The Abama Open de Canarias was a golf

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 tournament on the European

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 and Challenge Tour

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s which was only played in 2005, and was last of four dual ranking events that year. It was held at the Abama Golf Club in Tenerife

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, Spain

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, during the same week in October as the WGC-American Express Championship.

England

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's John Bickerton

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 won the event, his first win on the European Tour, and collected the €

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75,000 (£51,104) first prize. The total prize fund was towards the lower end of the scale on the European Tour, at €450,000, but was the third richest tournament on the Challenge Tour that season.

The European Tour had previously visited the Canary Islands

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 between 2002 and 2004 for the Canarias Open de España

Open de España

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, the Turespana Masters Open de Canarias

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 in 1997, and for the Turespana Open De Canaria

Turespana Open De Canaria

Turespana Open De Canaria was the final name of a European Tour golf tournament that was held six years out of seven from 1989 to 1995. It was played in the Canary Islands of Spain, usually on Tenerife...

, originally the Tenerife Open, from 1989 to 1995.

Winners

Year	Venue	Winner	Country	Score	Margin of victory	Runner(s)-up	Country	Ref
2005 2005 European Tour The 2005 European Tour was the 34th golf season since the European Tour officially began in 1972. The 2005 season consisted of 47 official money events, which was a new record total. This included four major championships and three World Golf Championships, which were also sanctioned by the PGA Tour...	Abama Golf Club	John Bickerton John Bickerton John Edward Bickerton is an English golfer.Bickerton was born in Redditch, England. He turned professional in 1991....		274 (−10)	5 strokes	Michael Kirk
						Stuart Little

External links

• Coverage on the European Tour's official site