Nigerian Open

Golf tournament

Golf tournament

Nigerian Open

Tournament information
Location	Ikoyi, Lagos, Nigeria
Established	1969
Course	Ikoyi Club
Par	71
Tour(s)	Challenge Tour Safari Circuit
Format	Stroke play
Prize fund	£126,446
Month played	February
Final year	1999
Tournament record score
Aggregate	255 Peter Tupling (1981)
To par	−29 as above
Final champion
Johan Sköld
Location map
Ikoyi Club Location in Nigeria

The Nigerian Open was a golf tournament in Nigeria, played between 1969 and 1999. It was generally played at the Ikoyi Club in Ikoyi, Lagos.^[1] From 1997 to 1999 it was played at the IBB International Golf & Country Club in Abuja.^{[citation needed]} It was an fixture on the Safari Circuit until 1993, and also a Challenge Tour event between 1990 and 1993.

In 1981, England's Peter Tupling set the record low 72 hole score in professional tournament golf, when he won the title with a 29 under par total of 255.^[2] Notable past champions include major winners Vijay Singh and Sandy Lyle and former Ryder Cup player Gordon J. Brand.

Winners

Year	Tour[a]	Winner	Score	To par	Margin of victory	Runner(s)-up	Ref.
1999		Johan Sköld	278
1998		José Cantero	274	−14
1997		Ricardo González
1995		Lateef Lasisi
1994		Emos Korblah	275
1993	CHA	Gordon Manson	274	−10	2 strokes	Frédéric Regard	[3]
1992: No tournament due to rescheduling
1991	CHA	James Lebbie	270	−14	4 strokes	Paul Eales	[4]
1990	CHA	Wayne Stephens	198[b]	−15	6 strokes	Chris Platts	[5]
1989	SAF	Vijay Singh (2)	279	−5	1 stroke	Gordon J. Brand Jeff Pinsent Ian Spencer	[6]
1988	SAF	Vijay Singh	281	−3	Playoff[c]	Mike Miller	[7]
1987: No tournament
1986	SAF	Gordon J. Brand	272	−12	8 strokes	Malcolm MacKenzie	[8]
1985	SAF	Bill Longmuir (3)	277	−3	2 strokes	David Jagger	[9]
1984	SAF	Ewen Murray	271	−13	1 stroke	Bill Longmuir	[10]
1983	SAF	Gordon J. Brand	275	−9	4 strokes	Gary Cullen	[11]
1982	SAF	David Jagger (3)	274	−10	Playoff[d]	Ian Woosnam	[12]
1981	SAF	Peter Tupling	255	−29	6 strokes	Bill Longmuir	[13]
1980	SAF	Bill Longmuir (2)	264	−20	4 strokes	Tommy Horton	[14]
1979	SAF	John Morgan	269	−15	5 strokes	Pip Elson Tommy Horton	[15]
1978	SAF	Sandy Lyle	269	−15	Playoff[e]	Michael King	[16]
1977	SAF	David Jagger (2)	273	−11	Playoff[f]	Malcolm Gregson	[17][18]
1976		Bill Longmuir	209	−4	1 stroke	Pip Elson Carl Mason	[19]
1975		David Jagger	270	−14	Playoff[g]	Harry Bannerman Peter Dawson	[20]
1974		Jack Newton	275	−9	4 strokes	Eamonn Darcy Christy O'Connor Jnr Ronnie Shade	[21]
1973		Tommy Horton	267	−17	3 strokes	Malcolm Gregson	[22]
1972: No tournament due to rescheduling
1971		Lee Elder	267	−17	5 strokes	John Cook	[23]
1970		John Cook	276		1 stroke	John Garner	[24]
1969		Marshall Douglas	281		5 strokes	Ian Wrigley	[25]

See also

• Open golf tournament

Notes

1. CHA − Challenge Tour; SAF − Safari Circuit.
2. Tournament contested over three rounds due to local elections.
3. Singh won with a par on the first hole of a sudden-death playoff.
4. Jagger won with a birdie on the second hole of a sudden-death playoff.
5. Lyle won on the second hole of a sudden-death playoff.
6. Jagger won with a birdie on the second hole of a sudden-death playoff.
7. Jagger won with a birdie on the second hole of a sudden-death playoff.

References

1. "Ikoyi course". Ikoyi Golf Community Nigeria Association. Retrieved March 4, 2020.
2. Hopkins, John (19 March 2003). "Matharu hints at bright future on day in sun". The Times. London. Retrieved 26 November 2008.^{[dead link]}
3. "Results - Nigerian Open 1993 - Challenge Tour".
4. "Results - Nigerian Open 1992 - Challenge Tour".
5. McCormack, Mark H. (1991). The World of Professional Golf 1991. Chapmans. pp. 262–263, 502. ISBN 1855925583.
6. "Gordon J Brand". The Glasgow Herald. 20 November 1989. p. 19.
7. McCormack, Mark H. (1989). World of Professional Golf 1989. Collins Willow. pp. 235–236, 464. ISBN 000218284X.
8. "Eight-stroke Lagos victory for Brand". The Glasgow Herald. 17 February 1986. p. 9.
9. "Nigerian pay-off for Longmuir". The Glasgow Herald. 25 February 1985. p. 20.
10. "Murray holds off Longmuir for Nigerian Open victory". The Glasgow Herald. 27 February 1984. p. 17.
11. "Nigerian Open". The Guardian. 28 February 1983. p. 19.
12. "Golf". The Glasgow Herald. 8 February 1982. p. 17.
13. "Britain's Peter Tupling". The Glasgow Herald. 23 February 1981. p. 18.
14. "Golf | Lagos". The Times. 25 February 1980. p. 10. Retrieved 5 March 2020 – via The Times Digital Archive.
15. "John Morgan". The Glasgow Herald. 27 February 1979. p. 23.
16. "Bright to Sandy Lyle's Career". The Glasgow Herald. 28 February 1978. p. 23.
17. "David Jagger". The Glasgow Herald. 1 March 1977. p. 31.
18. McCormack, Mark H. (1978). The World of Professional Golf 1978. Angus & Robertson. p. 174. ISBN 0207958181.
19. "Elson second in Open". Coventry Evening Telegraph. Coventry, England. 26 February 1976. p. 16. Retrieved 8 June 2020 – via British Newspaper Archive.
20. "Golf". The Observer. 23 February 1975. p. 19.
21. "Newton in rich Nigerian win". The Age. 25 February 1974. p. 25.
22. "Horton wins Nigerian Open". The Glasgow Herald. 26 February 1973. p. 4.
23. "Easy victory for Elder". The Glasgow Herald. 6 December 1971. p. 4.
24. "Douglas third despite 66". The Glasgow Herald. 7 December 1970. p. 5.
25. "Douglas wins in Lagos". The Glasgow Herald. 5 January 1970. p. 4.

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