Location | Cannes, France |
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Established | 1984 |
Tour(s) | European Tour |
Format | Stroke play |
Final year | 2001 |
Aggregate | 268 Jorge Berendt (2001) |
To par | −20 (as above) |
Jorge Berendt |
The Cannes Open was a men's professional golf tournament on the European Tour that was played annually from 1984 to 1998. It returned to the schedule as a one-off event in 2001 to replace the Estoril Open, which was cancelled by organisers due to security concerns following the 9/11 attacks in the United States.
The tournament had several different sponsored names. The winners included two major championship winners, Seve Ballesteros and Ian Woosnam. The prize fund peaked at £403,570 in 1996 before falling to £300,000 in 1998, which was the smallest on the European Tour that season. It was without a title sponsor that year, for the only time apart from 1988 and was subsequently cancelled.
*Tournament reduced to 36 holes because of rain
^Tournament reduced to 54 holes