The Moroccan Open was a professional golf tournament on the European Tour which was first held in 1987.[1] Having been cancelled in 1988,[2] it returned to the schedule in 1992 and was held annually until 2001. This was the second European Tour event in North Africa after the Tunisian Open,[1] but the tour eventually left North Africa to focus its global expansion on the established golf markets of South Africa and Australasia and the major growth region of Asia.
| Tournament information | |
|---|---|
| Location | Rabat, Morocco |
| Established | 1987 |
| Course(s) | Royal Golf Dar Es Salam |
| Par | 73 |
| Length | 7,359 yards (6,729 m) |
| Tour(s) | European Tour |
| Format | Stroke play |
| Prize fund | €650,000 |
| Month played | April |
| Final year | 2001 |
| Tournament record score | |
| Aggregate | 266 Jamie Spence (2000) |
| To par | −22 as above |
| Final champion | |
 Ian Poulter | |
| Location map | |
  Royal Golf Dar Es Salam Location in Morocco | |
There were several different host courses for the Moroccan Open. In 2001, the prize fund was €651,337, which was one of the smallest on the tour that year.[3]
Winners
edit| Year | Winner | Score | To par | Margin of victory |
Runner(s)-up | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Moroccan Open | ||||||
| 2001 | Ian Poulter |
277 | −15 | 2 strokes | David Lynn
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| Moroccan Open Méditel | ||||||
| 2000 | Jamie Spence |
266 | −22 | 4 strokes |  Sébastien Delagrange Thomas Levet Ian Poulter
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| Moroccan Open | ||||||
| 1999 |  Miguel Ángel Martín |
276 | −12 | Playoff |  David Park
| |
| 1998 |  Stephen Leaney |
271 | −17 | 8 strokes |  Robert Karlsson
| |
| 1997 |  Clinton Whitelaw |
277 | −11 | 2 strokes | Roger Chapman Darren Cole Wayne Riley
| |
| 1996 | Peter Hedblom |
281 | −7 | 1 stroke |  Eduardo Romero
| |
| 1995 | Mark James |
275 | −13 | 1 stroke | David Gilford
| |
| 1994 | Anders Forsbrand |
276 | −12 | 4 strokes | Howard Clark
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| 1993 | David Gilford (2) |
279 | −9 | 1 stroke |  Stephen Ames Jamie Spence
| |
| 1992 | David Gilford |
287 | −1 | Playoff | Robert Karlsson
| |
| 1989–1991: No tournament | ||||||
| 1988 | Cancelled | |||||
| 1987 | Howard Clark |
284 | −8 | 3 strokes | Mark James
| |
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ a b "PGA's road to Morocco". The Guardian. London, England. 16 December 1986. p. 27. Retrieved 27 May 2020 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Sport in brief | Open closed". The Times. 12 September 1988. p. 38. Retrieved 26 May 2020 – via The Times Digital Archive.
- ^ "2001 European Tour schedule".
External links
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