Cannes Open

The Cannes Open was a men's professional golf tournament that was played annually from 1979 to 1998.[1] From 1984 it was an event on the European Tour, and returned to the schedule as a one-off event in 2001 to replace the Estoril Open, which was cancelled by organisers due to security concerns following the 9/11 attacks in the United States.[2]

Cannes Open

Tournament information
Location	Cannes, France
Established	1979
Tour(s)	European Tour
Format	Stroke play
Final year	2001
Tournament record score
Aggregate	268 Jorge Berendt (2001)
To par	−20 as above
Final champion
Jorge Berendt

The tournament had several different sponsored names. The winners included two major championship winners, Seve Ballesteros and Ian Woosnam. The prize fund peaked at £403,570 in 1996 before falling to £300,000 in 1998, which was the smallest on the European Tour that season. It was without a title sponsor that year, for the only time apart from 1988 and was subsequently cancelled.

Greg Norman won the 1983 event which was held in September, the same week as the St. Mellion Timeshare TPC on the European Tour.[3] Frenchmen Jean Garaïalde (1980 and 1982) and Géry Watine (1981) were other winners prior to the tournament joining the European Tour schedule in 1984.[4][5]

Winners

Year	Winner	Score	To par	Margin of victory	Runner(s)-up	Venue	Ref
Cannes Open
2001	Jorge Berendt	268	−20	1 stroke	Jean van de Velde	Cannes Mougins
1999–2000: No tournament
1998	Thomas Levet	278	−6	1 stroke	Phillip Price Sven Strüver Greg Turner	Royal Mougins
Europe 1 Cannes Open
1997	Stuart Cage	270	−14	5 strokes	Paul Broadhurst David Carter	Royal Mougins
Air France Cannes Open
1996	Raymond Russell	272	−12	2 strokes	David Carter	Royal Mougins
1995	André Bossert	132[lower-alpha 1]	−10	2 strokes	Øyvind Rojahn Jean van de Velde	Royal Mougins
1994	Ian Woosnam	271	−17	5 strokes	Colin Montgomerie	Cannes Mougins
1993	Rodger Davis	271	−13	Playoff	Mark McNulty	Cannes Mougins
Credit Lyonnais Cannes Open
1992	Anders Forsbrand	273	−15	1 stroke	Per-Ulrik Johansson	Cannes Mougins
1991	David Feherty	275	−13	3 strokes	Craig Parry	Cannes Mougins
1990	Mark McNulty (2)	280	−8	1 stroke	Ronan Rafferty	Cannes Mougins
1989	Paul Broadhurst	207[lower-alpha 2]	−9	1 stroke	Jimmy Heggarty Brett Ogle Peter Senior	Cannes Mougins
Cannes Open
1988	Mark McNulty	279	−9	3 strokes	Ron Commans Joey Sindelar	Cannes Mougins
Suze Open
1987	Seve Ballesteros	275	−13	Playoff	Ian Woosnam	Cannes Mougins
1986	John Bland	276	−12	4 strokes	Seve Ballesteros	Cannes Mougins
Compagnie de Chauffe Cannes Open
1985	Robert Lee	280	−8	Playoff	David Llewellyn	Cannes Mougins
1984	David Frost	280	−8	2 strokes	Gordon Brand Jnr John Morgan	Cannes Mougins
Cannes Open
1983	Greg Norman	287	−1	2 strokes	Corey Pavin	Cannes Mougins	[3]
1982	Jean Garaïalde	284				Cannes Mougins
1981	Géry Watine	285	−3	1 stroke	Curtis Strange	Cannes Mougins	[5]
1980	Jean Garaïalde	287				Cannes Mougins
Pro-Am de Cannes-Mougins
1979	Silvano Locatelli	144				Cannes Mougins	[6]

1. Tournament reduced to 36 holes because of rain.
2. Tournament reduced to 54 holes.

References

1. "History – Golf Cannes Mougins". Golf Cannes Mougins. Retrieved 17 November 2020.
2. "Kim Leads by Two After First Round". The New York Times. 28 September 2001. Retrieved 21 January 2009.
3. "Golf | Paris, 19 Sept". The Age. 20 September 1983. p. 40. Retrieved 17 November 2020 – via Google News Archive.
4. "Cannes Open". where2golf.com. Retrieved 17 November 2020.
5. "Watine Frankrijk's nummer één" (PDF). Maandblad Golf (in Dutch). October 1981. p. 37. Retrieved 17 November 2020.
6. "Pro-Am de Cannes-Mougins". L'Officiel hommes (in French). No. 12–14. 1979. p. 138 – via Google Books.

External links

• Coverage on the European Tour's official site