Moroccan Open
{{Infobox golf tournament
| name =
| image =
| 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
| map_label_position =
| map_size = 200
| coordinates = {{coord|33.917|-6.831}}
}}
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 | |||||
colspan=7|Moroccan Open | |||||
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2001 | {{flagicon|ENG}} Ian Poulter | align=center|277 | align=center|−15 | 2 strokes | {{flagicon|ENG}} David Lynn |
colspan=7|Moroccan Open Méditel | |||||
2000 | {{flagicon|ENG}} Jamie Spence | align=center|266 | align=center|−22 | 4 strokes | {{flagicon|FRA}} Sébastien Delagrange {{flagicon|FRA}} Thomas Levet {{flagicon|ENG}} Ian Poulter |
colspan=7|Moroccan Open | |||||
1999 | {{flagicon|ESP}} Miguel Ángel Martín | align=center|276 | align=center|−12 | Playoff | {{flagicon|WAL}} David Park |
1998 | {{flagicon|AUS}} Stephen Leaney | align=center|271 | align=center|−17 | 8 strokes | {{flagicon|SWE}} Robert Karlsson |
1997 | {{flagicon|ZAF}} Clinton Whitelaw | align=center|277 | align=center|−11 | 2 strokes | {{flagicon|ENG}} Roger Chapman {{flagicon|AUS}} Darren Cole {{flagicon|AUS}} Wayne Riley |
1996 | {{flagicon|SWE}} Peter Hedblom | align=center|281 | align=center|−7 | 1 stroke | {{flagicon|ARG}} Eduardo Romero |
1995 | {{flagicon|ENG}} Mark James | align=center|275 | align=center|−13 | 1 stroke | {{flagicon|ENG}} David Gilford |
1994 | {{flagicon|SWE}} Anders Forsbrand | align=center|276 | align=center|−12 | 4 strokes | {{flagicon|ENG}} Howard Clark |
1993 | {{flagicon|ENG}} David Gilford (2) | align=center|279 | align=center|−9 | 1 stroke | {{flagicon|TTO}} Stephen Ames {{flagicon|ENG}} Jamie Spence |
1992 | {{flagicon|ENG}} David Gilford | align=center|287 | align=center|−1 | Playoff | {{flagicon|SWE}} Robert Karlsson |
colspan=6 align=center|1989–1991: No tournament | |||||
1988 | colspan=6 align=center|Cancelled | ||||
1987 | {{flagicon|ENG}} Howard Clark | align=center|284 | align=center|−8 | 3 strokes | {{flagicon|ENG}} Mark James |
See also
References
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External links
- [http://www.europeantour.com/europeantour/season=2001/tournamentid=2001016/history/index.html Coverage on the European Tour's official site]
{{Former European Tour Events}}
Category:Former European Tour events
Category:Golf tournaments in Morocco
Category:Defunct sports competitions in Morocco
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