First played:
1906 (part of The European Tour since 1972)
Most wins:
Aubrey 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
Pablo Larrazabal, 2008
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
Jean-Francois Remesy beat Jean Van de Velde, 2005
Holes-in-one:
15
Albatrosses:
Graeme McDowell, 18th hole, Round 4, 2003 (Le Golf National)
