European Open (Golf)

European Open
Text to the picture:	Lee Westwood won the European Open in 1999 and 2000.
information
Country:	Germany
Major (yes / no) :	No
Tour (s) :	European Tour
organized since:	1978
Venue (s):	Winsen (Luhe)
Course (s):	Green Eagle Golf Courses
Length in meters :	7165
Game form :	Stroke play
Total prize money:	2019: € ​​2,000,000
Prize money for d. Winner:	€ 333,330
normal appointment (month) :	September
Top performances
Total number of strokes : (name) (year)	260 Ian Woosnam (1988)
under par: (name) (year)	−21 Per-Ulrik Johansson (1997)
most frequent winner:	Bernhard Langer Germany (1985, 1995) Per-Ulrik Johansson Sweden (1996, 1997) Lee Westwood England (1999, 2000)
Title holder
Surname:	Paul Casey
Nationality:	England
Title holder since:	2019

The European Open is a golf tournament on the European Tour .

The tournament was founded in 1978 and was played on various golf courses in England until 1994 , with the exception of 1979 when it was held at Turnberry , Scotland . From 1995 to 2007 it was named Smurfit Kappa European Open respectively. Played as the Smurfit European Open annually at The Kildare Hotel and Golf Club (K Club) in Straffan , Ireland . In 2008 and 2009 the European Open was held on the Jack Nicklaus- designed Heritage course at London Golf Club in Kent , England. In 2009 the total prize money was just over 2 million euros. For the 2015 season, the European Open returned to the tournament calendar of the European Tour. The tournament took place on the Beckenbauer Course of the Golf Resort Bad Griesbach in the Rottal , designed by Bernhard Langer . The Green Eagle golf course in Luhdorf , a district of Winsen (Luhe) , has been the venue since 2017 .

List of winners

year	winner	nationality	Result
Porsche European Open
2020	no tournament, COVID-19 pandemic
2019	Paul Casey	England	274 (−14)
2018	Richard McEvoy	England	277 (−11)
2017	Jordan Smith	England	275 (−13)
2016	Alexander Lévy	France	194 (−19)
2015	Thongchai Jaidee	Thailand	267 (−17)
European Open
2009	Christian Cévaër	France	281 (−7)
2008	Ross Fisher	England	268 (−20)
Smurfit Kappa European Open
2007	Colin Montgomerie	Scotland	269 ​​(−11)
2006	Stephen Dodd	Wales	279 (−9)
Smurfit European Open
2005	Kenneth Ferrie	England	285 (−3)
2004	Retief Goosen	South Africa	275 (−13)
2003	Phillip Price	Wales	272 (−16)
2002	Michael Campbell	New Zealand	282 (−6)
2001	Darren Clarke	Northern Ireland	273 (−15)
2000	Lee Westwood	England	276 (−12)
1999	Lee Westwood	England	271 (−17)
1998	Mathias Groenberg	Sweden	275 (−13)
1997	Per-Ulrik Johansson	Sweden	267 (−21)
1996	Per-Ulrik Johansson	Sweden	277 (−11)
1995	Bernhard Langer	Germany	280 (−8)
European Open
1994	David Gilford	England	275 (−13)
GA European Open
1993	Gordon Brand, Jr.	Scotland	275 (−13)
1992	Nick Faldo	England	262 (−18)
1991	Mike Harwood	Australia	277 (−11)
Panasonic European Open
1990	Peter Senior	Australia	267 (−13)
1989	Andrew Murray	England	277 (−11)
1988	Ian Woosnam	Wales	260 (−20)
1987	Paul Way	England	279 (−9)
1986	Greg Norman	Australia	269 ​​(−11)
1985	Bernhard Langer	BR Germany	269 ​​(−11)
1984	Gordon Brand, Jr.	Scotland	270 (−10)
1983	Isao Aoki	Japan	274 (−6)
European Open Championship
1982	Manuel Piñero	Spain	266 (−14)
Dixcel Tissues European Open
1981	Graham Marsh	Australia	275 (−13)
European Open Championship
1980	Tom Kite	United States	284 (−8)
1979	Sandy Lyle	Scotland	275 (−9)
1978	Bobby Wadkins	United States	283 (−5)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ http://www.golf.de/publish/tournews/european-tour/60105386/european-open-in-bad-griesbach European Open in Bad Griesbach
2. ↑ ^{a b c} decision in the play-off