El Bosque Open

The El Bosque Open was a professional golf tournament on the European Tour. It was held just once, in 1990, when it replaced the Jersey Open on the tour schedule.^[1] Its renewal in 1991 was cancelled due to lack of sponsorship.^[2]

El Bosque Open

Tournament information
Location	Valencia, Spain
Established	1990
Course(s)	El Bosque Golf & Country Club
Par	72
Tour(s)	European Tour
Format	Stroke play
Prize fund	£200,000
Month played	April
Final year	1990
Tournament record score
Aggregate	278 Vijay Singh (1990)
To par	−10 as above
Final champion
Vijay Singh
Location map
El Bosque G&CC Location in Spain Show map of Spain El Bosque G&CC Location in the Valencian Community Show map of Valencian Community

The tournament was played on the Robert Trent Jones designed course at El Bosque Golf & Country Club, Valencia, Spain from 5–8 April and was won by Vijay Singh of Fiji, who later become the World's Number 1 golfer. It was Singh's second title on the European Tour and he shot a ten under par of 278 to win by two strokes from the Englishmen Richard Boxall and Chris Williams.^[3]

Winners

Year	Winner	Score	To par	Margin of victory	Runners-up
1991	Cancelled
1990	Vijay Singh	278	−10	2 strokes	Richard Boxall Chris Williams

References

1. "La Moye pensioned off". The Times. 27 February 1990. p. 36. Retrieved 25 April 2020 – via The Times Digital Archive.
2. "Sport in brief | Golf". The Guardian. London, England. 16 January 1991. p. 16. Retrieved 25 April 2020 – via Newspapers.com.
3. Webb, Mel (9 April 1990). "Singh's grip on lead proves too firm for his challengers". The Times. p. 37. Retrieved 25 April 2020 – via The Times Digital Archive.

External links

• Official scores and prize money - the amounts shown are stated to be in euro, but it is more likely that they are in British pounds, which was the official currency of the tour at that time, and that the £ sign has incorrectly been replaced with the € sign. The annual schedule states the total prize implied by the breakdown was in pounds.