Madeira Islands Open
LocationMadeira Islands, Portugal
Establishment1993
Final year2015
CourseClube de Golf do Santo da Serra
Par72
Yardage6,826 yards (6,242 m)
TourEuropean Tour
Challenge Tour
FormatStroke play
Purse€600,000
Month playedJuly/August
Aggregate264 Roope Kakko (2015)
To-par−24 as above
Final championRoope Kakko
Coordinates32.7217°N 16.804°W

The Madeira Islands Open was a men's professional golf tournament on the European Tour played from 1993 to 2015 on Madeira, an autonomous region of Portugal.

History

The tournament had one of the smallest prize funds on the tour (€600,000 in 2015), and few of the tour's top players took part. From 2002 to 2005, and again from 2011 to 2015, it was a dual-ranking event with the Challenge Tour. It was played opposite the Volvo World Match Play Championship in 2011 and 2013. In 2015, it was played opposite the Saltire Energy Paul Lawrie Match Play after the rescheduling caused by severe weather postponed the event four months.[1]

It was hosted at Clube de Golf do Santo da Serra (1993–2008, 2012–15) and at Porto Santo Golfe (2009–11). For its last five years of existence, it was one of two European Tour events annually staged in Portugal, the other being the Portugal Masters. The 2015 event was rescheduled from March to August due to weather.[1][2]

Winners

YearTour(s)[a]WinnerScoreTo parMargin of
victory
Runner(s)-up
Madeira Islands Open - Portugal - BPI
2015CHA, EURRoope Kakko264−243 strokesScott Henry
2014CHA, EURDaniel Brooks135[b]−9PlayoffScott Henry
2013CHA, EURPeter Uihlein273−152 strokesMorten Ørum Madsen
Mark Tullo
Madeira Islands Open - Portugal
2012CHA, EURRicardo Santos266−224 strokesMagnus A. Carlsson
Madeira Islands Open
2011CHA, EURMichael Hoey278−102 strokesJamie Elson
Chris Gane
Madeira Islands Open BPI - Portugal
2010EURJames Morrison268−201 strokeOliver Fisher
2009EUREstanislao Goya278−61 strokeCallum Macaulay
2008EURAlastair Forsyth273−15PlayoffHennie Otto
Madeira Islands Open BPI
2007EURDaniel Vancsik270−187 strokesDavid Frost
Santiago Luna
Madeira Island Open Caixa Geral de Depositos
2006EURJean van de Velde273−151 strokeLee Slattery
2005CHA, EURRobert-Jan Derksen275−132 strokesAndrew McLardy
Gary Orr
Madeira Island Open
2004CHA, EURChris Hanell284−41 strokeSteven Jeppesen
Brad Kennedy
Rob Rashell
2003CHA, EURBradley Dredge272−168 strokesFredrik Andersson
Brian Davis
Andrew Marshall
2002CHA, EURDiego Borrego281−71 strokeIvó Giner
Maarten Lafeber
2001EURDes Smyth270−182 strokesJohn Bickerton
2000EURNiclas Fasth279−92 strokesMark Davis
Ross Drummond
Richard S. Johnson
1999EURPedro Linhart276−121 strokeMark James
1998EURMats Lanner (2)277−111 strokeStephen Scahill
1997EURPeter Mitchell204[c]−121 strokeFreddie Jacobson
1996EURJarmo Sandelin279−91 strokePaul Affleck
1995EURSantiago Luna272−164 strokesChristian Cévaër
1994EURMats Lanner206[c]−102 strokesHoward Clark
Mathias Grönberg
Peter Hedblom
1993EURMark James281−73 strokesGordon J. Brand
Paul Broadhurst

Notes

  1. ^ CHA − Challenge Tour; EUR − European Tour.
  2. ^ Shortened to 36 holes due to weather.
  3. ^ Shortened to 54 holes due to weather.

References

  1. ^ "Madeira Islands Open rescheduled for July". PGA European Tour. 24 March 2015. Retrieved 24 March 2015.
  2. ^ "Play abandoned in Madeira". PGA European Tour. 22 March 2015. Retrieved 22 March 2015.