Madeira Island Open
Encyclopedia
The Madeira Islands Open is a men's professional golf
tournament on the European Tour
, played on the Madeira Islands in Portugal
. It was founded in 1993 and is often the first event of the season played in Europe, after the season has spent the northern winter in Asia, Australasia and South Africa. The tournament has one of the smallest prize funds on the tour (€
700,000 in 2011), and few of the tour's top players take part. It is one of two European Tour events currently staged in Portugal each year, the other being the Portugal Masters
. It was hosted at Santo da Serra Golf Club from 1993 to 2008 and will be hosted at Porto Santo Golfe
from 2009. Beginning in 2011, it is dual-ranked with the Challenge Tour
and is played opposite the Volvo World Match Play Championship.
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 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...
, played on the Madeira Islands in Portugal
Portugal
Portugal , officially the Portuguese Republic is a country situated in southwestern Europe on the Iberian Peninsula. Portugal is the westernmost country of Europe, and is bordered by the Atlantic Ocean to the West and South and by Spain to the North and East. The Atlantic archipelagos of the...
. It was founded in 1993 and is often the first event of the season played in Europe, after the season has spent the northern winter in Asia, Australasia and South Africa. The tournament has one of the smallest prize funds on the tour (€
Euro
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700,000 in 2011), and few of the tour's top players take part. It is one of two European Tour events currently staged in Portugal each year, the other being the Portugal Masters
Portugal Masters
The Portugal Masters is a European Tour men's professional golf tournament which was played for the first time in October 2007. The prize fund was €3 million, making it the richest golf tournament in the country, and comfortably in the top half of European Tour events. It is jointly staged by the...
. It was hosted at Santo da Serra Golf Club from 1993 to 2008 and will be hosted at Porto Santo Golfe
Porto Santo Golfe
Porto Santo Golfe is a 27-hole golf club on the scenic island of Porto Santo in Madeira, Portugal. It opened on 1 October 2004 and was designed by the Spanish 5-time major winner, Seve Ballesteros....
from 2009. Beginning in 2011, it is dual-ranked with 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...
and is played opposite the Volvo World Match Play Championship.
Winners
| Year | Winner | Country |
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| Madeira Islands Open | ||
| 2011 | Michael Hoey | |
| Madeira Islands Open BPI - Portugal | ||
| 2010 | James Morrison James Morrison (golfer) James Ian Morrison is an English professional golfer.Morrison played in the same England youth cricket teams as Alastair Cook, Ravi Bopara and Tim Bresnan, with whom he remains friends. At the age of 16, he switched to golf and his handicap fell from 18 to scratch in less than a year. He... |
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| 2009 | Estanislao Goya Estanislao Goya Carlos Estanislao "Tano" Goya is an Argentine professional golfer.After turning professional in 2007, Goya won the Tour de las Americas qualifying school by nine shots, and followed that with victory in the first event of the 2008 season, the Challenge Tour co-sanctioned Center Open, and third... |
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| 2008 | Alastair Forsyth Alastair 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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| 2007 | Daniel Vancsik Daniel Vancsik Daniel Vancsik is an Argentine professional golfer.Vancsik was born in Posadas, Argentina. He started playing the game when he was 12 at the Tacuru Club in Posadas-Misiones-Argentina.... |
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| Madeira Island Open Caixa Geral de Depositos | ||
| 2006 | Jean van de Velde | |
| 2005 | Robert-Jan Derksen Robert-Jan Derksen Robert-Jan Derksen is a Dutch professional golfer.Derksen was born in Nijmegen. He won the Dutch Amateur Championship four years in a row from 1993 to 1996 and turned professional in 1996.... |
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| 2004 | Chris Hanell Chris Hanell Christopher Hanell is a Swedish professional golfer.Hanell was born in Västervik. He attended Arizona State University in the United States and was part of the winning NCAA Division I championship team in 1996. He won two individual collegiate titles: the 1994 Taylor Made/Big Island... |
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| 2003 | Bradley Dredge Bradley Dredge Bradley Dredge is a Welsh professional golfer.Dredge was born in Tredegar. He turned professional in 1996.Dredge attempted to gain his card on the European Tour via the qualifying school in 1995 and 1996, the second time doing sufficiently well to gain a place on the Challenge Tour for 1997... |
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| 2002 | Diego Borrego Diego Borrego Diego Borrego is a Spanish golfer.He started playing golf at the age of seven and turned professional in 1991. He was a rookie on the European Tour in 1994 and two years later he had his best season, winning the Turespana Masters and finishing thirtieth on the European Tour Order of Merit... |
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| 2001 | Des Smyth Des Smyth Desmond John Smyth is an Irish professional golfer.Smyth was born in Drogheda, County Louth. He turned professional in 1974 and was a member of the European Tour for over a quarter of a century. His best finish on the European Tour Order of Merit was seventh in 1988... |
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| 2000 | Niclas Fasth Niclas Fasth Niclas Fasth is a Swedish professional golfer.Fasth was born in Gothenburg. He turned professional in 1993 and won three events on the second tier European Challenge Tour that year. Since 1994 he has been a member of the European Tour for every season except for 1999. He qualified for the U.S... |
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| 1999 | Pedro Linhart Pedro Linhart Pedro Linhart is a Spanish professional golfer.Linhart was born Las Palmas, Gran Canaria, Spain to American parents, and took up Spanish citizenship in the 1980s... |
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| 1998 | Mats Lanner Mats Lanner Mats Lanner is a Swedish golfer.Lanner was born in Gothenburg. He turned professional in 1981 and qualified for the European Tour on his first visit to Qualifying School. He was a member of the European Tour until 2001, with just a couple of breaks when he failed to retain his card, and his best... |
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| 1997 | Peter Mitchell Peter Mitchell (golfer) Peter Robert Mitchell is an English professional golfer.Mitchell was born in London. He turned professional at an early age in 1974, working in a club job before embarking on a tournament career several years later. He made his first appearance on the European Tour in 1979 and his last in 2003... |
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| 1996 | Jarmo Sandelin Jarmo Sandelin Jarmo Sakari Sandelin is a Swedish professional golfer.Sandelin was born in Imatra, Finland but grew up in Sweden, and is now a Swedish citizen... |
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| 1995 | Santiago Luna Santiago Luna Santiago Luna Torres is a Spanish professional golfer.Luna's father was on the staff at Puerta de Hierro Golf Club in Madrid. He turned professional in 1982 and has spent over twenty years on the European Tour, playing in over five hundred tournaments. He ranked in the top one hundred on the Order... |
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| 1994 | Mats Lanner Mats Lanner Mats Lanner is a Swedish golfer.Lanner was born in Gothenburg. He turned professional in 1981 and qualified for the European Tour on his first visit to Qualifying School. He was a member of the European Tour until 2001, with just a couple of breaks when he failed to retain his card, and his best... |
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| 1993 | Mark James | |