European Open (golf)

Porsche European Open
Tournament information
Location Winsen, Germany
Established 1978
Course(s) Green Eagle Golf Courses
(North Course)
Par 72
Length 7,603 yards (6,952 m)
Tour(s) European Tour
Format Stroke play
Prize fund US$2,000,000
Month played June
Tournament record score
Aggregate 260 Ian Woosnam (1988)
To par −21 Per-Ulrik Johansson (1997)
Current champion
Tom McKibbin
Location Map
Green Eagle is located in Germany
Green Eagle
Green Eagle
Location in Germany
Green Eagle is located in Lower Saxony
Green Eagle
Green Eagle
Location in Lower Saxony

The European Open is a European Tour golf tournament. Founded in 1978, up to 1994 it was played at various courses in England, including Sunningdale and Walton Heath, except for the 1979 event, which was held at Turnberry in Scotland. Between 1995 and 2007 the tournament was held at the K Club in Straffan, Ireland, before moving again in 2008, this time to the Jack Nicklaus-designed Heritage course at the London Golf Club near Sevenoaks, Kent, England. After a five-year hiatus, the event returned to the European Tour schedule in 2015, now played in Germany.

Venues

Venue Location First Last Times
Walton Heath Golf Club Surrey, England 1978 1991 5
Turnberry South Ayrshire, Scotland 1979 1979 1
Royal Liverpool Golf Club Wirral, England 1981 1981 1
Sunningdale Golf Club (Old Course) Berkshire, England 1982 1992 8
East Sussex National Golf Club Uckfield, England 1993 1994 2
The K Club Straffan, Ireland 1995 2007 13
London Golf Club Kent, England 2008 2009 2
Golf Resort Bad Griesbach Bad Griesbach, Germany 2015 2016 2
Green Eagle Golf Courses (North Course) Winsen, Germany 2017 2023 6

Winners

Year Winner Score To par Margin of
victory
Runner(s)-up Venue
Porsche European Open
2023 Tom McKibbin 283 −9 2 strokes Julien Guerrier
Maximilian Kieffer
Marcel Siem
Green Eagle
2022 Kalle Samooja 282 −6 2 strokes Wil Besseling Green Eagle
2021 Marcus Armitage 208 −8 2 strokes Thomas Detry
Edoardo Molinari
Matthew Southgate
Darius van Driel
Green Eagle
2020 Cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic
2019 Paul Casey 274 −14 1 stroke Robert MacIntyre
Bernd Ritthammer
Matthias Schwab
Green Eagle
2018 Richard McEvoy 277 −11 1 stroke Christofer Blomstrand
Allen John (a)
Renato Paratore
Green Eagle
2017 Jordan Smith 275 −13 Playoff Alexander Lévy Green Eagle
2016 Alexander Lévy 194 −19 Playoff Ross Fisher Bad Griesbach
2015 Thongchai Jaidee 267 −17 1 stroke Graeme Storm Bad Griesbach
European Open
2010–2014: No tournament
2009 Christian Cévaër 281 −7 1 stroke Gary Orr
Álvaro Quirós
Steve Webster
London
2008 Ross Fisher 268 −20 7 strokes Sergio García London
Smurfit Kappa European Open
2007 Colin Montgomerie 269 −11 1 stroke Niclas Fasth The K Club
2006 Stephen Dodd 279 −9 2 strokes José Manuel Lara
Anthony Wall
The K Club
Smurfit European Open
2005 Kenneth Ferrie 285 −3 2 strokes Colin Montgomerie
Graeme Storm
The K Club
2004 Retief Goosen 275 −13 5 strokes Richard Green
Peter O'Malley
Lee Westwood
The K Club
2003 Phillip Price 272 −16 1 stroke Alastair Forsyth
Mark McNulty
The K Club
2002 Michael Campbell 282 −6 1 stroke Bradley Dredge
Retief Goosen
Pádraig Harrington
Paul Lawrie
The K Club
2001 Darren Clarke 273 −15 3 strokes Thomas Bjørn
Pádraig Harrington
Ian Woosnam
The K Club
2000 Lee Westwood (2) 276 −12 1 stroke Ángel Cabrera The K Club
1999 Lee Westwood 271 −17 3 strokes Darren Clarke
Peter O'Malley
The K Club
1998 Mathias Grönberg 275 −13 10 strokes Miguel Ángel Jiménez
Phillip Price
The K Club
1997 Per-Ulrik Johansson (2) 267 −21 6 strokes Peter Baker The K Club
1996 Per-Ulrik Johansson 277 −11 1 stroke Costantino Rocca The K Club
1995 Bernhard Langer (2) 280 −8 Playoff Barry Lane The K Club
European Open
1994 David Gilford 275 −13 5 strokes José María Olazábal
Costantino Rocca
East Sussex National
GA European Open
1993 Gordon Brand Jnr (2) 275 −13 7 strokes Phillip Price
Ronan Rafferty
East Sussex National
1992 Nick Faldo 262 −18 3 strokes Robert Karlsson Sunningdale
1991 Mike Harwood 277 −11 2 strokes Sandy Lyle Walton Heath
Panasonic European Open
1990 Peter Senior 267 −13 1 stroke Ian Woosnam Sunningdale
1989 Andrew Murray 277 −11 1 stroke Frank Nobilo Walton Heath
1988 Ian Woosnam 260 −20 3 strokes Nick Faldo Sunningdale
1987 Paul Way 279 −9 2 strokes John Bland
Gordon Brand Jnr
Walton Heath
1986 Greg Norman 269 −11 Playoff Ken Brown Sunningdale
1985 Bernhard Langer 269 −11 3 strokes John O'Leary Sunningdale
1984 Gordon Brand Jnr 270 −10 3 strokes Seve Ballesteros
Noel Ratcliffe
Sunningdale
1983 Isao Aoki 274 −6 2 strokes Seve Ballesteros
Nick Faldo
Carl Mason
Sunningdale
European Open Championship
1982 Manuel Piñero 266 −14 2 strokes Sam Torrance Sunningdale
Dixcel Tissues European Open
1981 Graham Marsh 275 −13 2 strokes Seve Ballesteros Royal Liverpool
European Open Championship
1980 Tom Kite 284 −8 1 stroke Lon Hinkle
Leonard Thompson
Walton Heath
1979 Sandy Lyle 275 −9 7 strokes Dale Hayes
Peter Townsend
Turnberry
1978 Bobby Wadkins 283 −5 Playoff Bernard Gallacher
Gil Morgan
Walton Heath