Aa St Omer Open
Encyclopedia
The Saint-Omer Open is an annual men's professional golf
tournament which played at Saint-Omer Golf Club in Saint-Omer
, France
. The tournament was founded in 1997 and was part of the MasterCard Tour
a year later, before taking its place on the Challenge Tour
for the 2000 season. In 2003 it also became an official money event on the European Tour
, but since it is played during the same week as the U.S. Open
, one of golf's four major championships
, the Tour's leading players are not available to play and as such, it has the smallest purse available on the European Tour.
Golf
Golf is a precision club and ball sport, in which competing players use many types of clubs to hit balls into a series of holes on a golf course using the fewest number of strokes....
tournament which played at Saint-Omer Golf Club in Saint-Omer
Saint-Omer
Saint-Omer , a commune and sub-prefecture of the Pas-de-Calais department west-northwest of Lille on the railway to Calais. The town is named after Saint Audomar, who brought Christianity to the area....
, France
France
The French Republic , The French Republic , The French Republic , (commonly known as France , is a unitary semi-presidential republic in Western Europe with several overseas territories and islands located on other continents and in the Indian, Pacific, and Atlantic oceans. Metropolitan France...
. The tournament was founded in 1997 and was part of the MasterCard Tour
PGA EuroPro Tour
The PGA EuroPro Tour is a men's developmental professional golf tour. It was created in 2002 by the merger of two older development tours, the EuroPro Tour and the PGA Mastercard Tour. It is based mainly in the United Kingdom, with a few events in other countries...
a year later, before taking its place on the Challenge Tour
Challenge Tour
The Challenge Tour is the second tier men's professional golf tour in Europe. It is operated by the PGA European Tour and as with on the main European Tour and the European Seniors Tour, some of the events are played outside of Europe...
for the 2000 season. In 2003 it also became an official money event on the European Tour
PGA European Tour
The PGA European Tour is an organization which operates the three leading men's professional golf tours in Europe: the elite European Tour, the European Seniors Tour and the developmental Challenge Tour. Its headquarters are at Wentworth Club in Virginia Water, Surrey, England...
, but since it is played during the same week as the U.S. Open
U.S. Open (golf)
The United States Open Championship, commonly known as the U.S. Open, is the annual open golf tournament of the United States. It is the second of the four major championships in golf, and is on the official schedule of both the PGA Tour and the European Tour...
, one of golf's four major championships
Men's major golf championships
The men's major golf championships, commonly known as the Major Championships, and often referred to simply as the majors, are the four most prestigious annual tournaments in professional golf...
, the Tour's leading players are not available to play and as such, it has the smallest purse available on the European Tour.
Winners
| Year | Winner | Score |
|---|---|---|
| Saint-Omer Open presented by Neuflize OBC | ||
| 2011 |  Matthew ZionsMatthew Zions Matthew Zions is an Australian professional golfer.Zions was born in Gosford, Australia. He grew up on the New South Wales mid-north coast. He played out of the Kempsey Golf Club. He moved to the United States and played college golf at the University of Colorado... |
276 (−8) |
| 2010 |  Martin WiegeleMartin Wiegele Martin Wiegele is a Austrian professional golfer.Wiegele was born in Graz. He turned professional in 2003 when he joined the second tier Challenge Tour. He enjoyed some success during his first season finishing fourth on the end of season rankings to graduate to the top level European Tour for 2004... |
277 (−7) |
| Saint-Omer Open | ||
| 2009 |  Christian NilssonChristian Nilsson -Professional career:Nilsson was born in Karlstad, Sweden. He turned professional in 1999 with a plus 3 handicap. Nilsson played on the Challenge Tour full time since 2004, playing few events before then. His first event on the European Tour was the 2005 Open Championship where he missed the cut.... |
271 (−13) |
| 2008 |  David DixonDavid Dixon (golfer) David Dixon is an English professional golfer.Dixon was born in Bridgwater, Somerset, England. He turned professional in 2001.... |
279 (−5) |
| Open de Saint-Omer | ||
| 2007 |  Carl SunesonCarl Suneson Carl José Suneson is a Spanish professional golfer.Suneson was born in Las Palmas, Gran Canaria to a Swedish father and an English mother. He represented England in amateur competition, and attended Oklahoma State University in the United States, but in 1996 he took Spanish citizenship.Suneson... |
276 (−8) |
| Aa St Omer Open | ||
| 2006 |  César MonasterioCesar Monasterio César Omar Monasterio is an Argentine professional golfer.Monasterio was born in Tucumán. He turned professional in 1990.... |
274 (−10) |
| 2005 | Joakim Bäckström Joakim Bäckström Joakim Bäckström is a Swedish professional golfer.Bäckström was born in Umeå. He turned professional in 1999.Having failed to win a place on the European Tour in 2000, Bäckström spent his early career in Sweden on the Telia Tour, where he won the 2001 Gula Sidorna Grand Open and the 2002 Sunbyholm... |
280 (−4)PO |
| 2004 |  Philippe Lima |
279 (−5) |
| 2003 | Brett Rumford Brett Rumford Brett Michael Rumford is an Australian professional golfer.Rumford was born and grew up in Perth, Western Australia. He started playing golf at age ten, quickly showing a natural hand–eye coordination which translated to a well-respected short game... |
269 (−15) |
| 2002 |  Nicolas VanhootegemNicolas Vanhootegem Nicolas Vanhootegem is a Belgian professional golfer.Vanhootegem was born in Brussels. He won several tournaments as an amateur, including the Welsh Open Stroke Play, and turned professional in 1994... |
277 (−7) |
| 2001 | Sébastien Delagrange Sebastien Delagrange Sébastien Delagrange is a French professional golfer.Delagrange was born in Paris. He turned professional in 1995 and has spent his career fluctuating between European Tour status and playing on the second tier Challenge Tour... |
272 (−20) |
| 2000 | Pascal Edmond Pascal Edmond Pascal Edmond is a French professional golfer.Edmond was born in Paris, and turned professional in 1991. His brother Olivier is also a professional golfer.... |
274 (−18) |
| 1999 |  Alastair ForsythAlastair Forsyth -Amateur career:Forsyth was born in Glasgow, Scotland. He was a member of a winning Great Britain & Ireland Jacques Léglise Trophy team in 1994 and he won the 1996 Scottish Amateur Stroke Play Championship.-Professional career:Forsyth turned professional in 1998... |
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| 1998 | Shaun Webster |
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| 1997 | Cédric Hoffstetter |
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