Interlaken Open

Interlaken Open
Tournament information
LocationInterlaken, Switzerland
Established1989
Course(s)Golfclub Interlaken-Unterseen
Par72
Tour(s)Challenge Tour
FormatStroke play
Prize fund£75,000
Month playedJuly
Final year1998
Tournament record score
Aggregate263 John Senden (1998)
To par−25 as above
Final champion
Australia John Senden
Location map
Golfclub Interlaken-Unterseen is located in Switzerland
Golfclub Interlaken-Unterseen
Golfclub Interlaken-Unterseen
Location in Switzerland

The Interlaken Open was a golf tournament on the Challenge Tour, held in Switzerland.

History

It was first played on the Challenge Tour in 1993[1] and replaced in 2000 by the Swiss Challenge, following financial issues.[2]

Winners

Year Tour[a] Winner Score To par Margin of
victory		 Runner-up Ref.
1998 CHA Australia John Senden 263 −25 2 strokes England Warren Bennett
1997 CHA Abandoned[b] [3][4]
1996 CHA England Van Phillips 203 −13 1 stroke Sweden Mårten Olander
1995 CHA Denmark Thomas Bjørn 200 −16 3 strokes Switzerland André Bossert
1994 CHA England Neal Briggs 203 −13 Playoff Scotland Raymond Russell
1993 CHA England Jamie Taylor 207 −9 1 stroke England Daren Lee
1992 England Joe Higgins 141 −3 2 strokes England Neil Roderick [5]
1991 Germany Thomas Gögele 138 −6 2 strokes England Joe Higgins [6]
1990 England David James 140 −4 1 stroke Switzerland Paolo Quirici [7]
1989 Italy Pietro Molteni 141 −3 1 stroke Italy Silvano Locatelli [8]

Notes

  1. ^ CHA − Challenge Tour.
  2. ^ Tournament abandoned after the first round due to rain.

References

  1. ^ "1993 Interlaken Open". European Tour. Retrieved 20 May 2020.
  2. ^ "Golfing young guns tee off in Ticino". Swissinfo.ch. 3 May 2000.
  3. ^ "1997 Interlaken Open". European Tour. Retrieved 20 May 2020.
  4. ^ "Golf: Regen der einzige Sieger in Interlaken" [Golf: Rain the only winner in Interlaken]. Berner Tagwacht (in German). Switzerland. 28 July 1997. p. 8. Retrieved 23 August 2024 – via e-newspaperarchives.ch.
  5. ^ "Engländer Sieg in Interlaken" [English victory in Interlaken]. Thuner Tagblatt (in German). Thun, Switzerland. 28 July 1992. p. 13. Retrieved 23 August 2024 – via e-newspaperarchives.ch.
  6. ^ "Interlaken Open der Golfer" [Interlaken Open of golfers]. Walliser Bote [de] (in German). Visp, Switzerland. 29 July 1991. p. 16. Retrieved 23 August 2024 – via e-newspaperarchives.ch.
  7. ^ "Interlaken Open: Quirici 2". Thuner Tagblatt (in German). Thun, Switzerland. 30 July 1990. p. 10. Retrieved 23 August 2024 – via e-newspaperarchives.ch.
  8. ^ "Play-off-Entscheidung nur knapp verpasst" [Play-off decision narrowly missed]. Der Bund (in German). Bern, Switzerland. 31 July 1989. p. 18. Retrieved 23 August 2024 – via e-newspaperarchives.ch.