Tunisian Seniors Open

Last updated
Tunisian Seniors Open
Tournament information
Location Port El Kantaoui, Tunisia
Established1992
Course(s)El Kantaoui Golf Club
Par72
Length6,384 yards (5,838 m)
Tour(s) European Seniors Tour
Format Stroke play
Prize fund £125,000
Month playedOctober
Final year2003
Tournament record score
Aggregate198 David Good (2003)
To par−18 as above
Final champion
Flag of Australia (converted).svg David Good
Location Map
Tunisian Republic location map Topographic.png
Icona golf.svg
El Kantaoui GC
Location in Tunisia

The Tunisian Seniors Open was a senior (over 50s) men's professional match play golf tournament played on the European Seniors Tour. It was played in late 1992 and then from 2001 to 2003. It was held at Port El Kantaoui Golf Club, Port El Kantaoui, Tunisia which had previously hosted the Tunisian Open from 1982 to 1985.

Contents

Winners

YearWinnerScoreTo parMargin of
victory
Runner(s)-upRef.
Tunisian Seniors Open
2003 Flag of Australia (converted).svg David Good 198−185 strokes Flag of Chile.svg Guillermo Encina [1]
2002 Flag of Ireland.svg Denis O'Sullivan 202−142 strokes Flag of England.svg John Morgan [2]
2001 Flag of New Zealand.svg Simon Owen 208−8Playoff Flag of the United States.svg Bob Lendzion [3]
1993–2000: No tournament
Tunisian Seniors
1992 Flag of Scotland.svg John Hamilton 216E2 strokes Flag of England.svg Bryan Carter [4] [5]

Related Research Articles

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Sousse</span> City in Sousse Governorate, Tunisia

Sousse or Soussa is a city in Tunisia, capital of the Sousse Governorate. Located 140 km (87 mi) south of the capital Tunis, the city has 271,428 inhabitants (2014). Sousse is in the central-east of the country, on the Gulf of Hammamet, which is a part of the Mediterranean Sea. Its economy is based on transport equipment, processed food, olive oil, textiles, and tourism. It is home to the Université de Sousse.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Port El Kantaoui</span>

Port El Kantaoui is a tourist complex 10 kilometres north of Sousse city in central Tunisia. It was built in 1979 specifically as a tourist center, around a large artificial harbour that provides mooring with 340 berths for luxury yachts, hosting sporting activities from water skiing to paragliding, and several golf courses.

Wayne Desmond Grady is an Australian professional golfer.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Niclas Fasth</span> Swedish professional golfer

Niclas Krister Fasth is a Swedish professional golfer, who has won six times on the European Tour. He has finished second in the 2001 Open Championship and fourth in the 2007 U.S. Open and represented Europe winning the 2002 Ryder Cup.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Ignacio Garrido</span> Spanish professional golfer

Ignacio Garrido is a Spanish professional golfer who won twice on the European Tour.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Eduardo Romero</span> Argentine professional golfer (1954–2022)

Eduardo Alejandro Romero was an Argentine professional golfer. Nicknamed "El Gato", he won over 80 professional tournaments around the world, including eight on the European Tour and five on the Champions Tour, with two senior majors; he also won over 50 times in South America and was a member of the Argentine team at the World Cup on 14 occasions.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Katsuyoshi Tomori</span> Japanese professional golfer

Katsuyoshi Tomori is a Japanese professional golfer.

The Open de Andalucia was a European Tour men's professional golf tournament which was played from 2007 to 2012. The event was held in the Andalusia region of Spain.

The French Senior Open is a senior men's professional golf tournament on the European Senior Tour. In 1994 and 2004 it was played at Golf d'Omaha Beach, Port-en-Bessin, Normandy, in 1998 and 1999 it was played at Pau Golf Club, Pau, Pyrénées-Atlantiques, in 2000 it was played at Golf de Joyenval, Chambourcy near Paris and in 2007 at Golf de Divonne-les-Bains in Divonne-les-Bains, ten miles north of Geneva. The prize fund was €200,000 in 2004 and €325,000 in 2007.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Tourism in Tunisia</span>

Tourism in Tunisia is an industry that generates around 9.4 million arrivals per year in 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019 & 2020, which makes it one of the most visited countries in Africa. Tunisia has been an attractive destination for tourists since the beginning of the 1960s.

Mårten Olander is a Swedish professional golfer.

The European Seniors Match Play Championship was a senior men's professional match play golf tournament played on the European Seniors Tour from 2000 to 2004. In 2000 and 2001 it was held at Penina Golf, Portimão, on the Algarve, Portugal, while from 2002 to 2004 it was held at Flamingos Golf, Marbella, Málaga, Spain. Prize money totalled £100,000.

The Monte Carlo Invitational was a senior men's professional golf tournament on the European Senior Tour. It was played from 1998 to 2002 at the Monte Carlo Golf Club, La Turbie, Alpes-Maritimes, France. The course is near Mont Agel, in France, as there are no golf courses in Monaco. The Monte Carlo Open was played at the same venue from 1984 to 1992.

The Lawrence Batley Seniors was a senior men's professional golf tournament on the European Senior Tour. It was played from 1992 to 2002 in the Huddersfield area of West Yorkshire, England. From 1995 the tournament was held at Huddersfield Golf Club, north of Huddersfield, while in 1994 it was held at Woodsome Hall Golf Club, south-west of Huddersfield, and in 1992 and 1993 at both venues. The tournament was sponsored by Lawrence Batley who had earlier supported a European Tour event, the Lawrence Batley International, from 1981 to 1987. Batley died in August 2002, soon after the final tournament.

The Dan Technology Senior Tournament of Champions was a senior men's professional golf tournament on the European Senior Tour. It was played from 1996 to 2001. From 1996 to 2000 it was held at Buckinghamshire Golf Club, Denham, Buckinghamshire while in 2001 it was played at Mere Golf and Country Club, Mere, Cheshire, England. The 2001 event had total prize of £150,000 with the winner receiving £25,000.

The Philips PFA Golf Classic was a senior men's professional golf tournament on the European Senior Tour. It was played from 1997 to 1999. In 1998 and 1999 the tournament was held at Meon Valley Country Club, Shedfield, Hampshire, while in 1997 it was held at St Pierre Golf & Country Club, near Chepstow, Wales

The Ryder Seniors Classic was a men's professional golf tournament on the European Seniors Tour from 1992 to 1998. The tournament was held at Collingtree Park Golf Club near Northampton from 1992 to 1997 and at The Welcombe Hotel, Stratford-upon-Avon, Warwickshire in 1998. Neil Coles won the tournament three times while it was played at Collingtree Park.

The Swedish Seniors was a men's professional golf tournament on the European Seniors Tour in 1997 and 1998. The tournament was held at Fågelbro Golf and Country Club on the Island of Värmdö, east of Stockholm, Sweden.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Gordon Manson</span> Scottish-born Austrian golfer

Gordon David Manson is a Scottish-born Austrian professional golfer.

Mike Ferguson is an Australian professional golfer. Ferguson was one of Australian's top golfers during the late 1970s and early 1980s. In 1977 he won the Western Australian Open for his breakthrough victory. Two years later he won back-to-back events, Illawarra Open and Gold Coast Classic. In 1981, "his most successful year," he won two state PGA championships, the New South Wales PGA Championship and the Queensland PGA Championship. Shortly thereafter, citing poor discipline, his game declined; Ferguson failed to make the PGA Tour and he would not win another official regular event. As a senior, however, Ferguson would have some success, winning five significant events in the Australasian region, including the Australian Seniors PGA Championship twice.

References

  1. "Tunisian Seniors Open 2003". europeantour.com.
  2. "Tunisian Seniors Open 2002". europeantour.com.
  3. "Tunisian Seniors Open 2001". europeantour.com.
  4. "Tunisian Seniors Pro-Am 1992". europeantour.com.
  5. "Edinburgh's John Hamilton". The Daily Record. 7 December 1992. p. 27 via Newspapers.com.