The Jersey Open was a European Tour golf tournament which was played in Jersey, a British Crown dependency in the English Channel, from 1978 to 1995. It had several different names during this period. The venue was La Moye Golf Club. The winners included three major championship winners, Tony Jacklin, Sandy Lyle and Ian Woosnam. The prize fund peaked at £353,120 in 1994 before falling to £300,000 in the final year, which was below average for a European Tour event at that time. In 1996 a European Seniors Tour event which has been known at various times as the Jersey Seniors Open and by several sponsored names, was inaugurated at the same venue.

Jersey Open
Tournament information
LocationJersey
Established1978
Course(s)La Moye Golf Club
Par72
Tour(s)European Tour
FormatStroke play
Prize fund£300,000
Month playedJune
Final year1995
Tournament record score
Aggregate266 Paul Curry (1994)
To par−22 as above
Final champion
Scotland Andrew Oldcorn
Location map
La Moye GC is located in Channel Islands
La Moye GC
La Moye GC
Location in the Channel Islands
La Moye GC is located in Jersey
La Moye GC
La Moye GC
Location in Jersey

Winners

edit
Year Winner Score To par Margin of
victory
Runner(s)-up
Jersey Open
1996 Cancelled[1]
DHL Jersey Open
1995   Andrew Oldcorn 273 −15 3 strokes   Dean Robertson
Jersey European Airways Open
1994   Paul Curry 266 −22 3 strokes   Mark James
1993   Ian Palmer 268 −20 2 strokes   Sam Torrance
1992   Daniel Silva 277 −11 2 strokes   Chris Moody
1991   Sam Torrance 279 −9 1 stroke   Mark Davis
1990 Cancelled due to lack of sponsorship[2]
1989   Christy O'Connor Jnr 281 −3 Playoff   Denis Durnian
BNP Jersey Open
1988   Des Smyth 273 −15 Playoff   Roger Chapman
Jersey Open
1987   Ian Woosnam 279 −9 1 stroke   Bill Malley
1986   John Morgan 275 −13 Playoff   Peter Fowler
1985   Howard Clark 279 −1 1 stroke   Warren Humphreys
  Philip Parkin
  Ian Woosnam
1984   Bernard Gallacher 274 −14 2 strokes   Sandy Lyle
1983   Jeff Hall 278 −10 1 stroke   Bernard Gallacher
  Michael King
1982   Bernard Gallacher 273 −15 Playoff   Eamonn Darcy
  Des Smyth
Billy Butlin Jersey Open
1981   Tony Jacklin 279 −9 1 stroke   Bernhard Langer
Avis Jersey Open
1980   José María Cañizares 281 +1 2 strokes   Steve Martin
B.A./Avis Open
1979   Sandy Lyle 271 −13 3 strokes   Howard Clark
1978   Brian Huggett 271 −13 3 strokes   Eamonn Darcy

See also

edit

References

edit
  1. ^ "Jersey tourney goes senior". Aberdeen Press and Journal. Aberdeen, United Kingdom. 25 January 1996. p. 27. Retrieved 2 May 2020 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  2. ^ "La Moye pensioned off". The Times. 27 February 1990. p. 36. Retrieved 25 April 2020 – via The Times Digital Archive.
edit