Tournament information | |
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Location | Cairo, Egypt |
Established | 1921 |
Course(s) | Mirage City Golf Club |
Par | 72 |
Length | 7,108 yards (6,500 m) |
Tour(s) | Challenge Tour |
Format | Stroke play |
Prize fund | €250,000 |
Month played | October |
Final year | 2010 |
Final champion | |
Mark Tullo | |
Location map | |
Location in Egypt |
The Egyptian Open is the national open golf tournament of Egypt. It was first played in 1921, and is the oldest professional competition in the Middle East. [1] During the early 1950s, it was contested by many of the world's leading golfers, with winners including Bobby Locke and Bernard Hunt. [2] [3]
In 2009, the tournament once again attracted an international field including eight time European Tour Order of Merit winner and captain of the 2010 European Ryder Cup team Colin Montgomerie. [1] During the event, it was announced that a deal had been signed which would see the Egyptian Open become an event on the second tier Challenge Tour for a minimum of three years from 2010. [4]
The Challenge Tour last visited Egypt in 2004 for the Al Ahram-Jolie Ville Sharm El Sheikh Challenge.
Year | Tour [lower-alpha 1] | Winner | Score | Margin of victory | Runner(s)-up | Venue | Ref. |
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2010 | CHA | Mark Tullo | 275 | 1 stroke | Floris de Vries George Murray | Mirage City | |
2009 | Steven Tiley | 275 | 4 strokes | Thorbjørn Olesen | Mirage City | [5] | |
2008 | Amr Abu El Ela (12) | ||||||
2007 | Calle Carlsson (2) | Dreamland | |||||
2006 | Ayman Mahmoud | ||||||
2005 | Calle Carlsson | ||||||
2004 | Amr Abu El Ela (11) | ||||||
2003 | Amr Zaki | ||||||
2002 | Amr Abu El Ela (10) | ||||||
2001 | Amr Abu El Ela (9) | ||||||
2000: No tournament | |||||||
1999 | Amr Abu El Ela (8) | ||||||
1998 | Amr Abu El Ela (7) | ||||||
1997 | Amr Abu El Ela (6) | ||||||
1995–96: No tournament | |||||||
1994 | Amr Abu El Ela (5) | ||||||
1993 | Raouf Mahrous | ||||||
1992 | Amr Abu El Ela (4) | ||||||
1991 | Amr Abu El Ela (3) | ||||||
1990 | Amr Abu El Ela (2) | ||||||
1989 | Amr Abu El Ela | ||||||
1988 | Ramy Taher (3) | ||||||
1987 | Mohamed Said Moussa (23) | ||||||
1986 | Mohamed Said Moussa (22) | ||||||
1985 | Abdel Halim Kahoul (2) | ||||||
1984 | Ramy Taher (2) | ||||||
1983 | Ramy Taher | ||||||
1982 | Mohamed Said Moussa (21) | ||||||
1981 | Mohamed Said Moussa (20) | ||||||
1980 | Mohamed Said Moussa (19) | ||||||
1979 | Mohamed Said Moussa (18) | ||||||
1978 | Mohamed Said Moussa (17) | ||||||
1977 | Mohamed Said Moussa (16) | ||||||
1976 | Mohamed Said Moussa (15) | ||||||
1975 | Mohamed Said Moussa (14) | ||||||
1974 | Mohamed Said Moussa (13) | ||||||
1973 | Mohamed Said Moussa (12) | ||||||
1972 | Mohamed Said Moussa (11) | ||||||
1971 | Mohamed Said Moussa (10) | ||||||
1970 | Mohamed Said Moussa (9) | 276 | Alexandria | ||||
1969 | Mohamed Said Moussa (8) | 285 | |||||
1968 | Cherif El-Sayed Cherif (2) | 269 | Alexandria | ||||
1967 | Abdel Halim Kahoul (2) | 281 | Alexandria | ||||
1966 | Mohamed Said Moussa (7) | 274 | Alexandria | ||||
1965 | Mohamed Said Moussa (6) | 284 | Alexandria | ||||
1964 | Mohamed Said Moussa (5) | 276 | Alexandria | ||||
1963 | Abdel Halim Kahoul | 280 | Alexandria | ||||
1962 | Mohamed Said Moussa (4) | 282 | Alexandria | ||||
1961 | Mohamed Said Moussa (3) | 282 | Alexandria | ||||
1960 | Mohamed Said Moussa (2) | 286 | Heliopolis | ||||
1959 | Cherif El-Sayed Cherif | 289 | Alexandria | ||||
1958 | Mohamed Said Moussa | Heliopolis | |||||
1957: No tournament | |||||||
1956 | Bernard Hunt | 281 | 1 stroke | Bobby Locke | Cairo | [6] | |
1955 | Khattab Hassan (3) | ||||||
1954 | Bobby Locke | 274 | 15 strokes | Dai Rees | Cairo | [7] | |
1953 | Naaman Aly | ||||||
1952 | Hassan Hassanein (4) | Cairo | |||||
1951 | Hassan Hassanein (3) | 283 | Cairo | ||||
1950 | Hassan Hassanein (2) | 276 | Alexandria | ||||
1949 | Hassan Hassanein | 284 | Cairo | ||||
1948 | Khattab Hassan (2) | 280 | Alexandria | ||||
1947 | Khattab Hassan | 309 | Smouha | ||||
1946 | John Plant (a) | 303 | Cairo | ||||
1945 | James Wynne (4) | 305 | Cairo | ||||
1940–1944: No tournament | |||||||
1939 | Mike Gardner (a) | 305 | New Sports Club | [8] | |||
1938 | Ralph Moffitt (7) | 302 | 4 strokes | F. T. Haddock (a) | Alexandria | ||
1937 | James Wynne (3) | 297 | Playoff | Ralph Moffitt | Cairo | ||
1936 | James Wynne (2) | 297 | 10 strokes | Alexandria | |||
1935 | Ralph Moffitt (6) | 297 | Cairo | ||||
1934 | James Wynne | 297 | Alexandria | ||||
1933 | Ralph Moffitt (5) | 287 | Cairo | ||||
1932 | Ralph Moffitt (4) | 289 | Cairo | ||||
1931 | P. D. Miller (a) | 287 | Cairo | ||||
1930 | Ralph Moffitt (3) | 298 | Alexandria | ||||
1929 | Ralph Moffitt (2) | ||||||
1928 | Ralph Moffitt | ||||||
1927 | F. H. Hayward (a) | ||||||
1926 | J. G. Kerr | ||||||
1925 | M. W. J. Hime (a) | ||||||
1924 | P. A. Wood | ||||||
1923 | T. L. C. Heald (a) | ||||||
1922 | Edmund Forrest | ||||||
1921 | G. R. Kinder (a) |
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