First played
: 1996
Winners
:
1996 Retief Goosen
1997 Colin Montgomerie
1998 Cancelled
1999 David Park
2000 Lee Westwood
2001 Andrew Coltart
Consecutive wins
: None
Youngest winner
: David Park, age 25 in 1999
Oldest winner
: Colin Montgomerie, age 33 in 1997
Lowest 18 hole score
: 64 (-8), Richard Green, 2001
Lowest first 18 hole score
: 65 (-7), David Carter, 1999
Lowest 36 hole score
: 132 (-12), David Park, 1999
Lowest 54 hole score
: 202 (-14), David Carter, David Park, 1999
Lowest 72 hole score
: 270 (-18), Colin Montgomerie, 1997
Lowest under par winning score
: 270 (-18), Colin Montgomerie, 1997
Lowest final round by a winner
: 65 (-7), Colin Montgomerie, 1997
Wire-to-wire-winners
: Retief Goosen, 1996
Largest winning margin
: 5 shots, Colin Montgomerie, 1997
Biggest final round comeback by a winner
: None
Play-offs
: None
Holes-in-one
:
Heinz-Peter Thül, 14th hole, rnd 3, 1996
Sam Torrance, 14th hole, rnd 1, 2000
Michele Reale, 17th, rnd 2, 2001
Low cut
: 144 (Level), 1999
High cut
: 152 (+8), 2000
INTERESTING FACTS
Since 1996, apart from 1998 when the event was cancelled, every player who has led going into the final round has gone on to win. Welshman David Park, captured his maiden European Tour title in the 1999 event, in only his second ever European Tour start, after being beaten in a play-off the previous week at the Moroccan Open by Miguel Angel Martin. When the event was cancelled in 1998, it was the first time on The European Tour that an event has been cancelled and not replayed.
