German Open (golf)

German Open

Tournament information
Location	Berlin, Germany
Established	1911
Course(s)	Sporting Club Berlin
Par	72
Length	7,082 yards (6,476 m)
Tour(s)	European Tour
Format	Stroke play
Prize fund	€1,000,000
Month played	June
Tournament record score
Aggregate	259 Mark McNulty (1987)
To par	−26 Vijay Singh (1992)
Final champion
Jarmo Sandelin
Location map
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The German Open was a men's golf tournament. It was first staged in 1911 when the winner was Harry Vardon. The following year the champion was another of the Great Triumvirate of late 19th and early 20th century British golfers, John Henry Taylor. The tournament was then not played again for over a decade. It was played each year from 1926 to 1939; Percy Alliss won five times in this era, Auguste Boyer four times and Henry Cotton three.

After World War II the event was not revived until 1951. It was a European Tour event from the tour's first official season in 1972 until 1999. It was played on many different courses around Germany; the last two stagings on the European Tour were at Sporting Club Berlin. It first had a title sponsor in 1978 and there were several different sponsors over the following two decades. In the 1980s and 1990s Germany's greatest 20th century golfer Bernhard Langer equalled Percy Alliss's record of five wins. In 1999 the prize fund was €1,005,982, and despite its national open status the tournament was only the fourth richest European Tour event played in Germany that year, behind the German Masters, the Deutsche Bank-SAP Open TPC of Europe and the BMW International Open.

Annually, the lowest scoring amateur at the German Open received the coveted "Haubenreich Trophy", named in honor of the Haubenreich family. The Haubenreich family long-owned a German golf superstore in Stuttgart (Golfenreich), and is recognized for its tremendous contributions to German golf. The family can trace its roots back to a Teutonic Knight named Hans Haubenreich who is credited with orchestrating the Knights' victory over a Hun-related tribe at the Battle of Brestacre. Haubenreich claimed Brestacre for the Knights, and the family has upheld the Brest legacy ever since.

Since the European Tour began in 1972, Langer is the only player to win the same event five times, excluding majors and World Golf Championships. Mark McNulty won the German Open four times; Seve Ballesteros, Nick Faldo and Miguel Ángel Jiménez won other events four times each.

Year	Winner	Score	To par	Margin of victory	Runner(s)-up	Venue	Ref.
German Open
1999	Jarmo Sandelin	274	−14	Playoff	Retief Goosen	Sporting Club Berlin
1998	Stephen Allan	280	−8	1 stroke	Ignacio Garrido Pádraig Harrington Mark Roe Steve Webster	Sporting Club Berlin
Volvo German Open
1997	Ignacio Garrido	271	−13	4 strokes	Russell Claydon	Schloss Nippenburg
1996	Ian Woosnam	193[a]	−20	6 strokes	Thomas Gögele Robert Karlsson Iain Pyman Fernando Roca	Schloss Nippenburg
1995	Colin Montgomerie (2)	268	−16	1 stroke	Niclas Fasth Sam Torrance	Schloss Nippenburg
1994	Colin Montgomerie	269	−19	1 stroke	Bernhard Langer	Hubblelrath
1993	Bernhard Langer (5)	269	−19	5 strokes	Robert Allenby Peter Baker	Hubblelrath
1992	Vijay Singh	262	−26	11 strokes	José Manuel Carriles	Hubblelrath
1991	Mark McNulty (4)	272	−15	Playoff	Paul Broadhurst	Hubblelrath
1990	Mark McNulty (3)	270	−18	3 strokes	Craig Parry	Hubblelrath
German Open
1989	Craig Parry	266	−18	Playoff	Mark James	Frankfurter
1988	Seve Ballesteros (2)	263	−21	5 strokes	Gordon Brand Jnr	Frankfurter
1987	Mark McNulty (2)	259	−25	3 strokes	Antonio Garrido	Frankfurter
1986	Bernhard Langer (4)	273	−15	Playoff	Rodger Davis	Hubblelrath
Lufthansa German Open
1985	Bernhard Langer (3)	183[a]	−27	7 strokes	Michael McLean Mark McNulty	Club zur Vahr
1984	Wayne Grady	268	−16	1 stroke	Jerry Anderson	Frankfurter
1983	Corey Pavin	275	−13	3 strokes	Seve Ballesteros Tony Johnstone	Cologne
1982	Bernhard Langer (2)	279	−9	Playoff	Bill Longmuir	Stuttgarter GC Solitude
German Open
1981	Bernhard Langer	272	−12	1 stroke	Tony Jacklin	Hamburger
Braun German Open
1980	Mark McNulty	280	−8	1 stroke	Tony Charnley Neil Coles	Wannsee Berlin
1979	Tony Jacklin	277	−7	2 strokes	Antonio Garrido Lanny Wadkins	Frankfurter
1978	Seve Ballesteros	268	−20	2 strokes	Neil Coles	Cologne
German Open
1977	Tienie Britz	275	−13	2 strokes	Hugh Baiocchi	Dusseldorf
1976	Simon Hobday	266	−18	1 stroke	Antonio Garrido	Frankfurter
1975	Maurice Bembridge	285	+5	7 strokes	Lon Hinkle Bob Shearer	Club zur Vahr
1974	Simon Owen	276	−12	Playoff	Peter Oosterhuis	Krefelder
1973	Francisco Abreu	276	−12	2 strokes	Dale Hayes	Hubblelrath
1972	Graham Marsh	271	−13	4 strokes	Brian Huggett	Frankfurter
1971	Neil Coles	279	−17	4 strokes	Peter Thomson	Club zur Vahr	[1]
1970	Jean Garaïalde (2)	276		13 strokes	Valentín Barrios Ettore Della Torre	Krefelder	[2]
1969	Jean Garaïalde	275		3 strokes	Cobie Legrange	Frankfurter	[3]
1968	Barry Franklin	285		2 strokes	Bob Shaw	Cologne	[4]
1967	Donald Swaelens	273		2 strokes	Barry Franklin	Krefelder	[5]
1966	Bob Stanton	274		5 strokes	Ross Newdick	Frankfurter	[6]
1965	Harold Henning	274		8 strokes	Ramón Sota	Hamburger	[7]
1964	Roberto De Vicenzo	275		1 stroke	Harold Henning Ramón Sota	Krefelder	[8]
1963	Brian Huggett	278		1 stroke	Peter Alliss	Cologne	[9]
1962	Bobby Verwey	276		2 strokes	Brian Huggett	Hamburger	[10]
1961	Bernard Hunt	272		3 strokes	John Jacobs	Krefelder	[11]
1960	Peter Thomson	281		2 strokes	Roberto De Vicenzo Jean Garaïalde	Cologne	[12]
1959	Ken Bousfield (2)	271		2 strokes	Dai Rees	Hamburger	[13]
1958	Fidel de Luca	275		2 strokes	Bernard Hunt	Krefelder	[14]
1957	Harry Weetman	279		2 strokes	Gary Player Peter Thomson	Cologne	[15]
1956	Flory Van Donck (2)	277		Playoff	Eric Brown	Frankfurter	[16][17]
1955	Ken Bousfield	279		2 strokes	Syd Scott	Hamburger	[18]
1954	Bobby Locke	279		Playoff	Dai Rees	Krefelder	[19][20]
1953	Flory Van Donck	271		5 strokes	Norman Von Nida	Frankfurter	[21]
1952	Antonio Cerdá (2)	283		1 stroke	Aldo Casera	Hamburger
1951	Antonio Cerdá	286		4 strokes	Harry Karlsson	Hamburger
1940–50: No tournament
1939	Henry Cotton (3)	280		11 strokes	Georg Bessner	Bad Ems	[22]
1938	Henry Cotton (2)	285		15 strokes	Arthur Lees	Frankfurter	[23]
1937	Henry Cotton	274		17 strokes	Auguste Boyer	Bad Ems	[24]
1936	Auguste Boyer (4)	291		1 stroke	Henry Cotton	Wannsee Berlin	[25]
1935	Auguste Boyer (3)	280		2 strokes	Henry Cotton	Bad Ems	[26]
1934	Alf Padgham	285		6 strokes	Percy Alliss	Bad Ems	[27]
1933	Percy Alliss (5)	284		6 strokes	Henry Cotton	Bad Ems	[28]
1932	Auguste Boyer (2)	282		1 stroke	Percy Alliss	Bad Ems	[29]
1931	René Golias	298		2 strokes	Marcel Dallemagne	Wannsee Berlin	[30]
1930	Auguste Boyer	266		3 strokes	Percy Alliss Henry Cotton	Baden-Baden	[31]
1929	Percy Alliss (4)	285		2 strokes	Horton Smith	Wannsee Berlin	[32]
1928	Percy Alliss (3)	280		10 strokes	Ernest Whitcombe	Wannsee Berlin	[33]
1927	Percy Alliss (2)	288		10 strokes	Arthur Havers Tony Torrance (a)	Wannsee Berlin	[34]
1926	Percy Alliss	284		8 strokes	Aubrey Boomer	Wannsee Berlin	[35]

In 1911 the Baden-Baden golf club organised a 72-hole tournament which they called the "Open Championship of Germany". The German Golf Association, of which Baden-Baden was a member, objected to the use of name.^[36] Owing to the disagreement the Baden-Baden club withdrew from the German Golf Association.^[37] The Championship was played on 18 and 19 August with total prize money of £250.^[37] Harry Vardon, with rounds of 69 and 67, had a 6 stroke lead after the first day. Further rounds of 71 and 72 gave him a score of 279 and a 9 stroke victory.^[37] Vardon's total was reckoned to be the lowest in a 72-hole competition. All the players agreed that the event was to be considered "the Open Championship of Germany".^[38]

The event was staged again, on 20 and 21 August 1912, with prize money doubled to 10,000 marks (£500). The German Golf Association again objected to the use of the title but the prize money attracted most of the leading British professionals. In the first round Charles Mayo broke Vardon's course record with a 65 but J.H. Taylor led at the end of the day on 133.^[39] On the final day Taylor had rounds of 73 and 73 but was caught by Ted Ray. Ray had lost two balls in his first round of 75 but three excellent rounds brought him into the joint lead.^[40] A nine-hole playoff was arranged in the evening which Taylor won with an incredible score of 28 compared to Ray's 34.^[40] The prize money was the largest ever given for a tournament in Europe.^[40]

Year	Winner	Score	Margin of victory	Runner-up	Winner's share (£)	Venue	Ref.
1912	John Henry Taylor	279	Playoff	Ted Ray	130	Baden-Baden	[40]
1911	Harry Vardon	279	9 strokes	Sandy Herd	100	Baden-Baden	[37]

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