Catalan Open

Catalan Open

Tournament information
Location	Catalonia, Spain
Established	1989
Tour(s)	European Tour
Format	Stroke play
Final year	1996
Tournament record score
Aggregate	271 José María Olazábal (1991)
To par	−17 (as above)
Final champion
Paul Lawrie

The Catalan Open was a European Tour golf tournament which was played annually from 1989 to 1996, except for 1990. It was played at several different golf courses in Catalonia, Spain. It never had the same full official name two years in a row, due to sponsorship and preferred language changes. The winners included future two-time Masters champion José María Olazábal. The prize fund was £200,000 in 1989 and £300,000 in all other years (plus the usual minor increments to the guaranteed amount for additional players who made the cut). By the final year this was the second smallest purse on the tour.

Winners

Year	Winner	Country	Venue	Score	To par	Margin of victory	Runner(s)-up
Catalan Open
1996	Paul Lawrie	Scotland	Bonmont	135*	−9	1 stroke	Fernando Roca
Open Catalonia
1995	Philip Walton	Ireland	Peralada	281	−7	3 strokes	Andrew Coltart
Heineken Open Catalonia
1994	José Cóceres	Argentina	Pals	275	−13	3 strokes	Jean Louis Guepy
Heineken Open
1993	Sam Torrance	Scotland	Osona Montanya	201^	−15	3 strokes	Jay Townsend
Catalan Open
1992	José Rivero	Spain	Mas Nou	280	−8	1 stroke	José María Cañizares Johan Ryström Haydn Selby-Green
Open Catalonia
1991	José María Olazábal	Spain	Bonmont Terres Noves	271	−17	6 strokes	David Feherty
1990	No tournament
Massimo Dutti Catalan Open
1989	Mark Roe	England	Pals	279	−13	1 stroke	Gordon Brand, Jnr Colin Montgomerie José María Olazábal

*Tournament reduced to 36 holes due to bad weather
^Tournament reduced to 54 holes

External links

• Coverage on the European Tour's official site