Madeira Islands Open Explained

Madeira Islands Open
Location:Madeira Islands, Portugal
Establishment:1993
Final Year:2015
Course:Clube de Golf do Santo da Serra
Par:72
Yardage:6826yd
Tour:European Tour
Challenge Tour
Format:Stroke play
Purse:600,000
Month Played:July/August
Aggregate:264 Roope Kakko (2015)
To-Par:−24 as above
Final Champion: Roope Kakko
Map:Africa#Portugal Madeira
Map Label:Clube de Golf do Santo da Serra
Map Relief:yes
Map Size:200
Coordinates:32.7217°N -16.804°W

The Madeira Islands Open was a men's professional golf tournament on the European Tour played from 1993 to 2015 on Madeira, an autonomous region of Portugal.

History

The tournament had one of the smallest prize funds on the tour (600,000 in 2015), and few of the tour's top players took part. From 2002 to 2005, and again from 2011 to 2015, it was a dual-ranking event with the Challenge Tour. It was played opposite the Volvo World Match Play Championship in 2011 and 2013. In 2015, it was played opposite the Saltire Energy Paul Lawrie Match Play after the rescheduling caused by severe weather postponed the event four months.[1]

It was hosted at Clube de Golf do Santo da Serra (1993–2008, 2012–15) and at Porto Santo Golfe (2009–11). For its last five years of existence, it was one of two European Tour events annually staged in Portugal, the other being the Portugal Masters. The 2015 event was rescheduled from March to August due to weather.[1] [2]

Winners

YearTour(s)WinnerScoreTo parMargin of
victory
Runner(s)-up
Madeira Islands Open - Portugal - BPI
2015 264 −24 3 strokes Scott Henry
2014 135 −9 Playoff Scott Henry
2013 273 −15 2 strokes Morten Ørum Madsen
Mark Tullo
Madeira Islands Open - Portugal
2012 266 −22 4 strokes Magnus A. Carlsson
Madeira Islands Open
2011 278 −10 2 strokes Jamie Elson
Chris Gane
Madeira Islands Open BPI - Portugal
2010 268 −20 1 stroke Oliver Fisher
2009 278 −6 1 stroke Callum Macaulay
2008 273 −15 Playoff Hennie Otto
Madeira Islands Open BPI
2007 270 −18 7 strokes David Frost
Santiago Luna
Madeira Island Open Caixa Geral de Depositos
2006 273 −15 1 stroke Lee Slattery
2005 275 −13 2 strokes Andrew McLardy
Gary Orr
Madeira Island Open
2004 284 −4 1 stroke Steven Jeppesen
Brad Kennedy
Rob Rashell
2003 272 −16 8 strokes Fredrik Andersson
Brian Davis
Andrew Marshall
2002 281 −7 1 stroke Ivó Giner
Maarten Lafeber
2001 270 −18 2 strokes John Bickerton
2000 279 −9 2 strokes Mark Davis
Ross Drummond
Richard S. Johnson
1999 276 −12 1 stroke Mark James
1998 Mats Lanner (2) 277 −11 1 stroke Stephen Scahill
1997 204 −12 1 stroke Freddie Jacobson
1996 279 −9 1 stroke Paul Affleck
1995 272 −16 4 strokes Christian Cévaër
1994 206 −10 2 strokes Howard Clark
Mathias Grönberg
Peter Hedblom
1993 281 −7 3 strokes Gordon J. Brand
Paul Broadhurst

External links

32.7217°N -16.8039°W

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Madeira Islands Open rescheduled for July . PGA European Tour . 24 March 2015 . 24 March 2015.
  2. Web site: Play abandoned in Madeira . PGA European Tour . 22 March 2015 . 22 March 2015.