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The Nigerian Open was a golf tournament in Nigeria, played between 1969 and 1999. It was generally played at the Ikoyi Club in Ikoyi, Lagos.[1] From 1997 to 1999 it was played at the IBB International Golf & Country Club in Abuja.[citation needed] It was an fixture on the Safari Circuit until 1993, and also a Challenge Tour event between 1990 and 1993.
Key Information
In 1981, England's Peter Tupling set the record low 72 hole score in professional tournament golf, when he won the title with a 29 under par total of 255.[2] Notable past champions include major winners Vijay Singh and Sandy Lyle and former Ryder Cup player Gordon J. Brand.
Winners
[edit]| Year | Tour[a] | Winner | Score | To par | Margin of victory |
Runner(s)-up | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1999 |  Johan Sköld |
278 | |||||
| 1998 |  José Cantero |
274 | −14 | ||||
| 1997 | Ricardo González |
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| 1995 |  Lateef Lasisi |
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| 1994 |  Emos Korblah |
275 | |||||
| 1993 | CHA |  Gordon Manson |
274 | −10 | 2 strokes |  Frédéric Regard |
[3] |
| 1992: No tournament due to rescheduling | |||||||
| 1991 | CHA |  James Lebbie |
270 | −14 | 4 strokes |  Paul Eales |
[4] |
| 1990 | CHA | Wayne Stephens |
198[b] | −15 | 6 strokes | Chris Platts |
[5] |
| 1989 | SAF |  Vijay Singh (2) |
279 | −5 | 1 stroke | Gordon J. Brand Jeff Pinsent Ian Spencer |
[6] |
| 1988 | SAF | Vijay Singh |
281 | −3 | Playoff[c] | Mike Miller |
[7] |
| 1987: No tournament | |||||||
| 1986 | SAF | Gordon J. Brand |
272 | −12 | 8 strokes | Malcolm MacKenzie |
[8] |
| 1985 | SAF | Bill Longmuir (3) |
277 | −3 | 2 strokes | David Jagger |
[9] |
| 1984 | SAF | Ewen Murray |
271 | −13 | 1 stroke | Bill Longmuir |
[10] |
| 1983 | SAF | Gordon J. Brand |
275 | −9 | 4 strokes | Gary Cullen |
[11] |
| 1982 | SAF | David Jagger (3) |
274 | −10 | Playoff[d] |  Ian Woosnam |
[12] |
| 1981 | SAF | Peter Tupling |
255 | −29 | 6 strokes | Bill Longmuir |
[13] |
| 1980 | SAF | Bill Longmuir (2) |
264 | −20 | 4 strokes | Tommy Horton |
[14] |
| 1979 | SAF | John Morgan |
269 | −15 | 5 strokes | Pip Elson Tommy Horton |
[15] |
| 1978 | SAF | Sandy Lyle |
269 | −15 | Playoff[e] | Michael King |
[16] |
| 1977 | SAF | David Jagger (2) |
273 | −11 | Playoff[f] | Malcolm Gregson |
[17][18] |
| 1976 | Bill Longmuir |
209 | −4 | 1 stroke | Pip Elson Carl Mason |
[19] | |
| 1975 | David Jagger |
270 | −14 | Playoff[g] | Harry Bannerman Peter Dawson |
[20] | |
| 1974 |  Jack Newton |
275 | −9 | 4 strokes |  Eamonn Darcy Christy O'Connor Jnr Ronnie Shade |
[21] | |
| 1973 | Tommy Horton |
267 | −17 | 3 strokes | Malcolm Gregson |
[22] | |
| 1972: No tournament due to rescheduling | |||||||
| 1971 |  Lee Elder |
267 | −17 | 5 strokes | John Cook |
[23] | |
| 1970 | John Cook |
276 | 1 stroke | John Garner |
[24] | ||
| 1969 | Marshall Douglas |
281 | 5 strokes | Ian Wrigley |
[25] | ||
See also
[edit]Notes
[edit]- ^ CHA − Challenge Tour; SAF − Safari Circuit.
- ^ Tournament contested over three rounds due to local elections.
- ^ Singh won with a par on the first hole of a sudden-death playoff.
- ^ Jagger won with a birdie on the second hole of a sudden-death playoff.
- ^ Lyle won on the second hole of a sudden-death playoff.
- ^ Jagger won with a birdie on the second hole of a sudden-death playoff.
- ^ Jagger won with a birdie on the second hole of a sudden-death playoff.
References
[edit]- ^ "Ikoyi course". Ikoyi Golf Community Nigeria Association. Retrieved 4 March 2020.
- ^ Hopkins, John (19 March 2003). "Matharu hints at bright future on day in sun". The Times. London. Retrieved 26 November 2008.[dead link]
- ^ "Results - Nigerian Open 1993 - Challenge Tour".
- ^ "Results - Nigerian Open 1992 - Challenge Tour".
- ^ McCormack, Mark H. (1991). The World of Professional Golf 1991. Chapmans. pp. 262–263, 502. ISBN 1855925583.
- ^ "Gordon J Brand". The Glasgow Herald. 20 November 1989. p. 19.
- ^ McCormack, Mark H. (1989). World of Professional Golf 1989. Collins Willow. pp. 235–236, 464. ISBN 000218284X.
- ^ "Eight-stroke Lagos victory for Brand". The Glasgow Herald. 17 February 1986. p. 9.
- ^ "Nigerian pay-off for Longmuir". The Glasgow Herald. 25 February 1985. p. 20.
- ^ "Murray holds off Longmuir for Nigerian Open victory". The Glasgow Herald. 27 February 1984. p. 17.
- ^ "Nigerian Open". The Guardian. 28 February 1983. p. 19.
- ^ "Golf". The Glasgow Herald. 8 February 1982. p. 17.
- ^ "Britain's Peter Tupling". The Glasgow Herald. 23 February 1981. p. 18.
- ^ "Golf | Lagos". The Times. 25 February 1980. p. 10. Retrieved 5 March 2020 – via The Times Digital Archive.
- ^ "John Morgan". The Glasgow Herald. 27 February 1979. p. 23.
- ^ "Bright to Sandy Lyle's Career". The Glasgow Herald. 28 February 1978. p. 23.
- ^ "David Jagger". The Glasgow Herald. 1 March 1977. p. 31.
- ^ McCormack, Mark H. (1978). The World of Professional Golf 1978. Angus & Robertson. p. 174. ISBN 0207958181.
- ^ "Elson second in Open". Coventry Evening Telegraph. Coventry, England. 26 February 1976. p. 16. Retrieved 8 June 2020 – via British Newspaper Archive.
- ^ "Golf". The Observer. 23 February 1975. p. 19.
- ^ "Newton in rich Nigerian win". The Age. 25 February 1974. p. 25.
- ^ "Horton wins Nigerian Open". The Glasgow Herald. 26 February 1973. p. 4.
- ^ "Easy victory for Elder". The Glasgow Herald. 6 December 1971. p. 4.
- ^ "Douglas third despite 66". The Glasgow Herald. 7 December 1970. p. 5.
- ^ "Douglas wins in Lagos". The Glasgow Herald. 5 January 1970. p. 4.