Nigerian Open

For the table tennis tournament, see Nigeria Open.
Nigerian Open
Tournament information
LocationIkoyi, Lagos, Nigeria
Established1969
Course(s)Ikoyi Club
Par71
Tour(s)Challenge Tour
Safari Circuit
FormatStroke play
Prize fund£126,446
Month playedFebruary
Final year1999
Tournament record score
Aggregate255 Peter Tupling (1981)
To par−29 as above
Final champion
Johan Sköld
Location map
Ikoyi Club
Location in Nigeria

The Nigerian Open was a golf tournament in Nigeria, played between 1969 and 1999. It was generally played at the Ikoyi Club in Ikoyi, Lagos.[1] From 1997 to 1999 it was played at the IBB International Golf & Country Club in Abuja. It was an fixture on the Safari Circuit until 1993, and also a Challenge Tour event between 1990 and 1993.

In 1981, England's Peter Tupling set the record low 72 hole score in professional tournament golf, when he won the title with a 29 under par total of 255.[2] Notable past champions include major winners Vijay Singh and Sandy Lyle and former Ryder Cup player Gordon J. Brand.

Winners

Year Tour[a] Winner Score To par Margin of
victory		 Runner(s)-up Ref.
1999 Johan Sköld 278
1998 José Cantero 274 −14
1997 Ricardo González
1995 Lateef Lasisi
1994 Emos Korblah 275
1993 CHA Gordon Manson 274 −10 2 strokes Frédéric Regard [3]
1992: No tournament due to rescheduling
1991 CHA James Lebbie 270 −14 4 strokes Paul Eales [4]
1990 CHA Wayne Stephens 198[b] −15 6 strokes Chris Platts [5]
1989 SAF Vijay Singh (2) 279 −5 1 stroke Gordon J. Brand
Jeff Pinsent
Ian Spencer		 [6]
1988 SAF Vijay Singh 281 −3 Playoff[c] Mike Miller [7]
1987: No tournament
1986 SAF Gordon J. Brand 272 −12 8 strokes Malcolm MacKenzie [8]
1985 SAF Bill Longmuir (3) 277 −3 2 strokes David Jagger [9]
1984 SAF Ewen Murray 271 −13 1 stroke Bill Longmuir [10]
1983 SAF Gordon J. Brand 275 −9 4 strokes Gary Cullen [11]
1982 SAF David Jagger (3) 274 −10 Playoff[d] Ian Woosnam [12]
1981 SAF Peter Tupling 255 −29 6 strokes Bill Longmuir [13]
1980 SAF Bill Longmuir (2) 264 −20 4 strokes Tommy Horton [14]
1979 SAF John Morgan 269 −15 5 strokes Pip Elson
Tommy Horton		 [15]
1978 SAF Sandy Lyle 269 −15 Playoff[e] Michael King [16]
1977 SAF David Jagger (2) 273 −11 Playoff[f] Malcolm Gregson [17][18]
1976 Bill Longmuir 209 −4 1 stroke Pip Elson
Carl Mason		 [19]
1975 David Jagger 270 −14 Playoff[g] Harry Bannerman
Peter Dawson		 [20]
1974 Jack Newton 275 −9 4 strokes Eamonn Darcy
Christy O'Connor Jnr
Ronnie Shade		 [21]
1973 Tommy Horton 267 −17 3 strokes Malcolm Gregson [22]
1972: No tournament due to rescheduling
1971 Lee Elder 267 −17 5 strokes John Cook [23]
1970 John Cook 276 1 stroke John Garner [24]
1969 Marshall Douglas 281 5 strokes Ian Wrigley [25]

See also

Notes

  1. ^ CHA − Challenge Tour; SAF − Safari Circuit.
  2. ^ Tournament contested over three rounds due to local elections.
  3. ^ Singh won with a par on the first hole of a sudden-death playoff.
  4. ^ Jagger won with a birdie on the second hole of a sudden-death playoff.
  5. ^ Lyle won on the second hole of a sudden-death playoff.
  6. ^ Jagger won with a birdie on the second hole of a sudden-death playoff.
  7. ^ Jagger won with a birdie on the second hole of a sudden-death playoff.

References

  1. ^ "Ikoyi course". Ikoyi Golf Community Nigeria Association. Retrieved March 4, 2020.
  2. ^ Hopkins, John (19 March 2003). "Matharu hints at bright future on day in sun". The Times. London. Retrieved 26 November 2008.
  3. ^ "Results - Nigerian Open 1993 - Challenge Tour".
  4. ^ "Results - Nigerian Open 1992 - Challenge Tour".
  5. ^ McCormack, Mark H. (1991). The World of Professional Golf 1991. Chapmans. pp. 262–263, 502. ISBN 1855925583.
  6. ^ "Gordon J Brand". The Glasgow Herald. 20 November 1989. p. 19.
  7. ^ McCormack, Mark H. (1989). World of Professional Golf 1989. Collins Willow. pp. 235–236, 464. ISBN 000218284X.
  8. ^ "Eight-stroke Lagos victory for Brand". The Glasgow Herald. 17 February 1986. p. 9.
  9. ^ "Nigerian pay-off for Longmuir". The Glasgow Herald. 25 February 1985. p. 20.
  10. ^ "Murray holds off Longmuir for Nigerian Open victory". The Glasgow Herald. 27 February 1984. p. 17.
  11. ^ "Nigerian Open". The Guardian. 28 February 1983. p. 19.
  12. ^ "Golf". The Glasgow Herald. 8 February 1982. p. 17.
  13. ^ "Britain's Peter Tupling". The Glasgow Herald. 23 February 1981. p. 18.
  14. ^ "Golf | Lagos". The Times. 25 February 1980. p. 10. Retrieved 5 March 2020 – via The Times Digital Archive.
  15. ^ "John Morgan". The Glasgow Herald. 27 February 1979. p. 23.
  16. ^ "Bright to Sandy Lyle's Career". The Glasgow Herald. 28 February 1978. p. 23.
  17. ^ "David Jagger". The Glasgow Herald. 1 March 1977. p. 31.
  18. ^ McCormack, Mark H. (1978). The World of Professional Golf 1978. Angus & Robertson. p. 174. ISBN 0207958181.
  19. ^ "Elson second in Open". Coventry Evening Telegraph. Coventry, England. 26 February 1976. p. 16. Retrieved 8 June 2020 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  20. ^ "Golf". The Observer. 23 February 1975. p. 19.
  21. ^ "Newton in rich Nigerian win". The Age. 25 February 1974. p. 25.
  22. ^ "Horton wins Nigerian Open". The Glasgow Herald. 26 February 1973. p. 4.
  23. ^ "Easy victory for Elder". The Glasgow Herald. 6 December 1971. p. 4.
  24. ^ "Douglas third despite 66". The Glasgow Herald. 7 December 1970. p. 5.
  25. ^ "Douglas wins in Lagos". The Glasgow Herald. 5 January 1970. p. 4.
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