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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
 12      
High cut
 153 (+9), 1987      
Low cut
 138 (-6), (2003) (European Tour record)      

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