Neuchâtel Open

Open de Neuchâtel
Tournament information
LocationSaint-Blaise, Switzerland
Established1982
Course(s)Golf de Neuchâtel
Par72
Tour(s)Challenge Tour
Alps Tour
Formatstroke play
Prize fund45,000
Month playedJune
Final year2007
Tournament record score
Aggregate199 Rolf Muntz (1994)
199 Thomas Feyrsinger (2005)
To par−14 as above
Final champion
Switzerland Marcus Knight
Location map
Golf de Neuchâtel is located in Switzerland
Golf de Neuchâtel
Golf de Neuchâtel
Location in Switzerland

The Neuchâtel Open was a professional golf tournament that was played annually between 1982 and 2007 at Neuchâtel Golf Club in Saint-Blaise, Neuchâtel, Switzerland. It was a 54-hole stroke play tournament.

From 1990 to 2000 it was an event on the second-tier Challenge Tour, although it was an unofficial money event in some seasons. After being dropped from the Challenge Tour schedule, it became a fixture on the third-tier Alps Tour between 2001 and 2007.

Winners

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Year Tour[a] Winner Score To par Margin of
victory
Runner(s)-up Ref.
Open de Neuchâtel
2007 ALP Switzerland Marcus Knight 205 −8 1 stroke England Phil Rowe [1][2]
2006 ALP England Gary Marks 202 −11 5 strokes Austria Peter Lepitschnik [3]
2005 ALP Austria Thomas Feyrsinger 199 −14 1 stroke France Lionel Alexandre
England Gary Marks
[4]
2004 ALP Belgium Jérôme Theunis 205 −8 5 strokes Germany Marc Chatelain
Switzerland Raphaël De Sousa
Switzerland Bilbo Perrot
France Vincent Simoni
[5]
2003 ALP France Alexandre Balicki 204 −9 1 stroke Switzerland Alexandre Chopard [6]
UBS Warburg Golf Open
2002 ALP Spain Fernando Roca 200 −13 3 strokes Spain Josep Romero
2001 ALP France Bertrand Cornut 202 −11 5 strokes Switzerland Alexandre Chopard
France Nicolas Kalouguine
[7][8]
UBS Warburg Swiss Golf Open Neuchâtel
2000 CHA Switzerland Steve Rey 205 −8 1 stroke Switzerland Juan Ciola [9]
Neuchâtel Open Golf Trophy
1999 CHA Sweden Richard S. Johnson 201 −12 1 stroke Germany Erol Şimşek [10]
1998 Switzerland Christophe Bovet 200 −13 5 strokes England John Lawson [11]
Neuchâtel Open
1997 CHA Germany Erol Şimşek 204 −9 3 strokes Australia Stephen Leaney [12]
Neuchâtel Open Golf Trophy
1996 CHA Italy Federico Bisazza 205 −8 Playoff Germany Heinz-Peter Thül [13]
Neuchâtel Open SBS Trophy
1995 CHA Belgium Nicolas Vanhootegem 200 −13 2 strokes Italy Michele Reale [14]
1994 CHA Netherlands Rolf Muntz 199 −14 1 stroke England Neal Briggs
England Philip Talbot
Sweden Daniel Westermark
[15]
Open de Neuchâtel
1993 CHA Switzerland Paolo Quirici 207 −6 Playoff France Stéphane De Marboeuf
England Paul Simpson
[16]
Neuchâtel Open SBS Trophy
1992 CHA Germany Heinz-Peter Thül (2) 136[b] −6 1 stroke Switzerland Gavin Healey [17][18]
1991 CHA Germany Heinz-Peter Thül 206 −7 1 stroke Sweden Daniel Westermark [19]
Neuchâtel Open
1990 CHA Switzerland André Bossert 208 −5 3 strokes England Nick Godin [20]
1989 CHA England Brian Evans (3) 206 −7 Playoff Spain Manuel García [21]
Open Browning de Neuchâtel
1988 United States Jonas Saxton 212 −1 1 stroke Switzerland Karim Baradie [22]
1987 England Brian Evans (2) 212 −1 [23]
1986 England Tim Huyton 137[b] −5 [24]
1985 England Brian Evans 209 −4 [25]
1984 Italy Silvano Locatelli 209 −4 Playoff [26]
1983 Italy Pietro Molteni 214 +1 1 stroke Spain Raffael Gallardo [27]
1982 Spain Manuel Gallardo 211 −2 8 strokes [28]

Notes

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  1. ^ ALP − Alps Tour; CHA − Challenge Tour.
  2. ^ a b Shortened to 36 holes due to rain.

References

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  1. ^ "Open de Neuchâtel | Final Result". Alps Tour – Tour Information Centre. Retrieved 31 May 2020.
  2. ^ "Un Suisse l'emporte á Voëns" (PDF). L'Express (in French). Neuchâtel, Switzerland. 2 July 2007. p. 18. Retrieved 31 May 2020 – via réro doc Digital Library.
  3. ^ "La victoire d'un invite" (PDF). L'Express (in French). Neuchâtel, Switzerland. 3 July 2006. p. 25. Retrieved 31 May 2020 – via réro doc Digital Library.
  4. ^ "De très haute teneur" (PDF). L'Express (in French). Neuchâtel, Switzerland. 4 July 2005. p. 24. Retrieved 31 May 2020 – via réro doc Digital Library.
  5. ^ "Encore une histoire belge" (PDF). L'Express (in French). Neuchâtel, Switzerland. 5 July 2004. p. 27. Retrieved 31 May 2020 – via réro doc Digital Library.
  6. ^ "Chopard á un coup du bonheur" (PDF). L'Express (in French). Neuchâtel, Switzerland. 7 July 2003. p. 20. Retrieved 31 May 2020 – via réro doc Digital Library.
  7. ^ "Un spectacle époustouflant" (PDF). L'Express (in French). Neuchâtel, Switzerland. 2 July 2001. p. 11. Retrieved 31 May 2020 – via réro doc Digital Library.
  8. ^ "Roca intouchable" (PDF). L'Impartial (in French). La Chaux-de-Fonds, Switzerland. 8 July 2002. p. 18. Retrieved 31 May 2020 – via réro doc Digital Library.
  9. ^ "UBS Warburg Swiss Golf Open Neuchâtel 2000". European Tour. Retrieved 31 May 2020.
  10. ^ "Neuchâtel Open Golf Trophy 1999". European Tour. Retrieved 31 May 2020.
  11. ^ "Christophe Bovet fait parler sa régularité à Voëns" (PDF). L'Impartial (in French). La Chaux-de-Fonds, Switzerland. 6 July 1998. p. 25. Retrieved 31 May 2020 – via réro doc Digital Library.
  12. ^ "Neuchâtel Open 1997". European Tour. Retrieved 31 May 2020.
  13. ^ "Neuchâtel Open Golf Trophy 1996". European Tour. Retrieved 31 May 2020.
  14. ^ "Neuchâtel Open SBS Trophy 1995". European Tour. Retrieved 31 May 2020.
  15. ^ "Neuchâtel Open SBS Trophy 1994". European Tour. Retrieved 31 May 2020.
  16. ^ "Open de Neuchâtel 1993". European Tour. Retrieved 31 May 2020.
  17. ^ "Neuchâtel Open SBS Trophy 1992". European Tour. Retrieved 31 May 2020.
  18. ^ "Neuchâtel la pluie..." Le Nouvelliste (in French). Sion, Switzerland. 13 July 1992. p. 21. Retrieved 30 May 2020 – via e-newspaperarchives.ch.
  19. ^ "Victoire germanique" (PDF). L'Impartial (in French). La Chaux-de-Fonds, Switzerland. 8 July 1991. p. 11. Retrieved 31 May 2020 – via réro doc Digital Library.
  20. ^ "Victoire suisse à Neuchâtel". Le Nouvelliste (in French). Sion, Switzerland. 9 July 1990. p. 24. Retrieved 30 May 2020 – via e-newspaperarchives.ch.
  21. ^ "Evans remporte le Neuchâtel Open". La Liberté (in French). Fribourg, Switzerland. 11 July 1989. p. 20. Retrieved 30 May 2020 – via e-newspaperarchives.ch.
  22. ^ "7e Open Browning, á Neuchâtel". Gazette de Lausanne (in French). Lausanne, Switzerland. 12 July 1988. p. 21. Retrieved 30 May 2020 – via Le Temps Archives.
  23. ^ "Victoire de Brian Evans à Neuchâtel". Le Nouvelliste (in French). Sion, Switzerland. 6 July 1987. p. 7. Retrieved 30 May 2020 – via e-newspaperarchives.ch.
  24. ^ "L'Open Browning de Neuchâtel, à Voëns-sur-Saint-Blaise". Le Nouvelliste (in French). Sion, Switzerland. 7 July 1986. p. 8. Retrieved 30 May 2020 – via e-newspaperarchives.ch.
  25. ^ "B. Evans: victoire et record à Neuchâtel". La Liberté (in French). Fribourg, Switzerland. 24 June 1985. p. 18. Retrieved 30 May 2020 – via e-newspaperarchives.ch.
  26. ^ "L'Open de Neuchâtel: domination italienne". Le Nouvelliste (in French). Sion, Switzerland. 16 July 1984. p. 9. Retrieved 30 May 2020 – via e-newspaperarchives.ch.
  27. ^ "Pietro Molteni en évidence" (PDF). L'Impartial (in French). La Chaux-de-Fonds, Switzerland. 12 August 1983. p. 11. Retrieved 31 May 2020 – via réro doc Digital Library.
  28. ^ "Succès de l'Espagnol Gallardo le week-end dernier à Voëns" (PDF). L'Express (in French). Neuchâtel, Switzerland. 28 July 1982. p. 10. Retrieved 31 May 2020 – via réro doc Digital Library.
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