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Facts & Figures

First played:

1906 (part of The European Tour since 1972)

Most wins:

Audrey Boomer, 5 – 1921,22, 26, 29 and 31

Most consecutive wins:

Marcel Dallemagne, 3 – 1936-38

(Stats since 1972)

Youngest winner:

Seve Ballesteros, 20 and 29 days, 1977

Oldest winner:

Sam Torrance, 44 and 308 days, 1998

Lowest 18 hole score:

62 (-9), Seve Ballesteros, 1985

Lowest first 18 hole score:

62 (-9), Seve Ballesteros, 1985

Lowest first 36 hole score:

130 (-12), Seve Ballesteros, 1985

Lowest first 54 hole score:

194 (-19), Seve Ballesteros, 1985

Lowest 72 hole score:

263 (-21), Seve Ballesteros, 1985

Lowest under par winning score:

265 (-23), Barry Jaeckel, 1972

Lowest final round by a winner:

63 (-9), José Rivero, 1987

Paul Broadhurst, 1995

Wire-to-wire-winners:

Seve Ballesteros, 1985, 86

Retief Goosen, 1997

Sam Torrance, 1998

Largest winning margin:

11 shots, Dale Hayes, 1978

Biggest final round comeback by a winner:

8 shots, Paul Broadhurst, 1995

Play-offs:

Barry Jaeckel beat Peter Oosterhuis, 1972

Nick Faldo beat José Cañizares and David J Russell, 1983

Philip Walton beat Bernhard Langer, 1990

Costantino Rocca beat Paul McGinley, 1993

Robert Allenby beat Bernhard Langer, 1996

Retief Goosen beat Greg Turner, 1997

Holes-in-one:

8

Albatrosses:

Graeme McDowell, 18th hole, Round 4, 2003 (Le Golf National)

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