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, 127 (-13), Danny Willett, 2015
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
David Lipsky beat Graeme Storm, 2014
Alex Noren beat Scott Hend, 2016
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
Grégory Havret, 13th hole, round 1, 2015
Michael Hoey, 8th hole, round 1, 2015
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
