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• When Des Smyth won the 2001 Madeira Island Open  he created European Tour history by becoming the oldest winner of a European Tour event, aged 48 and 34 days, beating the record of Neil Coles, who was 48 and 14 days , in winning the 1982 Sanyo Open.

• Madeira has been a happy hunting ground for Sweden, having recorded five victories in the event. They are: Mars Lanner (1994, 98), Jarmo Sandelin (1996), Niclas Fasth (2000) and Christopher Hanell (2004). Along with the Open de España, the Madeira Islands  Open BPI – Portugal  has been their most successful European Tour event.

•  Daniel Vancsik of Argentina claimed his maiden European Tour International Schedule victory in Madeira in 12 months ago. He was one of four Argentine players to win on The European Tour last season. The other three were: Ariel Canete (Joburg Open), Angel Cabrera (US Open Championship) and Andres Romero (The Players’ Championship of Europe). This represented the first time four different Argentine players have won in the same season in European Tour history.

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