KLM Open

KLM Open
Text to the picture:	The fourteenth green at the Kennemer Golf & Country Club .
information
Country:	Netherlands
Major (yes / no) :	No
Tour (s) :	European Tour
open to professionals (yes / no) :	Yes
organized since:	1912
Venue (s):	Hilversum
Course (s):	Hilversumsche Golf Club or Kennemer G&CC
Length in yards :	6,906 and 6,626 respectively
Length in meters :	6,315 or 6,057
Par :	70
Game form :	Stroke play
Total prize money:	2019: € ​​2,000,000
Prize money for d. Winner:	2019: 333,000 euros
normal appointment (month) :	September
Top performances
Total number of strokes : (name) (year)	263 Tobias Dier (2002)
under par: (name) (year)	−21 Payne Stewart (1991)
most frequent winner:	Flory Van Donck (1936, 1937, 1946, 1951, 1953)
Title holder
Surname:	Sergio Garcia
Nationality:	Spain
Title holder since:	2019

The KLM Open is an annual in the Netherlands played golf tournament and belongs since its introduction in 1972 to the European Tour . The tournament was founded in 1912 and was originally known as the Dutch Open before a large number of sponsors led to frequent changes of the tournament name. The current title sponsor has been the Dutch airline KLM since 2004 . The tournament is currently being held in September and in recent years has been held either at the Hilversumsche Golf Club or at the Kennemer Golf & Country Club .

Winners list

year	venue	winner	Result	head Start
KLM Open
2020	no tournament, COVID-19 pandemic
2019	The International	Sergio Garcia	270 (−18)	1 hit
2018	The Dutch	Ashun Wu	268 (−16)	1 hit
2017	The Dutch	Romain Wattel	269 ​​(−15)	1 hit
2016	The Dutch	Joost Luiten (2)	265 (−19)	3 strokes
2015	Kennemer G&CC	Thomas Pieters	261 (−19)	1 hit
2014	Kennemer G&CC	Paul Casey	266 (−14)	1 hit
2013	Kennemer G&CC	Joost Luiten	268 (−12)	Victory in the playoff
2012	Hilversumsche GC	Peter Hanson	266 (−14)	2 strokes
2011	Hilversumsche GC	Simon Dyson (3)	268 (−12)	1 hit
2010	Hilversumsche GC	Martin Kaymer	266 (−14)	4 strokes
2009	Hilversumsche GC	Simon Dyson (2)	265 (−15)	Victory in the playoff
2008	Kennemer G&CC	Darren Clarke	264 (−16)	4 strokes
2007	Kennemer G&CC	Ross Fisher	268 (−12)	1 hit
2006	Kennemer G&CC	Simon Dyson	270 (−14)	Victory in the playoff
2005	Hilversumsche GC	Gonzalo Fernández Castaño	269 ​​(−11)	2 strokes
2004	Hilversumsche GC	David Lynn	264 (−16)	3 strokes
Dutch Open
2003	Hilversumsche GC	Maarten Lafeber	267 (−13)	1 hit
The TNT Open
2002	Hilversumsche GC	Tobias Dier	263 (−17)	1 hit
2001	Noordwijkse GC	Bernhard Langer (3)	269 ​​(−15)	Victory in the playoff
TNT Dutch Open
2000	Noordwijkse GC	Stephen Leaney (2)	269 ​​(−19)	4 strokes
1999	Hilversumsche GC	Lee Westwood	269 ​​(−15)	1 hit
1998	Hilversumsche GC	Stephen Leaney	266 (−18)	1 hit
Sun Microsystems Dutch Open
1997	Hilversumsche GC	Sven Strüver	266 (−18)	3 strokes
1996	Hilversumsche GC	Mark McNulty	266 (−18)	1 hit
Heineken Dutch Open
1995	Hilversumsche GC	Scott high	269 ​​(−15)	2 strokes
1994	Hilversumsche GC	Miguel Ángel Jiménez	270 (−18)	2 strokes
1993	Noordwijkse GC	Colin Montgomerie	281 (−7)	1 hit
1992	Noordwijkse GC	Bernhard Langer (2)	277 (−11)	Victory in the playoff
1991	Noordwijkse GC	Payne Stewart	267 (−21)	9 strokes
KLM Dutch Open
1990	Kennemer G&CC	Stephen McAllister	274 (−6)	4 strokes
1989	Kennemer G&CC	José María Olazábal	277 (−11)	Victory in the playoff
1988	Hilversumsche GC	Mark Mouland	274 (−14)	1 hit
1987	Hilversumsche GC	Gordon Brand Jnr	272 (−16)	1 hit
1986	Noordwijkse GC	Seve Ballesteros (3)	271 (−17)	8 strokes
1985	Noordwijkse GC	Graham Marsh (2)	282 (−6)	1 hit
1984	Rosendaelsche, Arnhem	Bernhard Langer	275 (−13)	4 strokes
1983	Kennemer G&CC	Ken Brown	274 (−14)	1 hit
1982	De Pan, Utrecht	Paul Way	276 (−12)	2 strokes
1981	Haagsche G&CC, Wassenaar	Harold Henning	280 (−8)	1 hit
Dutch Open
1980	Hilversumsche GC	Seve Ballesteros (2)	280 (−8)	3 strokes
1979	Noordwijkse GC	Graham Marsh	285 (−3)	1 hit
1978	Noordwijkse GC	Bob Byman (2)	214 *	1 hit
1977	Kennemer G&CC	Bob Byman	278 (−10)	1 hit
1976	Kennemer G&CC	Seve Ballesteros	275 (−13)	8 strokes
1975	Hilversumsche GC	Hugh Baiocchi	280 (−8)	1 hit
1974	Hilversumsche GC	Brian Barnes	279 (−9)	2 strokes
1973	The Royal Haagsche G&CC	Doug McClelland	279 (−9)	1 hit
1972	The Royal Haagsche G&CC	Jack Newton	277
Dutch Open (before European Tour)
1971		Ramon Sota (2)	277
1970		Vicente Fernandez	279
1969		Guy Wolstenholme	277
1968		John Cockin	292
1967		Peter Townsend	282
1966		Ramon Sota	277
1965		Ángel Miguel	278
1964		Sewsunker Sewgolum (3)	275
1963		Retief Waltman	279
1962		Brian Huggett	274
1961		Brian Wilkes	279
1960		Sewsunker Sewgolum (2)	280
1959		Sewsunker Sewgolum	283
1958		Dave Thomas	277
1957		John Jacobs	284
1956		Antonio Cerdá	277
1955		Alfonso Angelini	280
1954		Ugo Grappasonni	295
1953		Flory Van Donck (5)	286
1952		Cecil Denny (2)	284
1951		Flory Van Donck (4)	281
1950		Roberto De Vicenzo	269
1949		Jimmy Adams	294
1948		Cecil Denny	290
1947		Joop Rühl	290
1946		Flory Van Donck (3)	290
1940-45	No event
1939		Bobby Locke	281
1938		Alf Padgham	281
1937		Flory Van Donck (2)	286
1936		Flory Van Donck	285
1935		Sid Brews (2)	275
1934		Sid Brews	286
1933		Marcel Dallemagne	143
1932		Auguste Boyer	137
1931		Frank Dyer	145
1930		John Henry Taylor	153
1929		Jacob Oosterveer (2)	152
1928		Ernest Whitcombe	141
1927		Percy Boomer	147
1926		Aubrey Boomer (3)	151
1925		Aubrey Boomer (2)	144
1924		Aubrey Boomer	138
1923		Henry Burrows (3)	153
1922		George Pannell (2)	160
1921		Henry Burrows (2)	151
1920		Henry Burrows	155
1919		Dirk Oosterveer	158
1918		Florent Gevers ( Am )
1917		Jacob Oosterveer
1916		Charles Bryce
1915		Gerry del Court van Krimpen	152
1913-14	No event
1912		George Pannell	158

* shortened to three rounds

Multiple winners

14 golfers had won this tournament more than once by 2010.

• 5 wins
  • Flory Van Donck 1936, 1937, 1946, 1951, 1953

• 3 wins
  • Henry Burrows 1920, 1921, 1923
  • Aubrey Boomer 1924, 1925, 1926
  • Sewsunker Sewgolum 1959, 1960, 1964
  • Seve Ballesteros 1976, 1980, 1986
  • Bernhard Langer 1984, 1992, 2001
  • Simon Dyson 2006, 2009, 2011

• 2 wins
  • George Pannell 1912, 1922
  • Jacob Oosterveer 1917, 1929
  • Sid Brews 1934, 1935
  • Cecil Denny 1948, 1952
  • Ramón Sota 1966, 1971
  • Bob Byman 1977, 1978
  • Stephen Leaney 1998, 2000

Web links

• Official website (Dutch)
• Report 2011 on the official website of the European Tour (English)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Information on the course
2. ↑ Platz-Info Kennemer
3. ↑ [1]