Modena Classic Open

Last updated
Modena Classic Open
Tournament information
Location Modena, Italy
Established1996
Course(s)Modena G&CC
Par72
Tour(s) Challenge Tour
Format Stroke play
Prize fund £40,000
Month playedMay
Final year1998
Tournament record score
Aggregate270 Marc Pendariès
To par−18 as above
Final champion
Flag of France.svg Marc Pendariès
Location Map
Italy relief location map.jpg
Icona golf.svg
Modena G&CC
Location in Italy

The Modena Classic Open was an annual professional golf tournament held at Modena G&CC, near Modena, Italy.

Contents

The tournament became part of the second tier Challenge Tour schedule in 1996, where it remained until 1998.

Winners

YearWinnerScoreTo parMargin of
victory
Runner-upRef.
1998 Flag of France.svg Marc Pendariès 270−181 stroke Flag of Finland.svg Pauli Hughes [1]
1997 Flag of Spain.svg Jesús María Arruti 271−171 stroke Flag of Italy.svg Mario Tadini [2]
1996 Flag of England.svg Lee S. James 282−61 stroke Flag of Australia (converted).svg Marcus Wheelhouse [3]

Related Research Articles

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Bernhard Langer</span> German professional golfer

Bernhard Langer is a German professional golfer. He is a two-time Masters champion and was one of the world's leading golfers throughout the 1980s and 1990s. In 1986, he became the sport's first official number one ranked player following the creation of the OWGR.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">PGA European Tour</span> Golf tour in Europe

The European Tour, currently titled as the DP World Tour for sponsorship reasons, and legally the PGA European Tour or the European Tour Group, is the leading men's professional golf tours in Europe. The organisation also operates the European Senior Tour and the developmental Challenge Tour; the second tier of men’s professional golf in Europe. The tour's headquarters are at the Wentworth Club in Virginia Water, Surrey, England. The European Tour was established by the British-based Professional Golfers' Association through the 1970s, and responsibility was transferred to an independent PGA European Tour organisation in 1984.

The PGA Tour of Australasia, currently titled as the ISPS Handa PGA Tour of Australasia for sponsorship reasons, is a professional golf tour for men, owned and operated by the PGA of Australia. Official events on the tour count for World Golf Ranking points. The tour is recognised as being founded in 1973 when the PGA of Australia instituted an Order of Merit. Despite always including at least one tournament in New Zealand, the tour was known as the PGA Tour of Australia until it adopted its current name in 1991 following the inclusion of three events in Asia.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Thomas Bjørn</span> Danish professional golfer

Thomas Bjørn is a professional golfer from Denmark who plays on the European Tour. He is the most successful Danish golfer to have played the game having won fifteen tournaments worldwide on the European Tour. In 1997 he also became the first Dane to qualify for a European Ryder Cup team. He captained the winning European side at the 2018 Ryder Cup.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Rory McIlroy</span> Northern Irish professional golfer (born 1989)

Rory Daniel McIlroy is a professional golfer from Northern Ireland who is a member of both the European and PGA Tours. He is a former world number one in the Official World Golf Ranking, and has spent over 100 weeks in that position during his career. He is a four-time major champion, winning the 2011 U.S. Open, 2012 PGA Championship, 2014 Open Championship and 2014 PGA Championship. Along with Jack Nicklaus and Tiger Woods, he is one of three players to win four majors by the age of 25.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Terry Gale</span> Australian professional golfer

Terry R. Gale is an Australian professional golfer.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Rafa Cabrera-Bello</span> Spanish professional golfer

Rafael Cabrera-Bello is a Spanish professional golfer who plays on the European Tour, where he has won four times. He has also played on the PGA Tour.

The 1999 European Tour was the 28th official season of golf tournaments known as the PGA European Tour.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Thorbjørn Olesen</span> Danish professional golfer

Jacob Thorbjørn Olesen is a Danish professional golfer who plays on the European Tour, where he has won seven times including the 2016 Turkish Airlines Open and the 2018 Italian Open. He has also won two important pairs events, representing Denmark; the 2016 World Cup of Golf with Søren Kjeldsen and the 2017 GolfSixes with Lucas Bjerregaard.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Brooks Koepka</span> American professional golfer

Brooks Koepka is an American professional golfer who plays in the LIV Golf League. In October 2018, he became world number one in the Official World Golf Ranking for 47 weeks after winning the 2018 CJ Cup. He won the U.S. Open in 2017 and 2018, and the PGA Championship in 2018 and 2019, becoming the first golfer in history to hold back-to-back titles in two majors simultaneously. He started his career on the European Challenge Tour and eventually the European Tour. He played college golf at Florida State University.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Patrick Reed</span> American professional golfer

Patrick Nathaniel Reed is an American professional golfer. He has nine tournament victories on the PGA Tour, including one major championship, the 2018 Masters Tournament, and two World Golf Championships, the 2014 WGC-Cadillac Championship and 2020 WGC-Mexico Championship. In 2022, he joined LIV Golf.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Tyrrell Hatton</span> English professional golfer

Tyrrell Glen Hatton is an English professional golfer who plays on the European Tour and the PGA Tour. He has won six times on the European Tour; including four Rolex Series events. He also won the 2020 Arnold Palmer Invitational on the PGA Tour. Hatton played in the winning 2018 Ryder Cup team.

Ryan Fox is a New Zealand professional golfer who plays on the European Tour and PGA Tour of Australasia.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Jon Rahm</span> Spanish professional golfer

Jon Rahm Rodríguez is a Spanish professional golfer. He was the number one golfer in the World Amateur Golf Ranking for a record 60 weeks and later became world number one in the Official World Golf Ranking, first achieving that rank after winning the Memorial Tournament in July 2020. In June 2021, Rahm became the first Spanish golfer to win the U.S. Open.

Collin Morikawa is an American professional golfer who plays on the PGA Tour and European Tour. He began his PGA Tour career with 22 consecutive made cuts, second only to Tiger Woods' 25-cut streak. Morikawa has five PGA Tour wins – including two major championships, the 2020 PGA Championship and the 2021 Open Championship, winning both on his debut. In May 2018, Morikawa spent three weeks as the top-ranked golfer in the World Amateur Golf Ranking. He also became the first American to win the Race to Dubai on the European Tour.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Matt Wallace (golfer)</span> English professional golfer

Matthew Wallace is an English professional golfer currently playing on the European Tour and the PGA Tour.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Viktor Hovland</span> Norwegian professional golfer (born 1997)

Viktor Hovland is a Norwegian professional golfer who plays on the PGA Tour. He won the 2018 U.S. Amateur and then became the first Norwegian to win on the PGA Tour and on the European Tour. Hovland picked up his second and third PGA Tour wins at the 2020 and 2021 Mayakoba Golf Classic.

The 2020 European Tour was the 49th season of golf tournaments since the European Tour officially began in 1972 and the 12th edition of the Race to Dubai.

The 2022 European Tour, titled as the 2022 DP World Tour for sponsorship reasons, was the 51st season of golf tournaments since the European Tour officially began in 1972 and the first and only edition of the DP World Tour Rankings.

Blake Windred is an Australian professional golfer. He won the 2021 Victorian PGA Championship and qualified for the 2023 European Tour by finishing second in the 2021–22 PGA Tour of Australasia Order of Merit.

References

  1. "3rd Modena Classic Open". PGA European Tour. Retrieved 1 March 2023.
  2. "2nd Modena Classic Open". PGA European Tour. Retrieved 1 March 2023.
  3. "1st Modena Classic Open". PGA European Tour. Retrieved 1 March 2023.