Golf - Belgian Open

This tournament, the most prestigious golf event staged in Belgium, has had a long but chequered history. Inaugurated in 1910, it was only interrupted by the two World Wars until 1959, when it disappeared from the schedule for 18 years. It returned for two outings and then left the scene again from 1980 to 1986, again in the mid-1990s and also from 2001 to 2017. In 2018 and 2019 it was played as a matchplay format.
The planned tournaments in 2020 and 2021 were both cancelled due to the effects of the Covid-19 pandemic.


YEAR
WINNER
1910 ARNAUD MASSY (Fra)
1911 CHARLES MAYO (Eng)
1912 *GEORGE DUNCAN (Sco)
1913 TOM BALL (Eng)
1914 TOM BALL (Eng)
1915 Not held
1916 Not held
1917 Not held
1918 Not held
1919 Not held
1920 *ROWLAND JONES (Eng)
1921 EUGENE LAFITTE (Fra)
1922 AUBREY BOOMER (Jsy)
1923 PERCY BOOMER (Jsy)
1924 WALTER HAGEN (USA)
1925 EUGENE LAFITTE (Fra)
1926 AUBREY BOOMER (Jsy)
1927 MARCEL DALLEMAGNE (Fra)
1928 ALBERT TINGEY (Eng)
1929 SID BREWS (RSA)
1930 HENRY COTTON (Eng)
1931 ARTHUR LACEY (Eng)
1932
ARTHUR LACEY (Eng)
1933
AUGUSTE BOYER (Fra)
1934
HENRY COTTON (Eng)
1935
*BILL BRANCH (Eng)
1936
AUGUSTE BOYER (Fra)
1937 MARCEL DALLEMAGNE (Fra)
1938 HENRY COTTON (Eng)
1939 FLORY VAN DONCK (Bel)
1940
Not held
1941 Not held
1942 Not held
1943 Not held
1944 Not held
1945 Not held
1946
FLORY VAN DONCK (Bel)
1947
FLORY VAN DONCK (Bel)
1948
WILLIE FORRESTER (Sco)
1949
JIMMY ADAMS (Sco)
1950
ROBERTO DE VICENZO (Arg) 
1951
ALBERT PELISSIER (Fra)
1952
ANTONIO CERDA (Arg)
1953
FLORY VAN DONCK (Bel)
1954
DAI REES (Wal)
1955
DAVE THOMAS (Wal)
1956
FLORY VAN DONCK (Bel)
1957
*BERNARD HUNT (Eng)
1958
KEN BOUSFIELD (Eng)
1959
Not held
1960
Not held
1961
Not held
1962
Not held
1963
Not held
1964
Not held
1965
Not held
1966
Not held
1967
Not held
1968
Not held
1969
Not held
1970
Not held
1971
Not held
1972
Not held
1973
Not held
1974
Not held
1975
Not held
1976
Not held
1977
Not held
1978
DNOEL RATCLIFFE (Aus)
1979
GAVAN LEVGENSON (RSA)
1980
Not held
1981
Not held
1982
Not held
1983
Not held
1984
Not held
1985
Not held
1986
Not held
1987
EAMONN DARCY (Irl)
1988
JOSE MARIA OLAZABAL (Esp)
1989
GORDON J BRAND (Eng)
1990
OVE SELLBERG (Swe)
1991
*PER-ULRIK JOHANSSON (Swe)
1992
MIGUEL ANGEL JIMENEZ (Esp)
1993
DARREN CLARKE (Nir)
1994
*NICK FALDO (Eng)
1995
Not held
1996
Not held
1997
Not held
1998
*LEE WESTWOOD (Eng)
1999
ROBERT KARLSSON (Swe)
2000
LEE WESTWOOD (Eng)
2001
Not held
2002
Not held
2003
Not held
2004
Not held
2005
Not held
2006
Not held
2007
Not held
2008
Not held
2009
Not held
2010
Not held
2011
Not held
2012 Not held
2013 Not held
2014 Not held
2015 Not held
2016 Not held
2017 Not held
2018 ^ADRIAN OTAEGUI (Esp)
2019 ^GUIDO MIGLIOZZI (Ita)
2020 Not held
2021 Not held
2022 SAM HORSFIELD (Eng)
2023 SIMON FORSSTROM (Swe)
2024 NACHO ELVIRA (Esp)
2025 *KRISTOFFER REITAN (Nor)
2026 RICHARD STERNE (RSA)

* Won after play-off, ^ Matchplay format


Venues  
Tervuren 1910, 1911, 1912, 1921, 1922, 1923, 1928, 1930, 1932, 1935, 1939, 1948, 1958, 1978
Lombardsijde 1913
Antwerp 1914, 1925, 1929, 1954
Zoute 1920, 1924, 1926, 1927, 1937, 1950, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1998, 1999, 2000
Des Fagnes 1931, 1933, 1947, 1949, 1952, 1955
Waterloo 1938, 1946, 1953, 1979, 1989, 1990, 1991 
Latern 1951, 1956, 1957
Bercuit  1988 
Rinkven 2018, 2019, 2022-Present

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