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Open de Espana - Facts and Figures
Facts and Figures

Open de Espana - Facts and Figures



First played

Most wins

Consecutive wins

*Stats from 1972 onwards

Youngest winner

Oldest winner

1912 (Became part of The European Tour International Schedule in 1972)

6 - Angel de la Torre - 1916, 17, 19, 23, 23, 25, 35

3 - Angel de la Torre - 1916, 17, 18

2 - Arnaud Massy - 1927, 28

2 - Gabriel Gonzalez - 1932, 33

2 - Marcelino Morcillo - 1948, 49

2 - Max Faulkner - 1952, 53

Sergio Garcia, 22 and 109 days, 2002

Arnold Palmer, 45 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, Marten Olander, Charl Schwartzel, 2003, Soren 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 comeback by a winner
7 shots, Bernhard Langer, 1984
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 Quiros beat James Morrison, 2010


Holes-in-one
13
High cut
153 (+9), 1987
Low cut
138 (-6), (2003) (European Tour record)

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