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Dutch Open (golf)
Annual golf tournament in the Netherlands
Annual golf tournament in the Netherlands
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| name | KLM Open |
| image | KLM Open logo.png |
| location | Amsterdam, Netherlands |
| establishment | 1912 |
| course | The International |
| par | 71 |
| yardage | 6914 yd |
| tour | European Tour |
| format | Stroke play |
| purse | |
| month_played | June |
| aggregate | 261 Thomas Pieters (2015) |
| to-par | −23 Kristoffer Broberg (2021) |
| current_champion | SCO Connor Syme |
| map | Netherlands |
| map_label | The International |
| map_caption | Location in the Netherlands |
| map_relief | yes |
| map_size | 200 |
| coordinates |
| to-par = −23 Kristoffer Broberg (2021) The Dutch Open, now again called the KLM Open, is an annual golf tournament played in the Netherlands, and has been part of the European Tour's schedule since the Tour was inaugurated in 1972.
History and sponsorship
Founded in 1912, the tournament began as the Dutch Open, before a variety of sponsors resulted in numerous name changes over the years. KLM was the longest title sponsor; lasting from 1981 to 1990, from 2004 to 2020, and from 2023 to recent. The tournament has been moved around the golfing calendar, but since 2010 it has been held in early September.
The event was cancelled in 2020 for the first time since 1945 due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
The event returned in 2021, with a new venue: Bernardus Golf in Cromvoirt. However the tournament name had been reverted back to the Dutch Open as KLM had decided to drop its title sponsorship duties. In 2023, after a short pause, KLM decided to lend its name back to the tournament.
| Venue | Location | First | Last | Times |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Royal Haagsche Golf & Country Club | The Hague | 1912 | 1981 | 20 |
| Noordwijkse Golf Club | Noordwijk | 1916 | 2001 | 9 |
| Doornsche Golf Club | Utrecht | 1918 | 1918 | 1 |
| Kennemer Golf & Country Club | Zandvoort | 1920 | 2015 | 23 |
| Domburgsche Golfclub | Domburg | 1921 | 1921 | 1 |
| Hilversumsche Golf Club | Hilversum | 1923 | 2012 | 30 |
| Utrechtse Golf Club 'De Pan' | Utrecht | 1934 | 1982 | 3 |
| Eindhovensche Golf | Eindhoven | 1947 | 1970 | 6 |
| Golfclub Toxandria | Breda | 1950 | 1965 | 2 |
| Rosendaelsche Golfclub | Arnhem | 1984 | 1984 | 1 |
| The Dutch | Spijk | 2016 | 2018 | 3 |
| The International | Amsterdam | 2019 | 2024 | 2 |
| Bernardus Golf | Cromvoirt | 2021 | 2023 | 3 |
Winners
| Year | Winner | Score | To par | Margin of | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| victory | Runner(s)-up | Venue | KLM Open | Dutch Open | KLM Open | Dutch Open | TNT Dutch Open | Sun Microsystems Dutch Open | Heineken Dutch Open | KLM Dutch Open | Dutch Open | ||||
| 2025 | SCO Connor Syme | 273 | −11 | 2 strokes | SWE Joakim Lagergren | The International | |||||||||
| 2024 | ITA Guido Migliozzi | 273 | −11 | Playoff | ENG Joe Dean | ||||||||||
| SWE Marcus Kinhult | The International | ||||||||||||||
| 2023 | ESP Pablo Larrazábal | 275 | −13 | 2 strokes | ESP Adrián Otaegui | Bernardus Golf | |||||||||
| 2022 | FRA Victor Perez | 275 | −13 | Playoff | NZL Ryan Fox | Bernardus Golf | |||||||||
| 2021 | SWE Kristoffer Broberg | 265 | −23 | 3 strokes | GER Matti Schmid | Bernardus Golf | |||||||||
| 2020 | Cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic | ||||||||||||||
| 2019 | ESP Sergio García | 270 | −18 | 1 stroke | DNK Nicolai Højgaard | The International | |||||||||
| 2018 | CHN Wu Ashun | 268 | −16 | 1 stroke | ENG Chris Wood | The Dutch | |||||||||
| 2017 | FRA Romain Wattel | 269 | −15 | 1 stroke | CAN Austin Connelly | The Dutch | |||||||||
| 2016 | NED Joost Luiten (2) | 265 | −19 | 3 strokes | AUT Bernd Wiesberger | The Dutch | |||||||||
| 2015 | BEL Thomas Pieters | 261 | −19 | 1 stroke | ESP Eduardo de la Riva | ||||||||||
| ENG Lee Slattery | Kennemer | ||||||||||||||
| 2014 | ENG Paul Casey | 266 | −14 | 1 stroke | ENG Simon Dyson | Kennemer | |||||||||
| 2013 | NED Joost Luiten | 268 | −12 | Playoff | ESP Miguel Ángel Jiménez | Kennemer | |||||||||
| 2012 | SWE Peter Hanson | 266 | −14 | 2 strokes | ESP Pablo Larrazábal | ||||||||||
| SCO Richie Ramsay | Hilversumsche | ||||||||||||||
| 2011 | ENG Simon Dyson (3) | 268 | −12 | 1 stroke | ENG David Lynn | Hilversumsche | |||||||||
| 2010 | GER Martin Kaymer | 266 | −14 | 4 strokes | SWE Christian Nilsson | ||||||||||
| PRY Fabrizio Zanotti | Hilversumsche | ||||||||||||||
| 2009 | ENG Simon Dyson (2) | 265 | −15 | Playoff | SWE Peter Hedblom | ||||||||||
| IRL Peter Lawrie | Kennemer | ||||||||||||||
| 2008 | NIR Darren Clarke | 264 | −16 | 4 strokes | IRL Paul McGinley | Kennemer | |||||||||
| 2007 | ENG Ross Fisher | 268 | −12 | 1 stroke | NED Joost Luiten | Kennemer | |||||||||
| 2006 | ENG Simon Dyson | 270 | −14 | Playoff | AUS Richard Green | Kennemer | |||||||||
| 2005 | ESP Gonzalo Fernández-Castaño | 269 | −11 | 2 strokes | ENG Gary Emerson | Hilversumsche | |||||||||
| 2004 | ENG David Lynn | 264 | −16 | 3 strokes | AUS Richard Green | ||||||||||
| IRL Paul McGinley | Hilversumsche | ||||||||||||||
| 2003 | NED Maarten Lafeber | 267 | −13 | 1 stroke | SWE Mathias Grönberg | ||||||||||
| DEN Søren Hansen | Hilversumsche | ||||||||||||||
| 2002 | GER Tobias Dier | 263 | −17 | 1 stroke | ENG Jamie Spence | Hilversumsche | |||||||||
| 2001 | GER Bernhard Langer (3) | 269 | −15 | Playoff | ENG Warren Bennett | Noordwijkse | |||||||||
| 2000 | AUS Stephen Leaney (2) | 269 | −19 | 4 strokes | DEU Bernhard Langer | Noordwijkse | |||||||||
| 1999 | ENG Lee Westwood | 269 | −15 | 1 stroke | SCO Gary Orr | Hilversumsche | |||||||||
| 1998 | AUS Stephen Leaney | 266 | −18 | 1 stroke | NIR Darren Clarke | Hilversumsche | |||||||||
| 1997 | GER Sven Strüver | 266 | −18 | 3 strokes | ENG Russell Claydon | Hilversumsche | |||||||||
| 1996 | ZIM Mark McNulty | 266 | −18 | 1 stroke | USA Scott Hoch | Hilversumsche | |||||||||
| 1995 | USA Scott Hoch | 269 | −15 | 2 strokes | SWE Michael Jonzon | ||||||||||
| SCO Sam Torrance | Hilversumsche | ||||||||||||||
| 1994 | ESP Miguel Ángel Jiménez | 270 | −18 | 2 strokes | ENG Howard Clark | Hilversumsche | |||||||||
| 1993 | SCO Colin Montgomerie | 281 | −7 | 1 stroke | ARG José Cóceres | ||||||||||
| FRA Jean van de Velde | Noordwijkse | ||||||||||||||
| 1992 | GER Bernhard Langer (2) | 277 | −11 | Playoff | SCO Gordon Brand Jnr | Noordwijkse | |||||||||
| 1991 | USA Payne Stewart | 267 | −21 | 9 strokes | SWE Per-Ulrik Johansson | ||||||||||
| DEU Bernhard Langer | Noordwijkse | ||||||||||||||
| 1990 | SCO Stephen McAllister | 274 | −6 | 4 strokes | ENG Roger Chapman | Kennemer | |||||||||
| 1989 | ESP José María Olazábal | 277 | −11 | Playoff | ENG Roger Chapman | ||||||||||
| NIR Ronan Rafferty | Kennemer | ||||||||||||||
| 1988 | WAL Mark Mouland | 274 | −14 | 1 stroke | IRL Des Smyth | Hilversumsche | |||||||||
| 1987 | SCO Gordon Brand Jnr | 272 | −16 | 1 stroke | ENG David J. Russell | Hilversumsche | |||||||||
| 1986 | ESP Seve Ballesteros (3) | 271 | −17 | 8 strokes | ESP José Rivero | Noordwijkse | |||||||||
| 1985 | AUS Graham Marsh (2) | 282 | −6 | 1 stroke | FRG Bernhard Langer | Noordwijkse | |||||||||
| 1984 | FRG Bernhard Langer | 275 | −13 | 4 strokes | AUS Graham Marsh | Rosendaelsche | |||||||||
| 1983 | SCO Ken Brown | 274 | −14 | 1 stroke | ESP José María Cañizares | ||||||||||
| AUS Vaughan Somers | Kennemer | ||||||||||||||
| 1982 | ENG Paul Way | 276 | −12 | 2 strokes | NIR David Feherty | ||||||||||
| ARG Vicente Fernández | De Pan | ||||||||||||||
| 1981 | ZAF Harold Henning | 280 | −8 | 1 stroke | USA Raymond Floyd | ||||||||||
| ZWE Nick Price | Haagsche | ||||||||||||||
| 1980 | ESP Seve Ballesteros (2) | 280 | −8 | 3 strokes | SCO Sandy Lyle | Hilversumsche | |||||||||
| 1979 | AUS Graham Marsh | 285 | −3 | 1 stroke | ESP Antonio Garrido | ||||||||||
| ENG Malcolm Gregson | Noordwijkse | ||||||||||||||
| 1978 | USA Bob Byman (2) | 214 | −2 | 1 stroke | ZWE Nick Price | Noordwijkse | |||||||||
| 1977 | USA Bob Byman | 278 | −10 | 1 stroke | ZAF Hugh Baiocchi | Kennemer | |||||||||
| 1976 | ESP Seve Ballesteros | 275 | −13 | 8 strokes | ENG Howard Clark | Kennemer | |||||||||
| 1975 | ZAF Hugh Baiocchi | 279 | −9 | 2 strokes | ZAF Dale Hayes | ||||||||||
| Rhodesia Simon Hobday | Hilversumsche | ||||||||||||||
| 1974 | SCO Brian Barnes | 211 | −5 | 5 strokes | ENG Peter Oosterhuis | ||||||||||
| NIR Eddie Polland | |||||||||||||||
| NZL Simon Owen | Hilversumsche | ||||||||||||||
| 1973 | ENG Doug McClelland | 279 | −9 | 1 stroke | ENG Peter Oosterhuis | Haagsche | |||||||||
| 1972 | AUS Jack Newton | 277 | −11 | 1 stroke | ENG Peter Oosterhuis | ||||||||||
| ENG Malcolm Gregson | Haagsche | ||||||||||||||
| 1971 | ESP Ramón Sota (2) | 277 | 6 strokes | AUS Graham Marsh | Kennemer | ||||||||||
| 1970 | ARG Vicente Fernández | 279 | 6 strokes | FRG Toni Kugelmüller | Eindhovensche | ||||||||||
| 1969 | ENG Guy Wolstenholme | 277 | 5 strokes | ZAF Barry Franklin | Hilversumsche | ||||||||||
| 1968 | ENG John Cockin | 292 | Playoff | ESP Ángel Gallardo | |||||||||||
| AUS Bob Shaw | Hilversumsche | ||||||||||||||
| 1967 | ENG Peter Townsend | 282 | 1 stroke | ZAF Sewsunker Sewgolum | Haagsche | ||||||||||
| 1966 | ESP Ramón Sota | 277 | 1 stroke | ZAF Allan Henning | Kennemer | ||||||||||
| 1965 | ESP Ángel Miguel | 278 | Playoff | ESP Jaime Benito | Toxandria | ||||||||||
| 1964 | ZAF Sewsunker Sewgolum (3) | 275 | 3 strokes | AUS Ted Ball | Eindhovensche | ||||||||||
| 1963 | ZAF Retief Waltman | 279 | 1 stroke | WAL Brian Huggett | Haagsche | ||||||||||
| 1962 | WAL Brian Huggett | 274 | 2 strokes | NED Gerard de Wit | Hilversumsche | ||||||||||
| 1961 | ZAF Brian Wilkes | 279 | 2 strokes | WAL Brian Huggett | Kennemer | ||||||||||
| 1960 | ZAF Sewsunker Sewgolum (2) | 280 | 3 strokes | ZAF Denis Hutchinson | Eindhovensche | ||||||||||
| 1959 | ZAF Sewsunker Sewgolum | 283 | 1 stroke | NED Gerard de Wit | Haagsche | ||||||||||
| 1958 | WAL Dave Thomas | 277 | 3 strokes | ARG Antonio Cerdá | Kennemer | ||||||||||
| 1957 | ENG John Jacobs | 284 | 3 strokes | BEL Flory Van Donck | Hilversumsche | ||||||||||
| 1956 | ARG Antonio Cerdá | 277 | 5 strokes | NED Gerard de Wit | Eindhovensche | ||||||||||
| 1955 | ITA Alfonso Angelini | 280 | Playoff | NED Gerard de Wit | Kennemer | ||||||||||
| 1954 | ITA Ugo Grappasonni | 295 | Playoff | NED Gerard de Wit | Haagsche | ||||||||||
| 1953 | BEL Flory Van Donck (5) | 286 | 2 strokes | NED Piet Witte | Eindhovensche | ||||||||||
| 1952 | ENG Cecil Denny (2) | 284 | 1 stroke | ITA Aldo Casera | Hilversumsche | ||||||||||
| 1951 | BEL Flory Van Donck (4) | 281 | 2 strokes | SCO Eric Brown | |||||||||||
| ENG Reg Horne | Kennemer | ||||||||||||||
| 1950 | ARG Roberto De Vicenzo | 269 | 14 strokes | SCO Eric Brown | |||||||||||
| ARG John Cruickshank | Toxandria | ||||||||||||||
| 1949 | SCO Jimmy Adams | 294 | 5 strokes | ENG Max Faulkner | Haagsche | ||||||||||
| 1948 | ENG Cecil Denny | 290 | 3 strokes | NED Joop Rühl | Hilversumsche | ||||||||||
| 1947 | NED Joop Rühl | 290 | 3 strokes | SCO Willie Forrester | Eindhovensche | ||||||||||
| 1946 | BEL Flory Van Donck (3) | 290 | 8 strokes | NED Joop Rühl | Hilversumsche | ||||||||||
| 1940–1945: No tournament due to World War II | |||||||||||||||
| 1939 | ZAF Bobby Locke | 281 | 6 strokes | ENG Cecil Denny | Kennemer | ||||||||||
| 1938 | ENG Alf Padgham | 281 | 3 strokes | ENG Cecil Denny | Haagsche | ||||||||||
| 1937 | BEL Flory Van Donck (2) | 286 | 2 strokes | FRA Auguste Boyer | De Pan | ||||||||||
| 1936 | BEL Flory Van Donck | 285 | 4 strokes | ENG Francis Francis (a) | Hilversumsche | ||||||||||
| 1935 | ZAF Sid Brews (2) | 275 | 10 strokes | FRA Marcel Dallemagne | Kennemer | ||||||||||
| 1934 | ZAF Sid Brews | 286 | 1 stroke | ENG Cecil Denny | De Pan | ||||||||||
| 1933 | FRA Marcel Dallemagne | 143 | 6 strokes | FRA Auguste Boyer | Kennemer | ||||||||||
| 1932 | FRA Auguste Boyer | 137 | 4 strokes | FRA Julien Orengo | Haagsche | ||||||||||
| 1931 | USA Frank Dyer | 145 | 5 strokes | ENG Tom Odams | Kennemer | ||||||||||
| 1930 | NED Dirk Oosterveer (2) | 152 | 2 strokes | NED Jos van Dijk | Haagsche | ||||||||||
| 1929 | ENG Jack Taylor | 153 | 1 stroke | WAL Bert Hodson | Hilversumsche | ||||||||||
| 1928 | ENG Ernest Whitcombe | 141 | 6 strokes | ENG Charles Whitcombe | Haagsche | ||||||||||
| 1927 | JER Percy Boomer | 147 | 1 stroke | ENG Henry Cotton | Haagsche | ||||||||||
| 1926 | JER Aubrey Boomer (3) | 151 | 5 strokes | JER Percy Boomer | |||||||||||
| NED Jos van Dijk | Haagsche | ||||||||||||||
| 1925 | JER Aubrey Boomer (2) | 144 | 8 strokes | ENG Percy Alliss | Haagsche | ||||||||||
| 1924 | JER Aubrey Boomer | 138 | 14 strokes | ENG George Pannell | Haagsche | ||||||||||
| 1923 | ENG Henry Burrows (3) | 153 | 1 stroke | SCO James Paxton Jr. | |||||||||||
| NIR Donald Soulby (a) | |||||||||||||||
| NED Jos van Dijk | Hilversumsche | ||||||||||||||
| 1922 | ENG George Pannell (2) | 160 | 3 strokes | NED Jos van Dijk | Noordwijkse | ||||||||||
| 1921 | ENG Henry Burrows (2) | 158 | 4 strokes | NED Dirk Oosterveer | Domburgsche | ||||||||||
| 1920 | ENG Henry Burrows | 151 | Playoff | NED Jacob Oosterveer | Kennemer | ||||||||||
| 1919 | NED Dirk Oosterveer | 158 | 6 strokes | NED Jacob Oosterveer | Haagsche | ||||||||||
| 1918 | BEL Florent Gevers (a) | 159 | 1 stroke | ENG Henry Burrows | Doornsche | ||||||||||
| 1917 | NED Jacob Oosterveer | 160 | 2 strokes | NED Gerry del Court van Krimpen (a) | Haagsche | ||||||||||
| 1916 | ENG Charles Bryce (a) | 166 | 7 strokes | NED Gerry del Court van Krimpen (a) | |||||||||||
| NED Jacob Oosterveer | Noordwijkse | ||||||||||||||
| 1915 | NED Gerry del Court van Krimpen (a) | 152 | 12 strokes | ENG Henry Burrows | |||||||||||
| ENG Ernest Kettley | Haagsche | ||||||||||||||
| 1913–14: No tournament | |||||||||||||||
| 1912 | ENG George Pannell | 158 | 1 stroke | ENG Charles Warren | Haagsche |
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Notes
References
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