Interlaken Open

Tournament information
Location	Interlaken, Switzerland
Established	1989
Course(s)	Golfclub Interlaken-Unterseen
Par	72
Tour(s)	Challenge Tour
Format	Stroke play
Prize fund	£75,000
Month played	July
Final year	1998
Tournament record score
Aggregate	263 John Senden (1998)
To par	−25 as above
Final champion
	John Senden
Location map
	Golfclub Interlaken-Unterseen Location in Switzerland
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The Interlaken Open was a golf tournament on the Challenge Tour, held in Switzerland.

History

It was first played on the Challenge Tour in 1993^[1] and replaced in 2000 by the Swiss Challenge, following financial issues.^[2]

Year	Tour^[a]	Winner	Score	To par	Margin of victory	Runner-up	Ref.
1998	CHA	John Senden	263	−25	2 strokes	Warren Bennett
1997	CHA	Abandoned^[b]					^[3]^[4]
1996	CHA	Van Phillips	203	−13	1 stroke	Mårten Olander
1995	CHA	Thomas Bjørn	200	−16	3 strokes	André Bossert
1994	CHA	Neal Briggs	203	−13	Playoff	Raymond Russell
1993	CHA	Jamie Taylor	207	−9	1 stroke	Daren Lee
1992		Joe Higgins	141	−3	2 strokes	Neil Roderick	^[5]
1991		Thomas Gögele	138	−6	2 strokes	Joe Higgins	^[6]
1990		David James	140	−4	1 stroke	Paolo Quirici	^[7]
1989		Pietro Molteni	141	−3	1 stroke	Silvano Locatelli	^[8]

^ "1993 Interlaken Open". European Tour. Retrieved 20 May 2020.
^ "Golfing young guns tee off in Ticino". Swissinfo.ch. 3 May 2000.
^ "1997 Interlaken Open". European Tour. Retrieved 20 May 2020.
^ "Golf: Regen der einzige Sieger in Interlaken" [Golf: Rain the only winner in Interlaken]. Berner Tagwacht (in German). Switzerland. 28 July 1997. p. 8. Retrieved 23 August 2024 – via e-newspaperarchives.ch.
^ "Engländer Sieg in Interlaken" [English victory in Interlaken]. Thuner Tagblatt (in German). Thun, Switzerland. 28 July 1992. p. 13. Retrieved 23 August 2024 – via e-newspaperarchives.ch.
^ "Interlaken Open der Golfer" [Interlaken Open of golfers]. Walliser Bote (in German). Visp, Switzerland. 29 July 1991. p. 16. Retrieved 23 August 2024 – via e-newspaperarchives.ch.
^ "Interlaken Open: Quirici 2". Thuner Tagblatt (in German). Thun, Switzerland. 30 July 1990. p. 10. Retrieved 23 August 2024 – via e-newspaperarchives.ch.
^ "Play-off-Entscheidung nur knapp verpasst" [Play-off decision narrowly missed]. Der Bund (in German). Bern, Switzerland. 31 July 1989. p. 18. Retrieved 23 August 2024 – via e-newspaperarchives.ch.