English Open
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This article is about the golf tournament. For other uses, see English Open (disambiguation).
The English Open was a professional golf tournament held in England. First played in 1988, it was an annual event on the European Tour until 2002. After several aborted attempts at reviving the tournament, it returned to the tour schedule in 2021, when it was titled as the Cazoo Classic.
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Tournament information | |
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Location | Southport, Merseyside, England |
Established | 1988 |
Course(s) | Hillside Golf Club |
Par | 72 |
Length | 7,109 yards (6,500 m) |
Tour(s) | European Tour |
Format | Stroke play |
Prize fund | €1,750,000 |
Month played | July |
Final year | 2022 |
Tournament record score | |
Aggregate | 268 Darren Clarke (1999) |
To par | −20 as above |
Final champion | |
Richie Ramsay | |
Location map | |
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Winners of the tournament include some of the most successful players in European Tour history including Mark James, Ian Woosnam, Colin Montgomerie, Lee Westwood and Darren Clarke. James and Clarke are the only two players to have won the title more than once.