The Madrid Open was an annual men's golf tournament which was held in and around the Spanish capital Madrid from 1968 to 2007, apart from a seven-year gap from 1994 to 2000.

Open de Madrid Valle Romano
Tournament information
LocationMadrid, Spain
Established1968
Course(s)Real Sociedad Hípica Española Club de Campo
Par72
Length7,162 yards (6,549 m)
Tour(s)European Tour
FormatStroke play
Prize fund900,000
Month playedOctober
Final year2007
Tournament record score
Aggregate261 Raphaël Jacquelin (2005)
To par−23 as above
Final champion
Denmark Mads Vibe-Hastrup
Location map
Real Sociedad Hípica Española Club de Campo is located in Spain
Real Sociedad Hípica Española Club de Campo
Real Sociedad Hípica Española Club de Campo
Location in Spain
Real Sociedad Hípica Española Club de Campo is located in Community of Madrid
Real Sociedad Hípica Española Club de Campo
Real Sociedad Hípica Española Club de Campo
Location in the Community of Madrid

It was an official money event on the European Tour since the tour's first official season in 1972 until 2007. Spain was the only country other than the UK which hosted more than one event in 1972, the other tournament in the country being the Spanish Open.

The tournament has had several sponsored names over the years. In 2006 the tournament moved to a new slot and was played the same September week as the 16-man HSBC World Match Play Championship. The 2006 prize fund was €1 million, which is one of the smaller purses on the European Tour. In 2007, the event moved to October, but it was once again be an alternate event to the HSBC World Match Play Championship, which was also rescheduled. It was dropped from the 2008 schedule, with a new tournament named the Madrid Masters taking its place.

Winners

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Year Winner Score To par Margin of
victory
Runner(s)-up Purse () Winner's
share (€)
Ref.
Open de Madrid Valle Romano
2007   Mads Vibe-Hastrup 272 −16 3 strokes   Alejandro Cañizares 900,000 150,000
XXXII Banco Madrid Valle Romano Open de Madrid Golf Masters
2006   Ian Poulter 266 −22 5 strokes   Ignacio Garrido 1,008,955 166,660
Open de Madrid
2005   Raphaël Jacquelin 261 −23 3 strokes   Paul Lawrie 1,005,982 166,660
2004   Richard Sterne 266 −18 1 stroke   Anders Hansen 1,013,392 166,660
Telefónica Open de Madrid
2003   Ricardo González 270 −14 1 stroke   Paul Casey
  Pádraig Harrington
  Nick O'Hern
  Mårten Olander
1,400,000 233,330
2002   Steen Tinning 265 −19 1 stroke   Andrew Coltart
  Brian Davis
  Adam Scott
1,416,716 233,330
2001   Retief Goosen 264 −20 Playoff   Steve Webster 1,404,197 233,330
Madrid Open
1995−2000: No tournament
1994 Cancelled
1993   Des Smyth 272 −16 3 strokes   Domingo Hospital
  José Rivero
  Mark Roe
  Wayne Westner
560,000 93,324
Iberia Madrid Open
1992   David Feherty 272 −16 4 strokes   Mark McNulty 568,274 93,324
Madrid Open
1991   Andrew Sherborne 272 −16 1 stroke   Miguel Ángel Martín 386,151 64,155
Cepsa Madrid Open
1990   Bernhard Langer 270 −18 1 stroke   Rodger Davis 385,000 64,155
1989   Seve Ballesteros (3) 272 −16 1 stroke   Howard Clark 317,734 52,500
1988   Derrick Cooper 275 −13 1 stroke   Miguel Ángel Martín
  Manuel Piñero
282,419 46,662
1987   Ian Woosnam 269 −19 3 strokes   Wayne Grady 231,000 38,500
1986   Howard Clark (2) 274 −14 1 stroke   Seve Ballesteros 168,333 28,000
1985   Manuel Piñero (2) 278 −10 Playoff   José María Cañizares 136,989 22,670
1984   Howard Clark 274 −14 3 strokes   José María Cañizares 118,949 19,864
1983   Sandy Lyle 285 −3 2 strokes   Gordon J. Brand 78,508 12,959
1982   Seve Ballesteros (2) 273 −15 1 stroke   José María Cañizares 60,245 10,006
Madrid Open
1981   Manuel Piñero 279 −9 5 strokes   Des Smyth 48,124 8,021
1980   Seve Ballesteros 270 −18 3 strokes   Manuel Piñero 42,579 7,165
1979   Simon Hobday 285 −3 2 strokes   Francisco Abreu
  Gordon J. Brand
  Tienie Britz
45,509 7,721
1978   Howard Clark 282 −6 2 strokes   José María Cañizares 27,551 5,695
1977   Antonio Garrido 278 −10 3 strokes   Francisco Abreu 29,113 4,619
1976   Francisco Abreu 275 −13 9 strokes   Antonio Garrido 25,445 4,053
1975   Bob Shearer 135 −9 3 strokes   Dale Hayes
  Norman Wood
23,631 3,805
1974   Manuel Piñero 283 −5 Playoff   Valentín Barrios 21,184 3,500
1973   Germán Garrido (2) 287 −1 1 stroke   Emilio Perera 18,522 3,374 [1]
1972   Jimmy Kinsella 283 −5 1 stroke   José María Cañizares [2]
1971   Valentín Barrios 285 −3 2 strokes   Antonio Garrido
  Tomas Lopez
[3]
1970   Manuel Cabrera 286 −2 2 strokes   Neil Coles [4]
1969   Ramón Sota 278 −10 8 strokes 3,750 [5]
1968   Germán Garrido 279 −9 [6]

References

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  1. ^ "Garrido wins". The Glasgow Herald. Glasgow, United Kingdom. 2 April 1973. p. 5. Retrieved 24 November 2023 – via Google News Archive.
  2. ^ "Kinsella wins Madrid Open". The Glasgow Herald. 24 April 1972. p. 5. Retrieved 24 November 2023 – via Google News Archive.
  3. ^ "Valentine's Golf Day". St. Petersburg Times. 26 April 1971. p. 2C. Retrieved 24 November 2023 – via Google News Archive.
  4. ^ "Coles overtaken". Glasgow Herald. 20 April 1970. p. 4. Retrieved 25 November 2023 – via Google News Archive.
  5. ^ "Home player wins tournament". Glasgow Herald. 20 October 1969. p. 4. Retrieved 25 November 2023 – via Google News Archive.
  6. ^ "Tournaments, Madrid Open". Where2golf. Retrieved 25 November 2023.
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