Bobby Locke |
Cairo | [6] | |
| 1955 |  Khattab Hassan (3) |
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| 1954 | Bobby Locke |
274 | 15 strokes |  Dai Rees |
Cairo | [7] | |
| 1953 | Naaman Aly |
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| 1952 | Hassan Hassanein (4) |
Cairo | |||||
| 1951 | Hassan Hassanein (3) |
283 | Cairo | ||||
| 1950 | Hassan Hassanein (2) |
276 | Alexandria | ||||
| 1949 | Hassan Hassanein |
284 | Cairo | ||||
| 1948 | Khattab Hassan (2) |
280 | Alexandria | ||||
| 1947 | Khattab Hassan |
309 | Smouha | ||||
| 1946 | John Plant (a) |
303 | Cairo | ||||
| 1945 | James Wynne (4) |
305 | Cairo | ||||
| 1940–1944: No tournament | |||||||
| 1939 | Mike Gardner (a) |
305 | New Sports Club | [8] | |||
| 1938 | Ralph Moffitt (7) |
302 | 4 strokes | F. T. Haddock (a) |
Alexandria | ||
| 1937 | James Wynne (3) |
297 | Playoff | Ralph Moffitt |
Cairo | ||
| 1936 | James Wynne (2) |
297 | 10 strokes | Alexandria | |||
| 1935 | Ralph Moffitt (6) |
297 | Cairo | ||||
| 1934 | James Wynne |
297 | Alexandria | ||||
| 1933 | Ralph Moffitt (5) |
287 | Cairo | ||||
| 1932 | Ralph Moffitt (4) |
289 | Cairo | ||||
| 1931 |  P. D. Miller (a) |
287 | Cairo | ||||
| 1930 | Ralph Moffitt (3) |
298 | Alexandria | ||||
| 1929 | Ralph Moffitt (2) |
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| 1928 | Ralph Moffitt |
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| 1927 | F. H. Hayward (a) |
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| 1926 | J. G. Kerr |
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| 1925 | M. W. J. Hime (a) |
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| 1924 | P. A. Wood |
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| 1923 | T. L. C. Heald (a) |
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| 1922 | Edmund Forrest |
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| 1921 | G. R. Kinder (a) |
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Notes edit
- ^ CHA − Challenge Tour.
References edit
- ^ a b "Montgomerie set for 2009 Egyptian Open debut". Arab News. 20 October 2009. Retrieved 7 February 2010.
- ^ Severino, Dick (1972). "Golf In The Arab World; The Courses". Sports in the Arab World. 23 (7): 18–21. Retrieved 7 February 2010.
- ^ Severino, Dick (1972). "Golf In The Arab World; The Players". Sports in the Arab World. 23 (7): 22–23. Retrieved 7 February 2010.
- ^ McKee, William (12–18 November 2009). "It's no mirage". Al-Ahram Weekly. No. 972. Archived from the original on 23 November 2009. Retrieved 7 February 2010.
- ^ "Tiptop Tiley Bags Egyptian Open Golf Title In Style". Arab News. 9 November 2009. Retrieved 4 March 2024.
- ^ "Egyptian title for Hunt". The Glasgow Herald. 2 April 1956. Retrieved 9 February 2011.
- ^ "Locke is winner by wide margin". Spokane Daily Chronicle. 5 April 1954. Retrieved 15 February 2011.
- ^ "Newcomer wins Open Championship - M.R. Gardner new champion". Egyptian Mail. 1 February 1939.
- ^ "Past Winners". Egyptian Golf Open. Egyptian Golf Federation. Archived from the original on 31 March 2012.
- ^ Huggins, Percy, ed. (1973). The Golfer's Handbook. p. 167.