Saint-Omer Open

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Hauts de France – Pas de Calais Golf Open
Tournament information
Location Saint-Omer, France
Established1997
Course(s)Saint-Omer Golf Club
Par71
Length7,480 yards (6,840 m)
Tour(s) European Tour
Challenge Tour
Alps Tour
MasterCard Tour
LET Access Series
Format Stroke play
Prize fund 40,000
Month playedSeptember
Tournament record score
Aggregate269 Brett Rumford (2003)
To par−20 Sébastien Delagrange (2001)
Current champion
Flag of Spain.svg Mario Galiano Aguilar
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Kelsey Bennett
Location map
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Icona golf.svg
Saint-Omer GC
Location in France
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Saint-Omer GC
Location in Hauts-de-France

The Saint-Omer Open is an annual men's professional golf tournament played at Saint-Omer Golf Club in Saint-Omer, France. The tournament was founded in 1997 and was part of the MasterCard Tour a year later, before taking its place on the Challenge Tour for the 2000 season.

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In 2003 it also became an official money event on the European Tour, but since it was played during the same week as the U.S. Open (one of golf's four major championships), the tour's leading players were not available to play. It had the smallest purse available on the European Tour. [1] It was removed from the European Tour schedule in 2014 but remained on the Challenge Tour.

In 2022, the event became part of the Alps Tour schedule.

Winners

YearTour(s) [lower-alpha 1] WinnerScoreTo parMargin of
victory
Runner(s)-up
Hauts de France – Pas de Calais Golf Open
2024 [lower-alpha 2] ALP Flag of Spain.svg Mario Galiano Aguilar 138 [lower-alpha 3] −42 strokes Flag of France.svg Nicolas Aparicio
Flag of Spain.svg Álvaro Hernández Cabezuela
Flag of France.svg Benjamin Kédochim
Flag of the United States.svg Brandon Kewalramani
Flag of France.svg Aaron van Hauwe
LETAS Flag of Australia (converted).svg Kelsey Bennett 140 [lower-alpha 3] −4Playoff Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg Anaïs Maggetti
Flag of England.svg Billie-Jo Smith
2023 [lower-alpha 2] ALP Flag of Ireland.svg Ronan Mullarney 197−169 strokes Flag of Italy.svg Enrico Di Nitto
Flag of Italy.svg Manfredi Manica
LETAS Flag of South Africa.svg Leján Lewthwaite 208−11Playoff Flag of Slovenia.svg Katja Pogačar
2022 [lower-alpha 2] ALP Flag of the Netherlands.svg Davey Porsius 209−41 stroke Flag of Italy.svg Gregorio De Leo
LETAS Flag of New Zealand.svg Momoka Kobori 211−84 strokes Flag of the Netherlands.svg Lauren Holmey (a)
Flag of Spain.svg Noemí Jiménez
2021Cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic [2]
2020 CHA
2019 CHA Flag of France.svg Robin Roussel 271−132 strokes Flag of England.svg Richard Bland
Hauts de France Golf Open
2018 CHA Flag of Wales (1959-present).svg Stuart Manley 278−6Playoff Flag of Scotland.svg Grant Forrest
2017 CHA Flag of France.svg Julien Guerrier 277−71 stroke Flag of Scotland.svg Jack Doherty
Flag of Italy.svg Lorenzo Gagli
Flag of Portugal.svg Ricardo Santos
Najeti Open
2016 CHA Flag of Portugal.svg José-Filipe Lima [lower-alpha 4] (2)275−92 strokes Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Thomas Detry
Flag of Italy.svg Alessandro Tadini
2015 CHA Flag of France.svg Sébastien Gros 270−146 strokes Flag of France.svg Thomas Linard
Najeti Hotels et Golfs Open
2014 CHA Flag of Spain.svg Jordi García Pinto 277−73 strokes Flag of Spain.svg Carlos Aguilar
2013 CHA, EUR Flag of Ireland.svg Simon Thornton 279−5Playoff Flag of South Africa.svg Tjaart van der Walt
Saint-Omer Open
2012 CHA, EUR Flag of South Africa.svg Darren Fichardt 279−53 strokes Flag of England.svg Gary Lockerbie
2011 CHA, EUR Flag of Australia (converted).svg Matthew Zions 276−87 strokes Flag of England.svg Daniel Denison
Flag of Sweden.svg Peter Gustafsson
Flag of Scotland.svg Craig Lee
2010 CHA, EUR Flag of Austria.svg Martin Wiegele 277−72 strokes Flag of England.svg Robert Dinwiddie
Flag of Sweden.svg Pelle Edberg
Flag of England.svg Jamie Elson
Flag of England.svg Matt Haines
Flag of France.svg Raphaël Jacquelin
2009 CHA, EUR Flag of Sweden.svg Christian Nilsson 271−136 strokes Flag of Portugal.svg José-Filipe Lima [lower-alpha 4]
2008 CHA, EUR Flag of England.svg David Dixon 279−51 stroke Flag of Sweden.svg Christian Nilsson
Open de Saint-Omer
2007 CHA, EUR Flag of Spain.svg Carl Suneson 276−83 strokes Flag of France.svg François Calmels
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Peter Fowler
Flag of England.svg Marcus Higley
Aa St Omer Open
2006 CHA, EUR Flag of Argentina.svg César Monasterio 274−101 stroke Flag of South Africa.svg Martin Maritz
Flag of Sweden.svg Henrik Nyström
2005 CHA, EUR Flag of Sweden.svg Joakim Bäckström 280−4Playoff Flag of England.svg Paul Dwyer
2004 CHA, EUR Flag of France.svg Philippe Lima [lower-alpha 4] 279−51 stroke Flag of Italy.svg Alessandro Tadini
2003 CHA, EUR Flag of Australia (converted).svg Brett Rumford 269−155 strokes Flag of England.svg Ben Mason
2002 CHA Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Nicolas Vanhootegem 277−74 strokes Flag of England.svg Lee S. James
Flag of Argentina.svg Gustavo Rojas
2001 CHA Flag of France.svg Sébastien Delagrange 272−201 stroke Flag of Wales (1959-present).svg Jamie Donaldson
2000 CHA Flag of France.svg Pascal Edmond 274−181 stroke Flag of France.svg Franck Aumonier
1999MCT Flag of Scotland.svg Alastair Forsyth
1998MCT Flag of England.svg Shaun P. Webster
1997MCT Flag of France.svg Cédric Hoffstetter

Notes

  1. ALP − Alps Tour; CHA − Challenge Tour; EUR − European Tour; LETAS − LET Access Series; MCT − MasterCard Tour.
  2. 1 2 3 Separate tournaments played for men and women.
  3. 1 2 Shortened to 36 holes due to weather.
  4. 1 2 3 Lima is a dual citizen of France and Portugal. Until the end of 2004, he represented France and used the French form of his name.

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References

  1. "Aa St Omer Open Takes its Place on The European Tour International Schedule". European Tour. 19 March 2010. Retrieved 5 April 2023.
  2. Coudoux, Stéphane (19 February 2021). "Open de Golf Hauts de France Pas de Calais 2021". Golf Stars (in French). Retrieved 5 April 2023.