Omega European Masters | ||||
First played: | 1923 (Became part of The European Tour International Schedule in 1972) | |||
Most wins: | 3, Alex Ross, 1923, 25 and 26; Auguste Boyer, 1930, 34 and 35; | |||
Dai Rees, 1956, 59 and 63; Harold Henning, 1960, 64 and 65; | ||||
Seve Ballesteros, 1977, 78 and 89 | ||||
Consecutive wins: | Alex Ross, 1925-26; Auguste Boyer, 1934-35; Harold Henning, 1964-65; | |||
Roberto Bernardini, 1968-69; Seve Ballesteros, 1977-78 | ||||
(Stats are from 1972 onwards) | ||||
Youngest winner: | Seve Ballesteros, 20 years and 99 days, 1977 | |||
Oldest winner: | Miguel Angel Jiménez, 46 years and 243 days, 2010 | |||
Lowest 18 hole score: | 60 (-12), Jamie Spence, 1992 | |||
Lowest first 18 hole score: | 61 (-11), Roger Chapman, 1985; 61 (-10), Gary Orr, 1997 | |||
Lowest first 36 hole score: | 127 (-17), Sandy Lyle, 1983 | |||
Lowest first 54 hole score: | 193 (-20), Patrik Sjöland, 1998 | |||
Lowest 72 hole score: | 260 (-24), Colin Montgomerie, 1996 | |||
Lowest under par winning score: | 261 (-27), Jerry Anderson, 1984 | |||
Lowest final round by a winner: | 60 (-12), Jamie Spence, 1992 | |||
Wire-to-wire-winners: | Jerry Anderson 1984; Eduardo Romero 2000; Ricardo Gonzalez 2001; | |||
Robert Karlsson, 2002 | ||||
Largest 18 hole lead: | 5 shots, Roger Chapman, 1985 | |||
Largest 36 hole lead: | 7 shots, Sandy Lyle, 1983 | |||
Largest 54 hole lead: | 8 shots, Eduardo Romero, 2000 | |||
Largest winning margin: | 10 shots, Eduardo Romero, 2000 | |||
Biggest final round | 10 shots, Jamie Spence, 1992 | |||
comeback by a winner: | ||||
Play-offs: | Manuel Piñero beat Antonio Garrido and Tony Johnstone, 1981 | |||
Ian Woosnam beat Bill Longmuir, 1982 | ||||
Sir Nick Faldo beat Sandy Lyle, 1983 | ||||
Jamie Spence beat Anders Forsbrand, 1992 | ||||
Sven Strüver beat Patrik Sjöland, 1998 | ||||
Brett Rumford beat Phillip Archer, 2007 | ||||
Jean-François Lucquin beat Rory McIlroy, 2008 | ||||
Thomas Björn beat Craig Lee, 2013 | ||||
Holes-in-one: | John Bland, 8th hole, round 4, 1983 | |||
Andrew Oldcorn, 8th hole, round 3, 1985 | ||||
Armando Saavedra, 8th hole, round 1, 1990 | ||||
Manuel Piñero, 3rd hole, round 3, 1992 | ||||
Wayne Riley, 13th hole, round 2, 1995 | ||||
Wayne Riley, 3rd hole, round 3, 1999 | ||||
John Mellor, 11th hole, round 4, 2000 | ||||
Patrik Sjöland, 8th hole, round 1, 2003 | ||||
Alexandre Chopard, 16th hole, round 4, 2003 | ||||
Stephen Scahill, 8th hole, round 4, 2004 | ||||
Mikael Lundberg, 3rd hole, round 1, 2010 | ||||
Mathias Grönberg, 3rd hole, round 4, 2012 | ||||
Richard Finch. 13th hole, round 3, 2013 | ||||
Søren Hansen, 3rd hole, round 4, 2013 | ||||
Graeme Storm, 11th hole, round 3, 2014 | ||||
Romain Wattel, 11th hole, round 4, 2014 | ||||
Albatrosses: | Colin Montgomerie, 1st hole, round 2, 1989 | |||
Mark Davis, 14th hole, round 2, 1991 | ||||
Matthew Cort, 1st hole, round 2, 2004 | ||||
Tadd Fujikawa, 9th hole, round 2, 2007 | ||||
Mads Vibe-Hastrup, 1st hole, round 3, 2008 | ||||
Low cut: | 137 (-5), 1997 | |||
High cut: | 154 (+10), 1974 and 1976 |
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