Timex Open
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The Timex Open was a golf
tournament on the PGA European Tour
which was played in 1983 and 1984 at Biarritz Golf Club in Biarritz
, France
. The tournament existed before then, and was won by Géry Watine in 1980, 1981 and 1982.
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 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...
which was played in 1983 and 1984 at Biarritz Golf Club in Biarritz
Biarritz
Biarritz is a city which lies on the Bay of Biscay, on the Atlantic coast, in south-western France. It is a luxurious seaside town and is popular with tourists and surfers....
, 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 existed before then, and was won by Géry Watine in 1980, 1981 and 1982.
Winners
| Year | Winner | Country | Score | Runner(s)-up |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980 | Géry Watine | |||
| 1981 | Géry Watine | |||
| 1982 | Géry Watine | |||
| 1983 | Manuel Ballesteros | 262 (−14) | Nick Faldo Nick Faldo Sir Nicholas Alexander "Nick" Faldo, MBE is an English professional golfer on the European Tour who now mainly works as an on air golf analyst. Over his career, he has won six majors: three Open Championships and three Masters. He was ranked the World No... |
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| 1984 | Michael Clayton Michael Clayton (golfer) Michael Andrew Clayton is an Australian professional golfer. He played on the PGA Tour of Australasia from 1981 until he turned 50 in 2007. He found success there, winning seven times between 1982 and 1994.... |
260 (−16) | Peter Teravainen Peter Teravainen Peter Teravainen is a American professional golfer who played mainly outside the U.S.Teravainen was born in Plymouth, Massachusetts. He played college golf at Yale University, graduating in 1978. He turned professional in 1979.... , Sam Torrance Sam Torrance Sam 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... |