There have been 11 different winners of the SAINT-OMER OPEN presented by Neuflize OBC with no player winning more than once since the tournament’s inception in 2000. Since it joined The European Tour International Schedule, all eight champions have made the event their first European Tour victory – Brett Rumford (2003), José-Filipe Lima (2004), Joakim Bäckström (2005), Cesar Monasterio (2006) , Carl Suneson (2007), David Dixon (2008), Christian Nilsson (2009) and Martin Wiegele (2010).
First played:
2000 (2000-02 was part of the European Challenge Tour)
Past winners:
2000, Pascal Edmond, 2001, Sebastien Delagrange, 2002, Nicolas Vanhootegem, 2003, Brett Rumford, 2004, José-Filipe Lima, 2005, Joakim Backstrom, 2006, Cesar Monasterio, 2007, Carl Suneson, 2008, Carl Suneson, 2009, Christian Nilsson, 2010, Martin Wiegele
Youngest winner:
José-Filipe Lima, 22 and 206 days, 2004
Oldest winner:
Cesar Monasterio, 42 and 164 days, 2006
Lowest 18 hole score:
63 (-10), Sebastien Delagrange, 2001
Lowest first 18 hole score:
63 (-10), Sebastien Delagrange, 2001
Lowest first 36 hole score:
130 (-16),Sebastien Delagrange, 2001
Lowest first 54 hole score:
200 (-19), Sebastien Delagrange, 2001
Lowest 72 hole score:
269 (-15), Brett Rumford, 2003
Lowest under par winning score:
272 (-20), Sebastien Delagrange, 2001
Lowest final round by a winner:
64 (-9), Pascal Edmond, 2000
Wire-to-wire-winners:
Sebastien Delagrange, 2001, Brett Rumford, 2003
Largest 18 hole lead:
3shots, Sebastien Delagrange, 2001
Largest 36 hole lead:
3 shots, Sebastien Delagrange, 2001, James Heath, 2005
Largest 54 hole lead:
4 shots, Christian Nilsson, 2009
Largest winning margin:
6 shots, Christian Nilsson, 2009
Biggest final round comeback by a winner:
5 shots, Pascal Edmond, 2000, Cesar Monasterio, 2006
Play-offs:
Joakim Backstrom beat Paul Dwyer, 2005
Holes-in-one:
Carlos de Corral, round 1, hole 4, 2005
Lewis Atkinson, round 2, hole 17, 2005
Matthew Morris, round 1, hole 11, 2006
Niki Zitny, round 2, hole 11, 2007
Clodomiro Carranza, round 1, hole 17, 2009
Anders Schmidt Hansen, round 3, hole 2, 2010
Albatrosses:
Ian Garbutt, round 3, hole 14, 2004
Lowcut:
142 (-4), (par 73), 2001
High cut:
147 (+5), 2004, 08
