Neuchâtel Open
Golf tournament
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The Neuchâtel Open was a professional golf tournament that was played annually between 1982 and 2007 at Neuchâtel Golf Club in Saint-Blaise, Neuchâtel, Switzerland. It was a 54-hole stroke play tournament.
| Tournament information | |
|---|---|
| Location | Saint-Blaise, Switzerland |
| Established | 1982 |
| Course | Golf de Neuchâtel |
| Par | 72 |
| Tour(s) | Challenge Tour Alps Tour |
| Format | stroke play |
| Prize fund | €45,000 |
| Month played | June |
| Final year | 2007 |
| Tournament record score | |
| Aggregate | 199 Rolf Muntz (1994) 199 Thomas Feyrsinger (2005) |
| To par | −14 as above |
| Final champion | |
 Marcus Knight | |
| Location map | |
  Golf de Neuchâtel Location in Switzerland | |
From 1990 to 2000 it was an event on the second-tier Challenge Tour, although it was an unofficial money event in some seasons. After being dropped from the Challenge Tour schedule, it became a fixture on the third-tier Alps Tour between 2001 and 2007.
Winners
| Year | Tour[a] | Winner | Score | To par | Margin of victory | Runner(s)-up | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Open de Neuchâtel | |||||||
| 2007 | ALP | Marcus Knight | 205 | −8 | 1 stroke |  Phil Rowe | [1][2] |
| 2006 | ALP | Gary Marks | 202 | −11 | 5 strokes |  Peter Lepitschnik | [3] |
| 2005 | ALP | Thomas Feyrsinger | 199 | −14 | 1 stroke |  Lionel Alexandre Gary Marks | [4] |
| 2004 | ALP |  Jérôme Theunis | 205 | −8 | 5 strokes |  Marc Chatelain Raphaël De Sousa Bilbo Perrot Vincent Simoni | [5] |
| 2003 | ALP | Alexandre Balicki | 204 | −9 | 1 stroke | Alexandre Chopard | [6] |
| UBS Warburg Golf Open | |||||||
| 2002 | ALP |  Fernando Roca | 200 | −13 | 3 strokes | Josep Romero | |
| 2001 | ALP | Bertrand Cornut | 202 | −11 | 5 strokes | Alexandre Chopard Nicolas Kalouguine | [7][8] |
| UBS Warburg Swiss Golf Open Neuchâtel | |||||||
| 2000 | CHA | Steve Rey | 205 | −8 | 1 stroke | Juan Ciola | [9] |
| Neuchâtel Open Golf Trophy | |||||||
| 1999 | CHA |  Richard S. Johnson | 201 | −12 | 1 stroke | Erol Şimşek | [10] |
| 1998 | Christophe Bovet | 200 | −13 | 5 strokes | John Lawson | [11] | |
| Neuchâtel Open | |||||||
| 1997 | CHA | Erol Şimşek | 204 | −9 | 3 strokes |  Stephen Leaney | [12] |
| Neuchâtel Open Golf Trophy | |||||||
| 1996 | CHA |  Federico Bisazza | 205 | −8 | Playoff | Heinz-Peter Thül | [13] |
| Neuchâtel Open SBS Trophy | |||||||
| 1995 | CHA | Nicolas Vanhootegem | 200 | −13 | 2 strokes | Michele Reale | [14] |
| 1994 | CHA |  Rolf Muntz | 199 | −14 | 1 stroke | Neal Briggs Philip Talbot Daniel Westermark | [15] |
| Open de Neuchâtel | |||||||
| 1993 | CHA | Paolo Quirici | 207 | −6 | Playoff | Stéphane De Marboeuf Paul Simpson | [16] |
| Neuchâtel Open SBS Trophy | |||||||
| 1992 | CHA | Heinz-Peter Thül (2) | 136[b] | −6 | 1 stroke | Gavin Healey | [17][18] |
| 1991 | CHA | Heinz-Peter Thül | 206 | −7 | 1 stroke | Daniel Westermark | [19] |
| Neuchâtel Open | |||||||
| 1990 | CHA | André Bossert | 208 | −5 | 3 strokes | Nick Godin | [20] |
| 1989 | CHA | Brian Evans (3) | 206 | −7 | Playoff | Manuel García | [21] |
| Open Browning de Neuchâtel | |||||||
| 1988 |  Jonas Saxton | 212 | −1 | 1 stroke | Karim Baradie | [22] | |
| 1987 | Brian Evans (2) | 212 | −1 |  | [23] | ||
| 1986 | Tim Huyton | 137[b] | −5 | | [24] | ||
| 1985 | Brian Evans | 209 | −4 | | [25] | ||
| 1984 | Silvano Locatelli | 209 | −4 | Playoff | | [26] | |
| 1983 | Pietro Molteni | 214 | +1 | 1 stroke | Raffael Gallardo | [27] | |
| 1982 | Manuel Gallardo | 211 | −2 | 8 strokes | | [28] | |
Notes
- ALP − Alps Tour; CHA − Challenge Tour.
- Shortened to 36 holes due to rain.
