First played:
1999
Past winners:
Costantino Rocca, 1999, Massimo Scarpa, 2000, Tobias Dier, 2001
Consecutive wins:
None
Youngest winner:
Tobias Dier, 24, in 2001
Oldest winner:
Costantino Rocca, 42, in 1999
Lowest 18 hole score:
65 (-7), Henrik Stenson, Tobias Dier, 2000, Jesus Maria Arruti,
Peter Hanson, 2001 at Slieve Russell Hotel Golf and Country Club
Lowest first 18 hole score:
65 (-7), Jesus Maria Arruti, 2001
Lowest 36 hole score:
134 (-10), Tobias Dier, 2001
Lowest 54 hole score:
200 (-16), Tobias Dier, 2001
Lowest 72 hole score:
271 (-17), Tobias Dier, 2001
Lowest under par winning score:
271 (-17), Tobias Dier, 2001
Lowest final round by a winner:
70 (-2), Costantino Rocca, 1999, Massimo Scarpa, 2000
Wire-to-wire-winners:
None
Largest winning margin:
2 shots, Costantino Rocca, 1999
Biggest final round comeback by a winner:
All previous winners led after 54 holes
Play-offs:
None
Holes-in-one:
None
Low cut:
144 (Even), 2000, 01
High cut:
146 (+2), 1999
INTERESTING FACTS
The first two editions of the event proved a happy hunting ground for Italian golfers with Costantino Rocca winning in 1999 – the last of his five European Tour International Schedule victories. That was followed by Massimo Scarpa claiming the title in 2000 – his maiden European Tour win, in doing so Scarpa followed Baldovino Dassu (1976 Dunlop Masters, Italian Open), Massimo Mannelli (1980 Italian Open), Rocca (1993 Open V33 Du Grand Lyon, Peugeot Open de France, 1996 Volvo PGA Championship, 1997 Canon European Masters, 1999 West of Ireland Golf Classic) as Italian winners on The European Tour since 1972. The 2001 tournament also witnessed a first-timer winner in the shape of Tobias Dier. The German has since used the one year Tour exemption for winning the North West of Ireland Open as a platform to achieve more success, which arrived at this year’s TNT Open, in wire-to-wire fashion, in the process becoming only the ninth player to record a 60 on The European Tour International Schedule.
