Egyptian Open

{{Short description|National open golf tournament of Egypt}}

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{{Infobox golf tournament

| name = Egyptian Open

| image =

| location = Cairo, Egypt

| establishment = 1921

| course = Mirage City Golf Club

| par = 72

| yardage = {{convert|7108|yd|m}}

| tour = Challenge Tour

| format = Stroke play

| purse = {{currency|250,000|EUR}}

| month_played = October

| final_year = 2010

| aggregate =

| to-par =

| final_champion = {{flagicon|CHL}} Mark Tullo

| map = Egypt

| map_label = Mirage City GC

| map_caption = Location in Egypt

| map_relief = yes

| map_label_position =

| map_size = 200

| coordinates = {{coord|30.070|31.435}}

}}

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.{{cite news |url=http://www.arabnews.com/?page=8§ion=0&article=127592 |title=Montgomerie set for 2009 Egyptian Open debut |newspaper=Arab News |date=20 October 2009 |accessdate=2010-02-07}} During the early 1950s, it was contested by many of the world's leading golfers, with winners including Bobby Locke and Bernard Hunt.{{cite journal |url=http://www.saudiaramcoworld.com/issue/197207/golf.in.the.arab.world-the.courses.htm |title=Golf In The Arab World; The Courses |journal=Sports in the Arab World |pages=18–21 |volume=23 |issue=7 |year=1972 |first=Dick |last=Severino |accessdate=2010-02-07}}{{cite journal |url=http://www.saudiaramcoworld.com/issue/197207/golf.in.the.arab.world-the.players.htm |title=Golf In The Arab World; The Players |journal=Sports in the Arab World |pages=22–23 |volume=23 |issue=7 |year=1972 |first=Dick |last=Severino |accessdate=2010-02-07}}

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. 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.{{cite news |url=http://weekly.ahram.org.eg/2009/972/sp1.htm |title=It's no mirage |newspaper=Al-Ahram Weekly |first=William |last=McKee |issue=972 |date=12–18 November 2009 |accessdate=2010-02-07 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20091123094553/http://weekly.ahram.org.eg/2009/972/sp1.htm |archivedate=2009-11-23 }}

The Challenge Tour last visited Egypt in 2004 for the Al Ahram-Jolie Ville Sharm El Sheikh Challenge.