Egyptian Open
Tournament information
LocationCairo, Egypt
Established1921
Course(s)Mirage City Golf Club
Par72
Length7,108 yards (6,500 m)
Tour(s)Challenge Tour
FormatStroke play
Prize fund250,000
Month playedOctober
Final year2010
Tournament record score
Aggregate275 Steven Tiley (2009)
275 Mark Tullo (2010)
To par−13 as above
Final champion
Chile Mark Tullo
Location Map
Mirage City GC is located in Egypt
Mirage City GC
Mirage City GC
Location in Egypt

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]

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

YearTour[lower-alpha 1]WinnerScoreTo parMargin of
victory
Runner(s)-up
2010CHAChile Mark Tullo275−131 strokeNetherlands Floris de Vries
Scotland George Murray
2009England Steven Tiley275−134 strokesDenmark Thorbjørn Olesen
2008Egypt Amr Abu El Ela (12)
2007Sweden Calle Carlsson (2)
2006Egypt Ayman Mahmoud
2005Sweden Calle Carlsson
2004Egypt Amr Abu El Ela (11)
2003Egypt Amr Zaki
2002Egypt Amr Abu El Ela (10)
2001Egypt Amr Abu El Ela (9)
2000: No tournament
1999Egypt Amr Abu El Ela (8)
1998Egypt Amr Abu El Ela (7)
1997Egypt Amr Abu El Ela (6)
1995–96: No tournament
1994Egypt Amr Abu El Ela (5)
1993Egypt Raouf Mahrous
1992Egypt Amr Abu El Ela (4)
1991Egypt Amr Abu El Ela (3)
1990Egypt Amr Abu El Ela (2)
1989Egypt Amr Abu El Ela
1988Egypt Ramy Taher (3)
1987Egypt Mohamed Said Moussa (24)
1986Egypt Mohamed Said Moussa (23)
1985Egypt Abdel Halim Kahoul (2)
1984Egypt Ramy Taher (2)
1983Egypt Ramy Taher
1982Egypt Mohamed Said Moussa (22)
1981Egypt Mohamed Said Moussa (21)
1980Egypt Mohamed Said Moussa (20)
1979Egypt Mohamed Said Moussa (19)
1978Egypt Mohamed Said Moussa (18)
1977Egypt Mohamed Said Moussa (17)
1976Egypt Mohamed Said Moussa (16)
1975Egypt Mohamed Said Moussa (15)
1974Egypt Mohamed Said Moussa (14)
1973Egypt Mohamed Said Moussa (13)
1972Egypt Mohamed Said Moussa (12)
1971Egypt Mohamed Said Moussa (11)
1970Egypt Mohamed Said Moussa (10)
1969Egypt Mohamed Said Moussa (9)
1968Egypt Cherif El-Sayed Cherif (2)
1967Egypt Abdel Halim Kahoul
1966Egypt Mohamed Said Moussa (8)
1965Egypt Mohamed Said Moussa (7)
1964Egypt Mohamed Said Moussa (6)
1963Egypt Mohamed Said Moussa (5)
1962Egypt Mohamed Said Moussa (4)
1961Egypt Mohamed Said Moussa (3)
1960Egypt Mohamed Said Moussa (2)
1959Egypt Cherif El-Sayed Cherif
1958Egypt Mohamed Said Moussa
1957: No tournament
1956England Bernard Hunt2811 strokeSouth Africa Bobby Locke
1955Egypt Khattab Hassan (3)
1954South Africa Bobby Locke27415 strokesWales Dai Rees
1953Egypt Naaman Aly
1952Egypt Hassan Hassanein (4)
1951Egypt Hassan Hassanein (3)
1950Egypt Hassan Hassanein (2)
1949Egypt Hassan Hassanein
1948Egypt Khattab Hassan (2)
1947Egypt Khattab Hassan
1946England John Plant (a)
1945Scotland James Wynne (4)
1940–1944: No tournament
1939England Mike Gardner (a)310
1938England Ralph Moffitt (7)
1937Scotland James Wynne (3)
1936Scotland James Wynne (2)
1935England Ralph Moffitt (6)
1934Scotland James Wynne
1933England Ralph Moffitt (5)
1932England Ralph Moffitt (4)
1931 P. D. Miller (a)
1930England Ralph Moffitt (3)
1929England Ralph Moffitt (2)
1928England Ralph Moffitt
1927 F. H. Hayward (a)
1926 J. G. Kerr
1925 M. W. J. Hime (a)
1924 P. A. Wood
1923 T. L. C. Heald (a)
1922England Edmund Forrest
1921 G. R. Kinder (a)

Sources:[5][6][7]

Notes

References

  1. 1 2 "Montgomerie set for 2009 Egyptian Open debut". Arab News. 20 October 2009. Retrieved 2010-02-07.
  2. Severino, Dick (1972). "Golf In The Arab World; The Courses". Sports in the Arab World. 23 (7): 18–21. Retrieved 2010-02-07.
  3. Severino, Dick (1972). "Golf In The Arab World; The Players". Sports in the Arab World. 23 (7): 22–23. Retrieved 2010-02-07.
  4. McKee, William (12–18 November 2009). "It's no mirage". Al-Ahram Weekly. No. 972. Archived from the original on 2009-11-23. Retrieved 2010-02-07.
  5. "Locke is winner by wide margin". Spokane Daily Chronicle. 5 April 1954. Retrieved 2011-02-15.
  6. "Egyptian title for Hunt". The Glasgow Herald. 2 April 1956. Retrieved 2011-02-09.
  7. "Newcomer wins Open Championship - M.R. Gardner new champion". Egyptian Mail. 1 February 1939.
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