Nigerian Open

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Nigerian Open
Tournament information
Location Ikoyi, Lagos, Nigeria
Established1969
Course(s) Ikoyi Club
Par71
Tour(s) Challenge Tour
Safari Circuit
Format Stroke play
Prize fund £126,446
Month playedFebruary
Final year1999
Tournament record score
Aggregate255 Peter Tupling (1981)
To par−29 as above
Final champion
Flag of Sweden.svg Johan Sköld
Location Map
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Ikoyi Club
Location in Nigeria

The Nigerian Open was a golf tournament in Nigeria, played between 1969 and 1999. It was generally played at the Ikoyi Club in Ikoyi, Lagos. [1] From 1997 to 1999 it was played at the IBB International Golf & Country Club in Abuja.[ citation needed ] It was an fixture on the Safari Circuit until 1993, and also a Challenge Tour event between 1990 and 1993.

Contents

In 1981, England's Peter Tupling set the record low 72 hole score in professional tournament golf, when he won the title with a 29 under par total of 255. [2] Notable past champions include major winners Vijay Singh and Sandy Lyle and former Ryder Cup player Gordon J. Brand.

Winners

YearTour [lower-alpha 1] WinnerScoreTo parMargin of
victory		Runner(s)-upRef.
1999 Flag of Sweden.svg Johan Sköld 278
1998 Flag of Argentina.svg José Cantero 274−14
1997 Flag of Argentina.svg Ricardo González
1995 Flag of Nigeria.svg Lateef Lasisi
1994 Flag of Ghana.svg Emos Korblah 275
1993 CHA Flag of Scotland.svg Gordon Manson 274−102 strokes Flag of France.svg Frédéric Regard [3]
1992: No tournament due to rescheduling
1991 CHA Flag of Sierra Leone.svg James Lebbie 270−144 strokes Flag of England.svg Paul Eales [4]
1990 CHA Flag of England.svg Wayne Stephens 198 [lower-alpha 2] −156 strokes Flag of England.svg Chris Platts [5]
1989SAF Flag of Fiji.svg Vijay Singh (2)279−51 stroke Flag of England.svg Gordon J. Brand
Flag of England.svg Jeff Pinsent
Flag of England.svg Ian Spencer 		[6]
1988SAF Flag of Fiji.svg Vijay Singh 281−3Playoff [lower-alpha 3] Flag of Scotland.svg Mike Miller [7]
1987: No tournament
1986SAF Flag of England.svg Gordon J. Brand 272−128 strokes Flag of England.svg Malcolm MacKenzie [8]
1985SAF Flag of Scotland.svg Bill Longmuir (3)277−32 strokes Flag of England.svg David Jagger [9]
1984SAF Flag of Scotland.svg Ewen Murray 271−131 stroke Flag of Scotland.svg Bill Longmuir [10]
1983SAF Flag of England.svg Gordon J. Brand 275−94 strokes Flag of England.svg Gary Cullen [11]
1982SAF Flag of England.svg David Jagger (3)274−10Playoff [lower-alpha 4] Flag of Wales (1959-present).svg Ian Woosnam [12]
1981SAF Flag of England.svg Peter Tupling 255−296 strokes Flag of Scotland.svg Bill Longmuir [13]
1980SAF Flag of Scotland.svg Bill Longmuir (2)264−204 strokes Flag of England.svg Tommy Horton [14]
1979SAF Flag of England.svg John Morgan 269−155 strokes Flag of England.svg Pip Elson
Flag of England.svg Tommy Horton 		[15]
1978SAF Flag of Scotland.svg Sandy Lyle 269−15Playoff [lower-alpha 5] Flag of England.svg Michael King [16]
1977SAF Flag of England.svg David Jagger (2)273−11Playoff [lower-alpha 6] Flag of England.svg Malcolm Gregson [17] [18]
1976 Flag of Scotland.svg Bill Longmuir 209−41 stroke Flag of England.svg Pip Elson
Flag of England.svg Carl Mason 		[19]
1975 Flag of England.svg David Jagger 270−14Playoff [lower-alpha 7] Flag of Scotland.svg Harry Bannerman
Flag of England.svg Peter Dawson 		[20]
1974 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Jack Newton 275−94 strokes Flag of Ireland.svg Eamonn Darcy
Flag of Ireland.svg Christy O'Connor Jnr
Flag of Scotland.svg Ronnie Shade 		[21]
1973 Flag of England.svg Tommy Horton 267−173 strokes Flag of England.svg Malcolm Gregson [22]
1972: No tournament due to rescheduling
1971 Flag of the United States.svg Lee Elder 267−175 strokes Flag of England.svg John Cook [23]
1970 Flag of England.svg John Cook 2761 stroke Flag of England.svg John Garner [24]
1969 Flag of Scotland.svg Marshall Douglas 2815 strokes Flag of England.svg Ian Wrigley [25]

Notes

  1. ↑ CHA − Challenge Tour; SAF − Safari Circuit.
  2. ↑ Tournament contested over three rounds due to local elections.
  3. ↑ Singh won with a par on the first hole of a sudden-death playoff.
  4. ↑ Jagger won with a birdie on the second hole of a sudden-death playoff.
  5. ↑ Lyle won on the second hole of a sudden-death playoff.
  6. ↑ Jagger won with a birdie on the second hole of a sudden-death playoff.
  7. ↑ Jagger won with a birdie on the second hole of a sudden-death playoff.

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