First played: | 1912 (Became part of The European Tour International Schedule in 1972) |
Most wins: | 6 – Angel de la Torre – 1916, 17, 19, 23, 25, 35 |
Consecutive wins: | 3 – Angel de la Torre – 1916, 17, 19 |
2 – Arnaud Massy – 1927, 28; Gabriel Gonzalez – 1932, 33, | |
2 – Marcelino Morcillo – 1948, 49; Max Faulkner – 1952, 53 | |
*Stats from 1972 onwards | |
Youngest winner: | Sergio Garcia, 22 years and 109 days, 2002 |
Oldest winner: | Arnold Palmer, 45 years and 221 days, 1975 |
Lowest 18 hole score: | 61 (-9), Wayne Riley, 1988 |
Lowest first 18 hole score: | 63 (-9), Seve Ballesteros, Eduardo Romero, 1991, Mårten Olander, Charl Schwartzel, 2003, |
Søren Hansen, 2009 63 (-7), Mark James, Richard Boxall, 1988 | |
Lowest first 36 hole score: | 127 (-13), Richard Boxall, 1988 |
Lowest first 54 hole score: | 194 (-16), Mark James, 1988 |
Lowest 72 hole score: | 262 (-18), Mark James, 1988 |
Lowest under par score: | 266 (-22), Kenneth Ferrie, Peter Hedblom, Peter Lawrie, 2003 |
Lowest final round by a winner: | 62 (-10), Bernhard Langer, 1984 |
Wire-to-wire-winners: | Neil Coles, 1973 |
Largest 18 hole lead: | 5 shots – Seve Ballesteros, 1991 |
Largest 36 hole lead: | 4 shots – Richard Boxall, 1988, David Park, 2004, Ignacio Garrido, 2008 |
Largest 54 hole lead: | 6 shots – Padraig Harrington, 1996 |
Largest winning margin: | 8 shots – Sam Torrance, 1982 |
Biggest final round | 7 shots – Bernhard Langer, 1984 |
comeback by a winner: | |
Play-offs: | Antonio Garrido beat Valentin Barrios, 1972 |
Eduardo Romero beat Seve Ballesteros, 1991 | |
Mark James beat Greg Norman, 1997 | |
Kenneth Ferrie beat Peter Hedblom and Peter Lawrie, 2003 | |
Peter Hanson beat Peter Gustafsson, 2005 | |
Niclas Fasth beat John Bickerton, 2006 | |
Peter Lawrie beat Ignacio Garrido, 2008 | |
Alvaro Qurios beat James Morrison, 2010 | |
Raphael Jacquelin beat Felipe Aguilar and Maximilian Kieffer, 2013 | |
(This equalled the European Tour record for longest play-off of nine holes) | |
Holes-in-one: | 13 |
Low cut: | 138 (-6), 2003, (European Tour record) |
High cut: | 153 (+9), 1987 |
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