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
LocationCannes, France
Established1979
Tour(s)European Tour
FormatStroke play
Final year2001
Tournament record score
Aggregate268 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
YearWinnerScoreTo parMargin of
victory		Runner(s)-upVenueRef
Cannes Open
2001 Jorge Berendt268−201 stroke Jean van de VeldeCannes Mougins
1999–2000: No tournament
1998 Thomas Levet278−61 stroke Phillip Price
Sven Strüver
Greg Turner		Royal Mougins
Europe 1 Cannes Open
1997 Stuart Cage270−145 strokes Paul Broadhurst
David Carter		Royal Mougins
Air France Cannes Open
1996 Raymond Russell272−122 strokes David CarterRoyal Mougins
1995 André Bossert132[lower-alpha 1]−102 strokes Øyvind Rojahn
Jean van de Velde		Royal Mougins
1994 Ian Woosnam271−175 strokes Colin MontgomerieCannes Mougins
1993 Rodger Davis271−13Playoff Mark McNultyCannes Mougins
Credit Lyonnais Cannes Open
1992 Anders Forsbrand273−151 stroke Per-Ulrik JohanssonCannes Mougins
1991 David Feherty275−133 strokes Craig ParryCannes Mougins
1990 Mark McNulty (2)280−81 stroke Ronan RaffertyCannes Mougins
1989 Paul Broadhurst207[lower-alpha 2]−91 stroke Jimmy Heggarty
Brett Ogle
Peter Senior		Cannes Mougins
Cannes Open
1988 Mark McNulty279−93 strokes Ron Commans
Joey Sindelar		Cannes Mougins
Suze Open
1987 Seve Ballesteros275−13Playoff Ian WoosnamCannes Mougins
1986 John Bland276−124 strokes Seve BallesterosCannes Mougins
Compagnie de Chauffe Cannes Open
1985 Robert Lee280−8Playoff David LlewellynCannes Mougins
1984 David Frost280−82 strokes Gordon Brand Jnr
John Morgan		Cannes Mougins
Cannes Open
1983 Greg Norman287−12 strokes Corey PavinCannes Mougins[3]
1982 Jean Garaïalde284Cannes Mougins
1981 Géry Watine285−31 stroke Curtis StrangeCannes Mougins[5]
1980 Jean Garaïalde287Cannes Mougins
Pro-Am de Cannes-Mougins
1979 Silvano Locatelli144Cannes 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.


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