Tournament information | |
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Location | Lyon, France |
Established | 1992 |
Course(s) | Golf Club de Lyon |
Par | 72 |
Tour(s) | European Tour |
Format | Stroke play |
Prize fund | £225,000 |
Month played | April |
Final year | 1994 |
Tournament record score | |
Aggregate | 267 David J. Russell (1992) 267 Costantino Rocca (1993) |
To par | −21 as above |
Final champion | |
Stephen Ames | |
Location Map | |
Location in France Location in Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes |
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Year | Winner | Score | To par | Margin of victory | Runner(s)-up | |
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Open V33 Grand Lyon | ||||||
1994 | Stephen Ames | 282 | −6 | 2 strokes | Gabriel Hjertstedt Pedro Linhart | |
Open de Lyon | ||||||
1993 | Costantino Rocca | 267 | −21 | 6 strokes | Joakim Haeggman Gabriel Hjertstedt Barry Lane Paul McGinley | |
Lyon Open V33 | ||||||
1992 | David J. Russell | 267 | −21 | 6 strokes | Brett Ogle |
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