Scottish Open (golf)

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The Scottish Open, which is currently sponsored by Barclays Capital, is one of the richer golf tournaments on the European Tour. It was a European Tour event in 1972 and 1973, and after a twelve year break has been a fixture in the schedule under a variety of names since 1986. Since 1996 it has taken place at Loch Lomond Golf Club north of Glasgow. It takes place the week before The Open Championship, and some concern has been expressed that the host course, which is very different from the links courses on which the Open is played, puts European Tour players at a disadvantage in the subsequent major, compared to their leading rivals from the PGA Tour, who traditionally spend a week practising for the Open on links courses in Ireland. There is a possibility that the event will move to the Dundonald links course in Ayrshire in the future, which is owned by the same company as Loch Lomond, but in 2006 the company's chief executive Keith Williams commented, "From our point of view, we would also perhaps regard Dundonald as being three years away from hosting a championship of this calibre." ^[1]

In 1972 the prize fund was £10,000 and by 2006 it had increased to £2.4 million. The prize fund has been raised to £3 million for 2007, and it is now the largest in a European Tour event that is not also sanctioned by the PGA Tour. ^[1]

[edit] Winners

Barclays Scottish Open

• 2007 Grégory Havret -  France
• 2006 Johan Edfors -  Sweden
• 2005 Tim Clark -  South Africa
• 2004 Thomas Levet -  France
• 2003 Ernie Els -  South Africa
• 2002 Eduardo Romero -  Argentina

The Scottish Open at Loch Lomond

• 2001 Retief Goosen -  South Africa

Standard Life Loch Lomond

• 2000 Ernie Els -  South Africa
• 1999 Colin Montgomerie -  Scotland
• 1998 Lee Westwood -  England

Gulfstream Loch Lomond World Invitational

• 1997 Tom Lehman -  United States

Loch Lomond World Invitational

• 1996 Thomas Bjørn -  Denmark

Scottish Open

• 1996 Ian Woosnam -  Wales (2 events in 1996)
• 1995 Wayne Riley -  Australia

Bell's Scottish Open

• 1994 Carl Mason -  England
• 1993 Jesper Parnevik -  Sweden
• 1992 Peter O'Malley -  Australia
• 1991 Craig Parry -  Australia
• 1990 Ian Woosnam - Wales
• 1989 Michael Allen -  United States
• 1988 Barry Lane -  England
• 1987 Ian Woosnam -  Wales
• 1986 David Feherty -  Northern Ireland

Sunbeam Electric Scottish Open

• 1973 Graham Marsh -  Australia
• 1972 Neil Coles -  England

[edit] References

[edit] External links

• Official site
• Coverage on the European Tour's official site

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