Egyptian Open

For the tennis tournament, see Egyptian Open (tennis).

Egyptian Open
Tournament information
LocationCairo, Egypt
Established1921
Course(s)Mirage City Golf Club
Par72
Length7,108 yards (6,500 m)
Tour(s)Challenge Tour
FormatStroke play
Prize fund€250,000
Month playedOctober
Final year2010
Final champion
Chile Mark Tullo
Location map
Mirage City GC is located in Egypt
Mirage City GC
Mirage City GC
Location in Egypt

The Egyptian Open is the national open golf tournament of Egypt. It was first played in 1921, and is the oldest professional competition in the Middle East.[1] During the early 1950s, it was contested by many of the world's leading golfers, with winners including Bobby Locke and Bernard Hunt.[2][3]

In 2009, the tournament once again attracted an international field including eight time European Tour Order of Merit winner and captain of the 2010 European Ryder Cup team Colin Montgomerie.[1] During the event, it was announced that a deal had been signed which would see the Egyptian Open become an event on the second tier Challenge Tour for a minimum of three years from 2010.[4]

The Challenge Tour last visited Egypt in 2004 for the Al Ahram-Jolie Ville Sharm El Sheikh Challenge.

Winners

Year Tour[a] Winner Score Margin of
victory		 Runner(s)-up Venue Ref.
2010 CHA Chile Mark Tullo 275 1 stroke Netherlands Floris de Vries
Scotland George Murray		 Mirage City
2009 England Steven Tiley 275 4 strokes Denmark Thorbjørn Olesen Mirage City [5]
2008 Egypt Amr Abu El Ela (12)
2007 Sweden Calle Carlsson (2) Dreamland
2006 Egypt Ayman Mahmoud
2005 Sweden Calle Carlsson
2004 Egypt Amr Abu El Ela (11)
2003 Egypt Amr Zaki
2002 Egypt Amr Abu El Ela (10)
2001 Egypt Amr Abu El Ela (9)
2000: No tournament
1999 Egypt Amr Abu El Ela (8)
1998 Egypt Amr Abu El Ela (7)
1997 Egypt Amr Abu El Ela (6)
1995–96: No tournament
1994 Egypt Amr Abu El Ela (5)
1993 Egypt Raouf Mahrous
1992 Egypt Amr Abu El Ela (4)
1991 Egypt Amr Abu El Ela (3)
1990 Egypt Amr Abu El Ela (2)
1989 Egypt Amr Abu El Ela
1988 Egypt Ramy Taher (3)
1987 Egypt Mohamed Said Moussa (23)
1986 Egypt Mohamed Said Moussa (22)
1985 Egypt Abdel Halim Kahoul (2)
1984 Egypt Ramy Taher (2)
1983 Egypt Ramy Taher
1982 Egypt Mohamed Said Moussa (21)
1981 Egypt Mohamed Said Moussa (20)
1980 Egypt Mohamed Said Moussa (19)
1979 Egypt Mohamed Said Moussa (18)
1978 Egypt Mohamed Said Moussa (17)
1977 Egypt Mohamed Said Moussa (16)
1976 Egypt Mohamed Said Moussa (15)
1975 Egypt Mohamed Said Moussa (14)
1974 Egypt Mohamed Said Moussa (13)
1973 Egypt Mohamed Said Moussa (12)
1972 Egypt Mohamed Said Moussa (11)
1971 Egypt Mohamed Said Moussa (10)
1970 Egypt Mohamed Said Moussa (9) 276 Alexandria
1969 Egypt Mohamed Said Moussa (8) 285
1968 Egypt Cherif El-Sayed Cherif (2) 269 Alexandria
1967 Egypt Abdel Halim Kahoul (2) 281 Alexandria
1966 Egypt Mohamed Said Moussa (7) 274 Alexandria
1965 Egypt Mohamed Said Moussa (6) 284 Alexandria
1964 Egypt Mohamed Said Moussa (5) 276 Alexandria
1963 Egypt Abdel Halim Kahoul 280 Alexandria
1962 Egypt Mohamed Said Moussa (4) 282 Alexandria
1961 Egypt Mohamed Said Moussa (3) 282 Alexandria
1960 Egypt Mohamed Said Moussa (2) 286 Heliopolis
1959 Egypt Cherif El-Sayed Cherif 289 Alexandria
1958 Egypt Mohamed Said Moussa Heliopolis
1957: No tournament
1956 England Bernard Hunt 281 1 stroke South Africa Bobby Locke Cairo [6]
1955 Egypt Khattab Hassan (3)
1954 South Africa Bobby Locke 274 15 strokes Wales Dai Rees Cairo [7]
1953 Egypt Naaman Aly
1952 Egypt Hassan Hassanein (4) Cairo
1951 Egypt Hassan Hassanein (3) 283 Cairo
1950 Egypt Hassan Hassanein (2) 276 Alexandria
1949 Egypt Hassan Hassanein 284 Cairo
1948 Egypt Khattab Hassan (2) 280 Alexandria
1947 Egypt Khattab Hassan 309 Smouha
1946 England John Plant (a) 303 Cairo
1945 Scotland James Wynne (4) 305 Cairo
1940–1944: No tournament
1939 England Mike Gardner (a) 305 New Sports Club [8]
1938 England Ralph Moffitt (7) 302 4 strokes England F. T. Haddock (a) Alexandria
1937 Scotland James Wynne (3) 297 Playoff England Ralph Moffitt Cairo
1936 Scotland James Wynne (2) 297 10 strokes Alexandria
1935 England Ralph Moffitt (6) 297 Cairo
1934 Scotland James Wynne 297 Alexandria
1933 England Ralph Moffitt (5) 287 Cairo
1932 England Ralph Moffitt (4) 289 Cairo
1931 P. D. Miller (a) 287 Cairo
1930 England Ralph Moffitt (3) 298 Alexandria
1929 England Ralph Moffitt (2)
1928 England Ralph Moffitt
1927 F. H. Hayward (a)
1926 J. G. Kerr
1925 M. W. J. Hime (a)
1924 P. A. Wood
1923 T. L. C. Heald (a)
1922 England Edmund Forrest
1921 G. R. Kinder (a)

Sources:[9][10]

See also

Notes

  1. ^ CHA − Challenge Tour.

References

  1. ^ a b "Montgomerie set for 2009 Egyptian Open debut". Arab News. 20 October 2009. Retrieved 7 February 2010.
  2. ^ Severino, Dick (1972). "Golf In The Arab World; The Courses". Sports in the Arab World. 23 (7): 18–21. Retrieved 7 February 2010.
  3. ^ Severino, Dick (1972). "Golf In The Arab World; The Players". Sports in the Arab World. 23 (7): 22–23. Retrieved 7 February 2010.
  4. ^ McKee, William (12–18 November 2009). "It's no mirage". Al-Ahram Weekly. No. 972. Archived from the original on 23 November 2009. Retrieved 7 February 2010.
  5. ^ "Tiptop Tiley Bags Egyptian Open Golf Title In Style". Arab News. 9 November 2009. Retrieved 4 March 2024.
  6. ^ "Egyptian title for Hunt". The Glasgow Herald. 2 April 1956. Retrieved 9 February 2011.
  7. ^ "Locke is winner by wide margin". Spokane Daily Chronicle. 5 April 1954. Retrieved 15 February 2011.
  8. ^ "Newcomer wins Open Championship - M.R. Gardner new champion". Egyptian Mail. 1 February 1939.
  9. ^ "Past Winners". Egyptian Golf Open. Egyptian Golf Federation. Archived from the original on 31 March 2012.
  10. ^ Huggins, Percy, ed. (1973). The Golfer's Handbook. p. 167.
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