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Tournament results: Wales Snr Open

Results for the Wales Snr Open are shown in the table below, which includes details of the respective winners, their scores and prize money, relevant venues and title sponsors.
2003
Europe
Longmuir, Bill
199 (-8)
€108,281
x

Category

Europe

Winner (holder)

Longmuir, Bill

Score

199 (-8)

Prize money

€108,281

Title sponsor

x

Played as the Ryder Cup Wales Seniors Open (July 4-6). Second-placed David Oakley (USA) finished 3 shots behind first-time European Snr Tour winner Longmuir (Scot). [Royal St David's GC, Harlech, Gwynedd].

2006
Europe
212 (-4)
€109,366
Firstplus

Category

Europe

Winner (holder)

Rivero, Jose

Score

212 (-4)

Prize money

€109,366

Title sponsor

Firstplus

Played as the Firstplus Wales Seniors Open (June 16-18). Second-placed Juan Quiros (Esp), David J Russell (Eng), Sam Torrance (Scot) and Gery Watine (Fra) finished 1 shot behind Rivero (Esp). [Wales National course, Vale Resort, Hensol, nr Cardiff, Wales].

Category

Europe

Winner (holder)

Mason, Carl

Score

210 (-6)

Prize money

€110,358

Title sponsor

x

Played as the Ryder Cup Wales Seniors Open (June 15-17). Second-placed Ross Drummond (Scot) and Juan Quiros (Esp) finished 2 shots behind Mason (Eng), who recorded his 15th European Snr Tour win in 4 years. [Conwy (Caernarvonshire) GC, Conwy, N Wales].

2004
Europe
Carrasco, Ray
203 (-4)
€112,503
x

Category

Europe

Winner (holder)

Carrasco, Ray

Score

203 (-4)

Prize money

€112,503

Title sponsor

x

Played as the Ryder Cup Wales Seniors Open (July 2-4). Second-placed David Oakley (USA) finished 1 shot behind Carrasco (USA), who recorded the last of his three European Snr Tour wins. [Royal St David's GC, Harlech, Gwynedd].

2005
Europe
202 (-5)
€113,052
x

Category

Europe

Winner (holder)

Mason, Carl

Score

202 (-5)

Prize money

€113,052

Title sponsor

x

Played as the Ryder Cup Wales Seniors Open (July 1-3). Second-placed Denis O'Sullivan (Ire) and Bob Charles (NZ) finished 5 shots behind Mason (Eng). [Royal St David's GC, Harlech, Gwynedd].

2002
Europe
203 (-4)
€116,008
x

Category

Europe

Winner (holder)

Ebihara, Seiji

Score

203 (-4)

Prize money

€116,008

Title sponsor

x

Played as the Wales Seniors Open (July 5-7). Second-placed Denis Durnian (Eng) and Christy O'Connor Jr (Ire) finished 3 shots behind Ebihara (Jpn). [Royal St David's GC, Harlech, Gwynedd].

2001
Europe
Durnian, Denis
208 (+1)
€139,556
x

Category

Europe

Winner (holder)

Durnian, Denis

Score

208 (+1)

Prize money

€139,556

Title sponsor

x

Played as the inaugural Wales Seniors Open (June 8-10). Second-placed Jay Horton (USA) finished 1 shot behind first-time European Snr Tour winner Durnian (Eng). [Royal St David's GC, Harlech, Gwynedd].

2013
Europe
Golding, Philip
211 (-2)
€44,004
Speedy Svcs

Category

Europe

Winner (holder)

Golding, Philip

Score

211 (-2)

Prize money

€44,004

Title sponsor

Speedy Svcs

Played as the Speedy Services Wales Senior Open (June 14-16). Second-placed David J. Russell (Eng) finished 2 shots behind Golding (Eng). [Royal Porthcawl GC, Mid Glamorgan, Wales].

2012
Europe
209 (-7)
€47,591
Speedy Svcs

Category

Europe

Winner (holder)

Lane, Barry

Score

209 (-7)

Prize money

€47,591

Title sponsor

Speedy Svcs

Played as the Speedy Services Wales Senior Open (Aug 24-26). Second-placed Philip Golding (Eng) finished 1 shot behind Lane (Eng). [Conwy (Caernarvonshire) GC, Conwy, N Wales].

2016
Europe
198 (-12)
€49,483
SSE Enterprise

Category

Europe

Winner (holder)

Zhang, Lianwei

Score

198 (-12)

Prize money

€49,483

Title sponsor

SSE Enterprise

Played as the SSE Enterprise Wales Senior Open (June 3-5). Second-placed Paul Broadhurst (Eng) finished 3 shots behind Zhang (China), whose final round 8-under 62 clinched the win. Zhang became the first Chinese winner on the European Senior Tour; 13 years earlier he was the first Chinese to win on the main European Tour. [Roman Road course, Celtic Manor Resort, Newport, South Wales].

2015
Europe
Wesselingh, Paul
203 (-7)
€52,889
SSE Enterprise

Category

Europe

Winner (holder)

Wesselingh, Paul

Score

203 (-7)

Prize money

€52,889

Title sponsor

SSE Enterprise

Played as the SSE Enterprise Wales Senior Open (May 29-31). Second-placed Ian Woosnam (Wales) and Peter Fowler (Aus) finished 2 shots behind Wesselingh (Eng). [Roman Road course, Celtic Manor Resort, Newport, South Wales].

2009
Europe
Smit, Bertus
211 (-5)
€88,235
x

Category

Europe

Winner (holder)

Smit, Bertus

Score

211 (-5)

Prize money

€88,235

Title sponsor

x

Played as the Ryder Cup Wales Seniors Open (June 19-21). Second-placed David Merriman (Aus) finished 4 shots behind first-time European Snr Tour winner Smit (RSA). [Royal Porthcawl GC, Mid Glamorgan, Wales].

2010
Europe
208 (-8)
€90,090
x

Category

Europe

Winner (holder)

Bland, John

Score

208 (-8)

Prize money

€90,090

Title sponsor

x

Played as the Ryder Cup Wales Seniors Open (June 18-20). Second-placed Angel Franco (Para) and Chris Williams (RSA) finished 1 shot behind 64-year old Bland (RSA), who claimed his third European Snr Tour win. [Royal Porthcawl GC, Mid Glamorgan, Wales].

Category

Europe

Winner (holder)

Mitchell, Peter

Score

213 (-3)

Prize money

€93,899

Title sponsor

x

Played as the Ryder Cup Wales Seniors Open (June 13-15). Second-placed Ian Woosnam (Wales) finished 2 shots behind first-time European Snr Tour winner Mitchell (Eng). [Conwy (Caernarvonshire) GC, Conwy, N Wales].

2014
Europe
(not played)
x
x
x

Category

Europe

Winner (holder)

(not played)

Venue

Score

x

Prize money

x

Title sponsor

x

Wales Senior Open not played in 2014.

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