English Classic | |
Location: | Warwickshire, England |
Establishment: | 1979 |
Course: | The Belfry |
Par: | 72 |
Tour: | European Tour |
Format: | Stroke play |
Month Played: | July |
Final Year: | 1983 |
Aggregate: | 279 Greg Norman (1982) 279 Hugh Baiocchi (1983) 279 Eamonn Darcy (1983) 279 Mike Sullivan (1983) |
To-Par: | −13 Greg Norman (1982) |
Final Champion: | Hugh Baiocchi |
Map: | UK England#United Kingdom Warwickshire |
Map Label: | The Belfry |
Map Relief: | yes |
Map Label Position: | right |
Map Size: | 200px |
Coordinates: | 52.554°N -1.734°W |
The English Classic was a professional golf tournament which was played annually from 1979 to 1983. It was a fixture on the European Tour schedule, and hosted at The Belfry in Wishaw, Warwickshire, England.
Two of the five winners were major championship winners and World Number 1 golfers, namely the Australian Greg Norman and the Spaniard Seve Ballesteros. In 1983 the prize fund was £90,000, which was mid range for a European Tour event at that time.
Year | Winner | Score | To par | Margin of victory | Runner(s)-up | |
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State Express Classic | ||||||
279 | −9 | Playoff | Eamonn Darcy Mike Sullivan | |||
State Express English Classic | ||||||
279 | −13 | 1 stroke | Brian Marchbank | |||
State Express Classic | ||||||
283 | −5 | 2 strokes | Greg Norman | |||
Mazda Cars English Classic | ||||||
286 | −2 | 1 stroke | Sandy Lyle | |||
Lada English Golf Classic | ||||||
286 | −2 | 6 strokes | Neil Coles Simon Hobday |