Tunisian Open

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Tunisian Golf Open
Tournament information
Location Tabarka, Tunisia
Established1982
Course(s)La Cigale Tabarka Golf
Par72
Length6,822 yards (6,238 m)
Tour(s) European Tour
Alps Tour
Format Stroke play
Prize fund 45,000
Month playedApril
Tournament record score
Aggregate272 Josh Loughrey (2015)
To par−16 as above
Current champion
Flag of Italy.svg Gianmaria Rean Trinchero
Location map
Tunisian Republic location map Topographic.png
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El Kantoui GC
Location in Tunisia

The Tunisian Open was a men's professional golf tournament which was part of the European Tour's official schedule from 1982 to 1985. It was the European Tour's first venture outside Europe. The Moroccan Open was also on the Tour's schedule for a time, but since 2001 the tour has departed from North Africa to focus its international expansion on the established golf markets of Australasia and South Africa and the rapidly emerging Asian market. In 1985 the prize fund was £70,000, which was the third smallest in a European Tour official money event that season. In 2015 and 2016, it featured on the Alps Tour's schedule.

Contents

Winners

YearTour [lower-alpha 1] WinnerScoreTo parMargin of
victory
Runner(s)-up
Tunisian Golf Open
2024 ALP Flag of Italy.svg Gianmaria Rean Trinchero 206−101 stroke Flag of Ireland.svg Alex Maguire
2017–2023: No tournament
2016 ALP Flag of England.svg Matt Wallace 276−122 strokes Flag of Italy.svg Enrico Di Nitto
2015 ALP Flag of England.svg Josh Loughrey 272−163 strokes Flag of England.svg Liam Harper
Flag of France.svg Léo Lespinasse
Tunisian Open
1987–2014: No tournament
1986 EUR Cancelled
1985 EUR Flag of England.svg Stephen Bennett 285−3Playoff Flag of England.svg Paul Way
1984 EUR Flag of Scotland.svg Sam Torrance 282−61 stroke Flag of England.svg Brian Waites
1983 EUR Flag of England.svg Mark James 284−42 strokes Flag of Scotland.svg Gordon Brand Jnr
Flag of England.svg Gordon J. Brand
Flag of the United States.svg Tom Sieckmann
1982 EUR Flag of Spain.svg Antonio Garrido 286−2Playoff Flag of Spain.svg Manuel Calero

See also

Notes

  1. ALP − Alps Tour; EUR − European Tour.


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