Tunisian Open
| Tournament information | |
|---|---|
| Location | Tunis, Tunisia |
| Established | 1982 |
| Course(s) | The Residence Golf |
| Par | 72 |
| Length | 6,873 yards (6,285 m) |
| Tour(s) | European Tour Alps Tour |
| Format | Stroke play |
| Prize fund | €47,500 |
| Month played | April |
| Tournament record score | |
| Aggregate | 272 Josh Loughrey (2015) |
| To par | −16 as above |
| Current champion | |
| Álvaro Hernández Cabezuela | |
| Location map | |
The Residence Golf Location in Tunisia | |
The Tunisian Open is a men's professional golf tournament which is currently played on the Alps Tour.
History
The tournament was part of the European Tour's official schedule from 1982 to 1985, and was the European Tour's first venture outside Europe. The Moroccan Open was also on the Tour's schedule for a time, but since 2001 the tour has departed from North Africa to focus its international expansion on the established golf markets of Australasia and South Africa and the rapidly emerging Asian market. In 1985 the prize fund was £70,000, which was the third smallest in a European Tour official money event that season.
In 2015 and 2016, it featured on the Alps Tour's schedule.[1][2] Having not been played between 2017 and 2023, the event returned on the Alps Tour in 2024.[3]
Winners
| Year | Tour[a] | Winner | Score | To par | Margin of victory |
Runner(s)-up |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tunisian Golf Open | ||||||
| 2025 | ALP | Álvaro Hernández Cabezuela | 131[b] | −13 | 2 strokes | Jacopo Vecchi Fossa Rocco Repetto |
| 2024 | ALP | Gianmaria Rean Trinchero | 206 | −10 | 1 stroke | Alex Maguire |
| 2017–2023: No tournament | ||||||
| 2016 | ALP | Matt Wallace | 276 | −12 | 2 strokes | Enrico Di Nitto |
| 2015 | ALP | Josh Loughrey | 272 | −16 | 3 strokes | Liam Harper Léo Lespinasse |
| Tunisian Open | ||||||
| 1987–2014: No tournament | ||||||
| 1986 | EUR | Cancelled due to lack of funding[4] | ||||
| 1985 | EUR | Stephen Bennett | 285 | −3 | Playoff | Paul Way |
| 1984 | EUR | Sam Torrance | 282 | −6 | 1 stroke | Brian Waites |
| 1983 | EUR | Mark James | 284 | −4 | 2 strokes | Gordon Brand Jnr Gordon J. Brand Tom Sieckmann |
| 1982 | EUR | Antonio Garrido | 286 | −2 | Playoff | Manuel Calero |
See also
Notes
- ^ ALP − Alps Tour; EUR − European Tour.
- ^ Shortened to 36 holes due to weather.
References
- ^ "Tunisian Golf Open confirmed on El Kantoui Golf Course in Sousse" (in French). Fédération Tunisienne de Golf. 13 April 2015. Retrieved 22 March 2025.
- ^ "Tunisian Golf Open du 28 avril au 1er mai au Golf El Kantaoui Sousse" [Tunisian Golf Open from April 28 to May 1 at Golf El Kantaoui Sousse]. tunisie.co (in French). 25 April 2016. Retrieved 22 March 2025.
- ^ "The Alps Tour returns to Tunisia". Alps Tour. 22 March 2024. Retrieved 22 March 2025.
- ^ "Tour change". The Times. London, United Kingdom. 11 January 1986. p. 21. Retrieved 7 June 2020 – via The Times Digital Archive.