English Open

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Template:Short description Script error: No such module "about". Template:EngvarB Template:Use dmy dates Template:Infobox golf tournament The English Open was a professional golf tournament held in England. First played in 1988, it was an annual event on the European Tour until 2002. After several aborted attempts at reviving the tournament, it returned to the tour schedule in 2021, when it was titled as the Cazoo Classic.

Winners of the tournament include some of the most successful players in European Tour history including Mark James, Ian Woosnam, Colin Montgomerie, Lee Westwood and Darren Clarke. James and Clarke are the only two players to have won the title more than once.

History

The English Open was founded in 1988, replacing the Lawrence Batley International on the tour schedule,[1] and despite initial sponsorship issues, there were hopes that the new English Open would develop into another major national open on the circuit.[2]

After the first event, which was held at Royal Birkdale, the Brabazon course at The Belfry was home to the tournament until 1993, when it moved to the Forest of Arden. It was then played at Hanbury Manor between 1997 and 1999, before returning to the Forest of Arden[3] until the tournament was cancelled following the 2002 season as part of long-term plans for the European Tour to expand globally, by reducing the number of tournaments held in Europe, especially the United Kingdom. In the tour's first official season in 1972 12 out of 20 events were staged in the UK; by 1988 the ratio was 11 to 15,[4] but by 2005 this was down to 8 out of 47.

After a six-year hiatus the English Open was due to return to the European Tour schedule in 2009. A five-year deal with the tour had been agreed, with the tournament being played over the Jack Nicklaus designed Signature Course at the St. Mellion International Resort in Cornwall, initially an alternate event to the PGA Championship, one of professional golf's majors.[5] However early in 2009, due to the impact of the Great Recession, the revival was postponed until 2011 at the earliest.[6] In March 2011 it was announced that the event had been cancelled due to insufficient sponsorship revenue having been raised by the organisers.[7]

The tournament was due to return in 2020 as part of a revamp of the European Tour's schedule in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic. The event was played at Forest of Arden Hotel and Country Club as part of a 6-week "UK Swing".[8] When Hero MotoCorp agreed to sponsor of the scheduled event in July 2020, it was renamed as the Hero Open, and later separated historically from the English Open.[9]

The English Open did return in 2021, however a sponsorship agreement with Cazoo saw the tournament renamed as the Cazoo Classic.[10] Cazoo's multi-year partnership with the tour also included title sponsorship of the Wales Open.[11]

Winners

Year Winner Score To par Margin of
victory		 Runner(s)-up Venue
Cazoo Classic
2022 Template:Flagicon Richie Ramsay 274 −14 1 stroke Template:Flagicon Paul Waring Hillside
2021 Template:Flagicon Calum Hill 272 −16 1 stroke Template:Flagicon Alexander Lévy London
English Open
2010–2020: No tournament
2009 Cancelled due to lack of funding
2003–2008: No tournament
Compass Group English Open
2002 Template:Flagicon Darren Clarke (3) 271 −17 3 strokes Template:Flagicon Søren Hansen Forest of Arden
2001 Template:Flagicon Peter O'Malley 275 −13 1 stroke Template:Flagicon Raphaël Jacquelin Forest of Arden
2000 Template:Flagicon Darren Clarke (2) 275 −13 1 stroke Template:Flagicon Michael Campbell
Template:Flagicon Mark James		 Forest of Arden
1999 Template:Flagicon Darren Clarke 268 −20 2 strokes Template:Flagicon John Bickerton Hanbury Manor
National Car Rental English Open
1998 Template:Flagicon Lee Westwood 271 −17 2 strokes Template:Flagicon Greg Chalmers
Template:Flagicon Olle Karlsson		 Hanbury Manor
Alamo English Open
1997 Template:Flagicon Per-Ulrik Johansson 269 −19 2 strokes Template:Flagicon Dennis Edlund Hanbury Manor
1996 Template:Flagicon Robert Allenby 278 −10 1 stroke Template:Flagicon Ross McFarlane
Template:Flagicon Colin Montgomerie		 Forest of Arden
Murphy's English Open
1995 Template:Flagicon Philip Walton 274 −14 Playoff Template:Flagicon Colin Montgomerie Forest of Arden
1994 Template:Flagicon Colin Montgomerie 274 −14 1 stroke Template:Flagicon Barry Lane Forest of Arden
1993 Template:Flagicon Ian Woosnam 269 −19 2 strokes Template:Flagicon Costantino Rocca The Belfry
1992 Template:Flagicon Vicente Fernández 283 −5 1 stroke Template:Flagicon Per-Ulrik Johansson
Template:Flagicon Fredrik Lindgren		 The Belfry
NM English Open
1991 Template:Flagicon David Gilford 278 −10 2 strokes Template:Flagicon Roger Chapman The Belfry
1990 Template:Flagicon Mark James (2) 284 −4 Playoff Template:Flagicon Sam Torrance The Belfry
1989 Template:Flagicon Mark James 279 −9 1 stroke Template:Flagicon Eamonn Darcy
Template:Flagicon Craig Parry
Template:Flagicon Sam Torrance		 The Belfry
English Open
1988 Template:Flagicon Howard Clark 279 −9 3 strokes Template:Flagicon Peter Baker Royal Birkdale

See also

References

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External links

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