Egyptian Open

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]

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
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

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

Sources:[5][6][7]

References

  1. "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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