Moroccan Open

{{Infobox golf tournament

| name =

| image =

| location = Rabat, Morocco

| establishment = 1987

| course = Royal Golf Dar Es Salam

| par = 73

| yardage = {{convert|7359|yd|m}}

| tour = European Tour

| format = Stroke play

| purse = {{currency|650,000|EUR}}

| month_played = April

| aggregate = 266 Jamie Spence (2000)

| to-par = −22 as above

| final_year = 2001

| final_champion = {{flagicon|ENG}} Ian Poulter

| map = Morocco

| map_label = Royal Golf Dar Es Salam

| map_caption = Location in Morocco

| map_relief = yes

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| map_size = 200

| coordinates = {{coord|33.917|-6.831}}

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The Moroccan Open was a professional golf tournament on the European Tour which was first held in 1987.{{cite news |title=PGA's road to Morocco |newspaper=The Guardian |location=London, England |date=16 December 1986 |page=27 |url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/260295190/ |via=Newspapers.com |access-date=27 May 2020 |url-access=subscription}} Having been cancelled in 1988,{{cite news |title=Sport in brief {{!}} Open closed |newspaper=The Times |date=12 September 1988 |page=38 |via=The Times Digital Archive |url=https://link.gale.com/apps/doc/IF0503209345/TTDA?u=bli_ttda&sid=TTDA&xid=ebf4828c |access-date=26 May 2020 |url-access=limited}} 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, 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.

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.{{cite web |url=http://www.europeantour.com/europeantour/tournament/Season=2001/index_full.html |title=2001 European Tour schedule}}

Winners

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!Year!!Winner!!Score!!To par!!Margin of
victory!!Runner(s)-up

colspan=7|Moroccan Open
2001{{flagicon|ENG}} Ian Poulteralign=center|277align=center|−152 strokes{{flagicon|ENG}} David Lynn
colspan=7|Moroccan Open Méditel
2000{{flagicon|ENG}} Jamie Spencealign=center|266align=center|−224 strokes{{flagicon|FRA}} Sébastien Delagrange
{{flagicon|FRA}} Thomas Levet
{{flagicon|ENG}} Ian Poulter
colspan=7|Moroccan Open
1999{{flagicon|ESP}} Miguel Ángel Martínalign=center|276align=center|−12Playoff{{flagicon|WAL}} David Park
1998{{flagicon|AUS}} Stephen Leaneyalign=center|271align=center|−178 strokes{{flagicon|SWE}} Robert Karlsson
1997{{flagicon|ZAF}} Clinton Whitelawalign=center|277align=center|−112 strokes{{flagicon|ENG}} Roger Chapman
{{flagicon|AUS}} Darren Cole
{{flagicon|AUS}} Wayne Riley
1996{{flagicon|SWE}} Peter Hedblomalign=center|281align=center|−71 stroke{{flagicon|ARG}} Eduardo Romero
1995{{flagicon|ENG}} Mark Jamesalign=center|275align=center|−131 stroke{{flagicon|ENG}} David Gilford
1994{{flagicon|SWE}} Anders Forsbrandalign=center|276align=center|−124 strokes{{flagicon|ENG}} Howard Clark
1993{{flagicon|ENG}} David Gilford (2)align=center|279align=center|−91 stroke{{flagicon|TTO}} Stephen Ames
{{flagicon|ENG}} Jamie Spence
1992{{flagicon|ENG}} David Gilfordalign=center|287align=center|−1Playoff{{flagicon|SWE}} Robert Karlsson
colspan=6 align=center|1989–1991: No tournament
1988colspan=6 align=center|Cancelled
1987{{flagicon|ENG}} Howard Clarkalign=center|284align=center|−83 strokes{{flagicon|ENG}} Mark James

See also

References

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