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Italian Open (golf)

Men's professional golf tournament in Italy

Field	Value
name	Italian Open
image	Italian Open (golf) logo.png
imagesize	250px
location	Monte Argentario, Italy
establishment	1925
course	Argentario Golf Club
par	71
yardage	6800 yd
tour	European Tour
format	Stroke play
purse
month_played	June
aggregate	262 Percy Alliss (1935)
262 Francesco Molinari (2016)
262 Thorbjørn Olesen (2018)
to-par	−25 Hennie Otto (2008)
current_champion	FRA Adrien Saddier
map	Italy#Italy Tuscany
map_label	Argentario GC
map_caption	Location in Italy##Location in Tuscany
map_relief	yes
map_size	200
coordinates

262 Francesco Molinari (2016) 262 Thorbjørn Olesen (2018) | to-par = −25 Hennie Otto (2008) The Italian Open () is the men's national open golf championship of Italy. It was founded in 1925 and, except for 1933 and during World War II, was played annually until 1960. After an eleven-year hiatus, it returned in 1971 when it was one of five tournaments in Continental Europe that were included on the British PGA Order of Merit circuit. The following year of that circuit has since been recognised as the first official season of the European Tour, and the Italian Open is one of few tournaments that have featured on the schedule every year. The 2018 event was the 75th edition of the championship.

In 2017 the European Tour created the Rolex Series, a group of events with higher prize money, with the Italian Open being one of the designated events with total prize money increased to US$7 million, more than double that of the previous year. In 2020 the tournament was not part of the Rolex Series, having been rescheduled with much lower prize money due to the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic.

History

In 1935, British golfer Percy Alliss scored a 262 aggregate on his way to winning the event. He established the lowest 72-hole total ever in any golf tournament ever at the time. The legitimacy of the record was in doubt, according to Time, as the length of the San Remo course was only 5,200 yards, far below the international "championship standard." Many decades later, in 2008, South African Hennie Otto was just one stroke away from Alliss' total, still the tournament record.

Venues

Venue	Location	First	Last	Times
Golf Club Alpino di Stresa	Stresa	1925	1927	3
Circolo Golf Villa d'Este	Montorfano	1928	1972	12
Circolo Golf degli Ulivi, Sanremo	Sanremo	1934	1948	5
Sestrieres Golf Club	Sestriere	1936	1936	1
Circolo del Golf Roma, Acquasanta	Rome	1950	1980	3
Golf Club Milano	Monza	1951	2017	9
Circolo Golf Venezia	Venice	1955	1974	3
Golf Club Varese	Varese	1958	1958	1
Golf Club Garlenda	Garlenda	1971	1971	1
Olgiata Golf Club	Rome	1973	2019	2 (+1)
Golf Club Monticello	Como	1975	1992	7
Circolo Golf Is Molas	Pula, Sardinia	1976	2001	4
Pevero Golf Club	Arzachena, Sardinia	1978	1978	1
Circolo Golf Ugolino	Florence	1983	1983	1
Molinetto Country Club	Milan	1985	1985	1
Golf Club Albarella	Venice	1986	1986	1
Castelconturbia Golf Club	Borgomanero	1991	1998	2
Modena Golf and Country Club	Modena	1993	1993	1
Marco Simone Golf and Country Club	Rome	1994	2022	4
Le Rovedine Golf Club	Milan	1995	1995	1
Golf Club Bergamo "L'Albenza"	Bergamo	1996	1996	1
Gardagolf Country Club	Brescia	1997	2018	3
Circolo Golf Torino "La Mandria"	Turin	1999	2014	3
Golf Club Castello Tolcinasco	Milan	2004	2008	5
Royal Park i Roveri	Turin	2009	2012	4
Chervò Golf Hotel and Spa Resort	Pozzolengo	2020	2020	1
Adriatic Golf Club Cervia	Cervia	2024	2024	1
Argentario Golf Club	Monte Argentario	2025	2025	1

In 1973 the first two rounds were played on two different courses, Acquasanta and Olgiata, everyone playing one round on each course. After the cut, Acquasanta was then used for the final two rounds.

Winners

	Pre-European Tour	1925–1971

#	Year	Winner	Score	To par	Margin of
victory	Runner(s)-up	Venue	Ref.	Italian Open	DS Automobiles Italian Open	Italian Open	Open d'Italia	Open d'Italia Lindt	BMW Italian Open	Methorios Capital Italian Open	Telecom Italia Open	Italian Open Telecom Italia	Atlanet Italian Open	Italian Open	Fiat and Fila Italian Open	Italian Open	Conte of Florence Italian Open	Italian Open	Tisettanta Italian Open	Lancia Martini Italian Open	Lancia Italian Open	Italian Open
82nd	2025	FRA Adrien Saddier	266	−14	2 strokes	FRA Martin Couvra	Argentario
81st	2024	GER Marcel Siem	274	−10	Playoff	NIR Tom McKibbin	Adriatic
80th	2023	POL Adrian Meronk	271	−13	1 stroke	FRA Romain Langasque	Marco Simone
79th	2022	SCO Robert MacIntyre	270	−14	Playoff	ENG Matt Fitzpatrick	Marco Simone
78th	2021	DEN Nicolai Højgaard	271	−13	1 stroke	ENG Tommy Fleetwood
POL Adrian Meronk	Marco Simone
77th	2020	ENG Ross McGowan	268	−20	1 stroke	ENG Laurie Canter
BEL Nicolas Colsaerts	Chervò
76th	2019	AUT Bernd Wiesberger	268	−16	1 stroke	ENG Matt Fitzpatrick	Olgiata
75th	2018	DNK Thorbjørn Olesen	262	−22	1 stroke	ITA Francesco Molinari	Gardagolf
74th	2017	ENG Tyrrell Hatton	263	−21	1 stroke	THA Kiradech Aphibarnrat
ENG Ross Fisher	Milano
73rd	2016	ITA Francesco Molinari (2)	262	−22	1 stroke	ENG Danny Willett	Milano
72nd	2015	SWE Rikard Karlberg	269	−19	Playoff	DEU Martin Kaymer	Milano
71st	2014	ZAF Hennie Otto (2)	268	−20	2 strokes	ENG David Howell	Torino
70th	2013	FRA Julien Quesne	276	−12	1 stroke	IRL David Higgins
ENG Steve Webster	Torino
69th	2012	ESP Gonzalo Fernández-Castaño (2)	264	−24	2 strokes	ZAF Garth Mulroy	Royal Park i Roveri
68th	2011	ENG Robert Rock	267	−21	1 stroke	ENG Gary Boyd
DNK Thorbjørn Olesen	Royal Park i Roveri
67th	2010	SWE Fredrik Andersson Hed	268	−16	2 strokes	ENG David Horsey	Royal Park i Roveri
66th	2009	ARG Daniel Vancsik	267	−17	6 strokes	USA John Daly
FRA Raphaël Jacquelin
ENG Robert Rock	Royal Park i Roveri
65th	2008	ZAF Hennie Otto	263	−25	1 stroke	ENG Oliver Wilson	Castello Tolcinasco
64th	2007	ESP Gonzalo Fernández-Castaño	200	−16	Playoff	AUT Markus Brier	Castello Tolcinasco
63rd	2006	ITA Francesco Molinari	265	−23	4 strokes	DNK Anders Hansen
SWE Jarmo Sandelin	Castello Tolcinasco
62nd	2005	ENG Steve Webster	270	−18	3 strokes	WAL Bradley Dredge
ENG Richard Finch
DNK Anders Hansen	Castello Tolcinasco
61st	2004	NIR Graeme McDowell	197	−19	Playoff	FRA Thomas Levet	Castello Tolcinasco
60th	2003	SWE Mathias Grönberg	271	−17	2 strokes	ARG Ricardo González
ESP José Manuel Lara
SCO Colin Montgomerie	Gardagolf
59th	2002	ENG Ian Poulter (2)	197	−19	2 strokes	SCO Paul Lawrie	Olgiata
58th	2001	FRA Grégory Havret	268	−20	1 stroke	WAL Bradley Dredge	Is Molas
57th	2000	ENG Ian Poulter	267	−21	1 stroke	SCO Gordon Brand Jnr	Is Molas
56th	1999	SCO Dean Robertson	271	−17	1 stroke	IRL Pádraig Harrington	Torino
55th	1998	SWE Patrik Sjöland	195	−21	3 strokes	SWE Joakim Haeggman
ESP José María Olazábal	Castelconturbia
54th	1997	DEU Bernhard Langer (2)	273	−15	1 stroke	ESP José María Olazábal	Gardagolf
53rd	1996	ENG Jim Payne	275	−9	1 stroke	SWE Patrik Sjöland	Bergamo
52nd	1995	SCO Sam Torrance (2)	269	−19	2 strokes	ESP José Rivero	Le Rovedine
51st	1994	ARG Eduardo Romero	272	−16	1 stroke	NZL Greg Turner	Marco Simone
50th	1993	NZL Greg Turner	267	−21	1 stroke	ARG José Cóceres	Modena
49th	1992	SCO Sandy Lyle (2)	270	−18	1 stroke	SCO Colin Montgomerie	Monticello
48th	1991	AUS Craig Parry	279	−9	1 stroke	WAL Ian Woosnam	Castelconturbia
47th	1990	ENG Richard Boxall	267	−21	5 strokes	ESP José María Olazábal	Milano
46th	1989	NIR Ronan Rafferty	273	−15	1 stroke	SCO Sam Torrance	Monticello
45th	1988	AUS Greg Norman	270	−18	1 stroke	AUS Craig Parry	Monticello
44th	1987	SCO Sam Torrance	271	−17	Playoff	ESP José Rivero	Monticello
43rd	1986	NIR David Feherty	270	−10	Playoff	NIR Ronan Rafferty	Albarella
42nd	1985	ESP Manuel Piñero	267	−21	1 stroke	SCO Sam Torrance	Molinetto
41st	1984	SCO Sandy Lyle	277	−11	4 strokes	USA Bobby Clampett	Milano
40th	1983	FRG Bernhard Langer	271	−17	Playoff	ESP Seve Ballesteros
SCO Ken Brown	Ugolino
39th	1982	ENG Mark James	280	−8	3 strokes	USA Bobby Clampett
WAL Ian Woosnam	Is Molas
38th	1981	ESP José María Cañizares	280	−8	Playoff	USA Bobby Clampett	Milano
37th	1980	ITA Massimo Mannelli	276	−8	5 strokes	ZAF John Bland
SCO Ken Brown	Acquasanta
36th	1979	SCO Brian Barnes	281	−7	Playoff	ZAF Dale Hayes	Monticello
35th	1978	ZAF Dale Hayes	293	+5	3 strokes	ZAF Vin Baker
ENG Tommy Horton	Pevero
34th	1977	ESP Ángel Gallardo	286	−2	Playoff	SCO Brian Barnes	Monticello
33rd	1976	ITA Baldovino Dassù	280	−8	8 strokes	ENG Carl Mason
ESP Manuel Piñero	Is Molas
32nd	1975	USA Billy Casper	286	−2	1 stroke	SCO Brian Barnes	Monticello
31st	1974	ENG Peter Oosterhuis	249	−2	2 strokes	ZAF Dale Hayes
USA Johnny Miller	Venezia
30th	1973	ENG Tony Jacklin	284	−4	1 stroke	ESP Valentín Barrios	Acquasanta
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29th	1972	SCO Norman Wood	271	−1	2 strokes	WAL Brian Huggett	Villa d'Este
28th	1971	ESP Ramón Sota	282	−2	4 strokes	SCO Brian Barnes	Garlenda	url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=tOA9AAAAIBAJ&sjid=S0gMAAAAIBAJ&pg=4997%2C5434536	title=Spaniard holds off British challenge in Italian Open	newspaper=The Glasgow Herald	date=29 March 1971	page=10}}
1961–1970: No tournament
27th	1960	ZAF Brian Wilkes	285		2 strokes	FRA Jean Garaïalde	Venezia
26th	1959	AUS Peter Thomson	269		1 stroke	ITA Alfonso Angelini	Villa d'Este
25th	1958	ENG Peter Alliss	282		10 strokes	ITA Alfonso Angelini	Varese
24th	1957	ZAF Harold Henning	273		3 strokes	FRA Roger Cotton	Villa d'Este
23rd	1956	ARG Antonio Cerdá	284		Playoff	BEL Flory Van Donck	Milano
22nd	1955	BEL Flory Van Donck (4)	287		1 stroke	FRA Henri de Lamaze (a)	Venezia
21st	1954	ITA Ugo Grappasonni (2)	272		Playoff	ENG John Jacobs	Villa d'Este
20th	1953	BEL Flory Van Donck (3)	269		6 strokes	ENG Max Faulkner
WAL Dai Rees	Villa d'Este
19th	1952	SCO Eric Brown	273		6 strokes	ITA Alfonso Angelini	Milano
18th	1951	SCO Jimmy Adams	283		1 stroke	SCO Eric Brown	Milano
17th	1950	ITA Ugo Grappasonni	281		Playoff	ITA Alfonso Angelini	Acquasanta
16th	1949	EGY Hassan Hassanein	271			ITA Aldo Casera	Villa d'Este
15th	1948	ITA Aldo Casera	267			ITA Ugo Grappasonni
ITA Pietro Manca	Golf Sanremo
14th	1947	BEL Flory Van Donck (2)	263			ITA Aldo Casera	Golf Sanremo
1939–1946: No tournament due to World War II
13th	1938	BEL Flory Van Donck	276			ITA Pulvio Travaini	Villa d'Este
12th	1937	FRA Marcel Dallemagne	276		Playoff	FRA Auguste Boyer	Golf Sanremo
11th	1936	ENG Henry Cotton	268		6 strokes	USA Joe Ezar	Sestrieres
10th	1935	ENG Percy Alliss (2)	262		5 strokes	FRA Auguste Boyer
ENG Arthur Havers	Golf Sanremo
9th	1934	ENG Norman Nutley	132			ESP Gonzales	Golf Sanremo
1933: No tournament
8th	1932	JER Aubrey Boomer	143			FRA Auguste Boyer	Villa d'Este
7th	1931	FRA Auguste Boyer (4)	141			FRA René Golias	Villa d'Este
6th	1930	FRA Auguste Boyer (3)	140			FRA Marcel Dallemagne	Villa d'Este
5th	1929	FRA René Golias	143			FRA Auguste Boyer	Villa d'Este
4th	1928	FRA Auguste Boyer (2)	145		1 stroke	FRA Jean Baptiste Loth	Villa d'Este
3rd	1927	ENG Percy Alliss	145		Playoff	FRA Marcel Dallemagne	Alpino di Stresa
2nd	1926	FRA Auguste Boyer	147			SCO Alec Ross	Alpino di Stresa
1st	1925	ITA Francesco Pasquali	154		1 stroke	[[File:Old Flag of Guernsey.svg	border	23px	link=Guernsey]] William Jolly	Alpino di Stresa

Source:

Multiple winners

4 wins
- Auguste Boyer: 1926, 1928, 1930, 1931
- Flory Van Donck: 1938, 1947, 1953, 1955
2 wins
- Percy Alliss: 1927, 1935
- Ugo Grappasonni: 1950, 1954
- Sandy Lyle: 1984, 1992
- Sam Torrance: 1987, 1995
- Bernhard Langer: 1983, 1997
- Ian Poulter: 2000, 2002
- Gonzalo Fernández-Castaño: 2007, 2012
- Hennie Otto: 2008, 2014
- Francesco Molinari: 2006, 2016

Notes

References

(7 December 1971). "Extra £32,000 at stake for Britons". The Times.
(15 November 2016). "European Tour announces Rolex Series, overhaul of top events". ESPN.
(15 November 2016). "European Tour launches the Rolex Series". PGA European Tour.
(28 August 2020). "Two Rolex Series events cancelled; three new events on European Tour".
"The Baltimore Sun 27 May 1940, page 13".
(26 July 1937). "Low, Long & Little".
(23 April 1973). "Tony Jacklin wins Italian Open". The Glasgow Herald.
(29 March 1971). "Spaniard holds off British challenge in Italian Open". The Glasgow Herald.
"Roll of Honor".

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