Barbados Open
Encyclopedia
The DGM Barbados Open is a senior (over 50s) men's professional golf
tournament played on the Caribbean
island state of Barbados
. It is currently the opening event of the season on the European Seniors Tour
and the only event on that tour that takes place in the Americas
other than two of the senior majors
staged in the United States, the Senior PGA Championship
and the U.S. Senior Open, which are primarily Champions Tour
events and not official money events on the European Seniors Tour. The PGA European Tour
organisation is based in the United Kingdom
and Barbados is a former British colony
, and is now a popular holiday resort for Britons (and others). The tournament was first played in 2000 and in 2006 it had a prize fund of €190,881, which is one of the smallest on the tour. It is hosted by the Royal Westmoreland Golf Club.
Royal Westmoreland Barbados Open
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 played on the Caribbean
Caribbean
The Caribbean is a crescent-shaped group of islands more than 2,000 miles long separating the Gulf of Mexico and the Caribbean Sea, to the west and south, from the Atlantic Ocean, to the east and north...
island state of Barbados
Barbados
Barbados is an island country in the Lesser Antilles. It is in length and as much as in width, amounting to . It is situated in the western area of the North Atlantic and 100 kilometres east of the Windward Islands and the Caribbean Sea; therein, it is about east of the islands of Saint...
. It is currently the opening event of the season on the European Seniors Tour
European Seniors Tour
The European Seniors Tour is a professional tour for male golfers aged 50 and over run by the PGA European Tour.The Tour was founded in 1992. In 2008 it had a total prize fund of €7,729,284, so it is much further behind the U.S.-based Champions Tour in relative prize money than the main European...
and the only event on that tour that takes place in the Americas
Americas
The Americas, or America , are lands in the Western hemisphere, also known as the New World. In English, the plural form the Americas is often used to refer to the landmasses of North America and South America with their associated islands and regions, while the singular form America is primarily...
other than two of the senior majors
Senior major golf championships
Men's professional senior golf is for players aged 50 and above. Golf differs from all other sports in having lucrative competitions for this age group. The leading senior tour is the U.S. based Champions Tour, which was established in 1980 . It has established a roster of five major championships...
staged in the United States, the Senior PGA Championship
Senior PGA Championship
The Senior PGA Championship is one of the five major championships in men's senior golf. It is administered by the Professional Golfers' Association of America and is recognized as a major championship by both the Champions Tour and the European Seniors Tour. It was formerly an unofficial money...
and the U.S. Senior Open, which are primarily Champions Tour
Champions Tour
The Champions Tour, a golf tour run by the PGA Tour, hosts a series of events annually in the United States and the United Kingdom for golfers 50 years of age and older. Many of the PGA Tour's most successful golfers have gone on to play on the Champions Tour.The Senior PGA Championship, founded in...
events and not official money events on the European Seniors Tour. The PGA 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...
organisation is based in the United Kingdom
United Kingdom
The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern IrelandIn the United Kingdom and Dependencies, other languages have been officially recognised as legitimate autochthonous languages under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages...
and Barbados is a former British colony
British Empire
The British Empire comprised the dominions, colonies, protectorates, mandates and other territories ruled or administered by the United Kingdom. It originated with the overseas colonies and trading posts established by England in the late 16th and early 17th centuries. At its height, it was the...
, and is now a popular holiday resort for Britons (and others). The tournament was first played in 2000 and in 2006 it had a prize fund of €190,881, which is one of the smallest on the tour. It is hosted by the Royal Westmoreland Golf Club.
Winners
DGM Barbados Open- 2009 Sam TorranceSam TorranceSam Torrance OBE is a Scottish professional golfer and sports commentator. He was one of the leading players on the European Tour from the mid 1970s to the late 1990s, with 21 Tour wins. Torrance was a member of European Ryder Cup teams on eight occasions, from 1981 to 1995 consecutively; he was...
- - 2008 Bill LongmuirBill LongmuirWilliam George Longmuir is a British professional golfer.Longmuir was born in Thundersley, Essex, England to Scottish parents. Despite having lived in England all his life, he regards himself as Scottish and is classified as such for international competition...
- - 2007 Gordon J. BrandGordon J. BrandGordon John Brand is an English professional golfer.Brand turned professional in 1976 and enjoyed full playing privileges on the European Tour for 20 years. During his time on tour, he finished inside the top 30 on the Order of Merit seven times and inside the top-100 16 times...
- - 2006 José RiveroJosé RiveroJosé Rivero is a Spanish golfer. He started his golf career as a caddie and turned professional in 1973. He was a full member of the European Tour from 1983 to 2001 and he won four European Tour events...
- - 2005 Denis O'SullivanDenis O'Sullivan (golfer)Denis O'Sullivan is an Irish golfer. He won the 1985 Irish Amateur Closed and the 1990 Irish Amateur Stroke Play, but did not turn professional until 1997, when he decided to try to qualify for the European Seniors Tour. He came through the European Seniors Tour Qualifying School at his first...
- - 2004 Gavan LevensonGavan LevensonGavan Neil Levenson is a South African professional golfer.Levenson was born in Johannesburg. He represented South Africa in the 1976 Eisenhower Trophy and won several major amateur tournaments including the French and Rhodesian Open Amateur Championships in 1978...
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Royal Westmoreland Barbados Open
- 2003 Terry GaleTerry GaleTerry R. Gale is an Australian professional golfer.Gale had a successful amateur career before turning professional at a relatively advanced age in 1976. From the mid 1970s to the early 1990s he won regularly on the PGA Tour of Australasia, the Japan Golf Tour and the pre-Asian Tour Asian circuit...
- - 2002 Peter TownsendPeter Townsend (golfer)Peter Michael Paul Townsend is an English professional golfer.Townsend was born in Cambridge. Following a successful amateur career, during which he won both the Brabazon Trophy and Lytham Trophy, he turned professional at the end of 1966...
- - 2001 Priscillo DinizPriscillo DinizPriscillo Diniz is a Brazilian professional golfer.Diniz was born in São Paulo. He comes from a family which boasts several other professional golfers, including his grandfather, but he did not turn professional himself until the age of 28, having previously been a practicing lawyer...
- - 2000 Tommy HortonTommy HortonThomas Alfred Horton, MBE is an English professional golfer.Horton was born in St Helens, Merseyside. He played on the European Tour for many years with moderate success, winning four titles and finishing fifth on the Order of Merit in 1976 and tenth in both 1974 and 1978. He has been more...
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