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Tournament results: Moroccan Open

Results for the Moroccan Open are shown in the table below, which includes details of the respective winners, their scores and prize money, relevant venues and title sponsors.

Category

Europe

Winner (holder)

Gilford, David

Score

287 (-1)

Prize money

£41,660

Title sponsor

x

Played as the Moroccan Open (April 16-19; last played in 1987). Gilford (Eng) beat Robert Karlsson (Swe) with a birdie at the third playoff hole, to record his second European Tour win. [Royal Golf Dar Es Salam, Rabat, Morocco].

1987
Europe
284 (-8)
£27,500
x

Category

Europe

Winner (holder)

Clark, Howard

Score

284 (-8)

Prize money

£27,500

Title sponsor

x

Played as the Moroccan Open (March 19-22; Eurpn Tr season opener; next played in 1992). Second-placed Mark James (Eng) finished 3 shots behind Clark (Eng). [Royal Golf Dar Es Salam, Rabat, Morocco].

1996
Europe
Hedblom, Peter
281 (-7)
£58,330
x

Category

Europe

Winner (holder)

Hedblom, Peter

Score

281 (-7)

Prize money

£58,330

Title sponsor

x

Played as the Moroccan Open (March 7-10). Second-placed Eduardo Romero (Arg) finished 1 shot behind Hedblom (Swe), who recorded the first of his three European Tour wins. [Royal Golf Dar Es Salam, Rabat, Morocco].

1993
Europe
279 (-9)
£62,500
x

Category

Europe

Winner (holder)

Gilford, David

Score

279 (-9)

Prize money

£62,500

Title sponsor

x

Played as the Moroccan Open (Feb 18-21). Second-placed Jamie Spence (Eng) and Stephen Ames (T&T) finished 1 shot behind defending champion David Gilford (Eng). [Royal GC Agadir, Agadir, Morocco].

2001
Europe
277 (-15)
€106,507
x

Category

Europe

Winner (holder)

Poulter, Ian

Score

277 (-15)

Prize money

€106,507

Title sponsor

x

Played as the Moroccan Open (April 12-15). Second-placed David Lynn (Eng) finished 2 shots behind Poulter (Eng). [Royal Golf Dar Es Salam, Rabat, Morocco].

1997
Europe
Whitelaw, Clinton
277 (-11)
£58,330
x

Category

Europe

Winner (holder)

Whitelaw, Clinton

Score

277 (-11)

Prize money

£58,330

Title sponsor

x

Played as the Moroccan Open (March 6-9). Second-placed Roger Chapman (Eng), Wayne Riley (Aus) and Darren Cole (Aus) finished 2 shots behind Whitelaw (RSA), who recorded his first and only European Tour win. [Royal GC Agadir, Agadir, Morocco].

1999
Europe
276 (-12)
€81,660
x

Category

Europe

Winner (holder)

Martin, Miguel Angel

Score

276 (-12)

Prize money

€81,660

Title sponsor

x

Played as the Moroccan Open (June 17-20). Miguel Ángel Martín (Esp) beat David Park (Wales) with a par at the sixth playoff hole, to record the last of his three European Tour wins. [Royal GC Agadir, Agadir, Morocco].

1994
Europe
276 (-12)
£58,330
x

Category

Europe

Winner (holder)

Forsbrand, Anders

Score

276 (-12)

Prize money

£58,330

Title sponsor

x

Played as the Moroccan Open (Jan 20-23). Second-placed Howard Clark (Eng) finished 4 shots behind Forsbrand (Swe), who recorded his fifth European Tour win. [Royal GC Agadir, Agadir, Morocco].

1995
Europe
275 (-13)
£58,330
x

Category

Europe

Winner (holder)

James, Mark

Score

275 (-13)

Prize money

£58,330

Title sponsor

x

Played as the Moroccan Open (March 9-12). Second-placed David Gilford (Eng) finished 1 shot behind James (Eng). [Royal GC Agadir, Agadir, Morocco].

1998
Europe
271 (-17)
£58,330
x

Category

Europe

Winner (holder)

Leaney, Stephen

Score

271 (-17)

Prize money

£58,330

Title sponsor

x

Played as the Moroccan Open (March 12-15). Second-placed Robert Karlsson (Swe) finished 8 shots behind first-time European Tour winner Leaney (Aus). [Royal GC Agadir, Agadir, Morocco].

2000
Europe
266 (-22)
'€110,542
Méditel

Category

Europe

Winner (holder)

Spence, Jamie

Venue

Amelkis

Score

266 (-22)

Prize money

'€110,542

Title sponsor

Méditel

Played as the Moroccan Open Méditel (April 20-23). Second-placed Ian Poulter (Eng), Thomas Levet (Fra) and Sébastien Delagrange (Fra) finished 4 shots behind Jamie Spence (Eng), who recorded the second of his two European Tour wins. [Amelkis Golf, Marrakesh, Morocco].

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