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.
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
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