Neuchâtel Open

Golf tournament

Golf tournament

Open de NeuchâtelTournament information

Location| Saint-Blaise, Switzerland
Established| 1982
Course(s)| Golf de Neuchâtel
Par| 72
Tour(s)| Challenge Tour
Alps Tour
Format| stroke play
Prize fund| €45,000
Month played| June
Final year| 2007
Tournament record score
Aggregate| 199 Rolf Muntz (1994)
199 Thomas Feyrsinger (2005)
To par| −14 as above
Final champion
Marcus Knight
Location map

Golf de Neuchâtel

Location in Switzerland

The Neuchâtel Open was a professional golf tournament that was played annually between 1982 and 2007 at Neuchâtel Golf Club in Saint-Blaise, Neuchâtel, Switzerland. It was a 54-hole stroke play tournament.

From 1990 to 2000 it was an event on the second-tier Challenge Tour, although it was an unofficial money event in some seasons. After being dropped from the Challenge Tour schedule, it became a fixture on the third-tier Alps Tour between 2001 and 2007.

## Winners

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Year | Tour[a] | Winner | Score | To par | Margin of
victory | Runner(s)-up | Ref.

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Open de Neuchâtel
2007 | ALP |  Marcus Knight | 205 | −8 | 1 stroke |  Phil Rowe | [1][2]
2006 | ALP |  Gary Marks | 202 | −11 | 5 strokes |  Peter Lepitschnik | [3]
2005 | ALP |  Thomas Feyrsinger | 199 | −14 | 1 stroke |  Lionel Alexandre
Gary Marks | [4]
2004 | ALP |  Jérôme Theunis | 205 | −8 | 5 strokes |  Marc Chatelain
Raphaël De Sousa
Bilbo Perrot
Vincent Simoni | [5]
2003 | ALP |  Alexandre Balicki | 204 | −9 | 1 stroke |  Alexandre Chopard | [6]
UBS Warburg Golf Open
2002 | ALP |  Fernando Roca | 200 | −13 | 3 strokes |  Josep Romero |
2001 | ALP |  Bertrand Cornut | 202 | −11 | 5 strokes |  Alexandre Chopard
Nicolas Kalouguine | [7][8]
UBS Warburg Swiss Golf Open Neuchâtel
2000 | CHA |  Steve Rey | 205 | −8 | 1 stroke |  Juan Ciola | [9]
Neuchâtel Open Golf Trophy
1999 | CHA |  Richard S. Johnson | 201 | −12 | 1 stroke |  Erol Şimşek | [10]
1998 |  |  Christophe Bovet | 200 | −13 | 5 strokes |  John Lawson | [11]
Neuchâtel Open
1997 | CHA |  Erol Şimşek | 204 | −9 | 3 strokes |  Stephen Leaney | [12]
Neuchâtel Open Golf Trophy
1996 | CHA |  Federico Bisazza | 205 | −8 | Playoff |  Heinz-Peter Thül | [13]
Neuchâtel Open SBS Trophy
1995 | CHA |  Nicolas Vanhootegem | 200 | −13 | 2 strokes |  Michele Reale | [14]
1994 | CHA |  Rolf Muntz | 199 | −14 | 1 stroke |  Neal Briggs
Philip Talbot
Daniel Westermark | [15]
Open de Neuchâtel
1993 | CHA |  Paolo Quirici | 207 | −6 | Playoff |  Stéphane De Marboeuf
Paul Simpson | [16]
Neuchâtel Open SBS Trophy
1992 | CHA |  Heinz-Peter Thül (2) | 136[b] | −6 | 1 stroke |  Gavin Healey | [17][18]
1991 | CHA |  Heinz-Peter Thül | 206 | −7 | 1 stroke |  Daniel Westermark | [19]
Neuchâtel Open
1990 | CHA |  André Bossert | 208 | −5 | 3 strokes |  Nick Godin | [20]
1989 | CHA |  Brian Evans (3) | 206 | −7 | Playoff |  Manuel García | [21]
Open Browning de Neuchâtel
1988 |  |  Jonas Saxton | 212 | −1 | 1 stroke |  Karim Baradie | [22]
1987 |  |  Brian Evans (2) | 212 | −1 |  |  | [23]
1986 |  |  Tim Huyton | 137[b] | −5 |  |  | [24]
1985 |  |  Brian Evans | 209 | −4 |  |  | [25]
1984 |  |  Silvano Locatelli | 209 | −4 | Playoff |  | [26]
1983 |  |  Pietro Molteni | 214 | +1 | 1 stroke |  Raffael Gallardo | [27]
1982 |  |  Manuel Gallardo | 211 | −2 | 8 strokes |  | [28]

## Notes

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1. ^ ALP − Alps Tour; CHA − Challenge Tour.
2. ^ a b Shortened to 36 holes due to rain.

## References

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1. ^ "Open de Neuchâtel | Final Result". Alps Tour – Tour Information Centre. Retrieved 31 May 2020.
2. ^ "Un Suisse l'emporte á Voëns" (PDF). L'Express (in French). Neuchâtel, Switzerland. 2 July 2007. p. 18. Retrieved 31 May 2020 - via réro doc Digital Library.
3. ^ "La victoire d'un invite" (PDF). L'Express (in French). Neuchâtel, Switzerland. 3 July 2006. p. 25. Retrieved 31 May 2020 - via réro doc Digital Library.
4. ^ "De très haute teneur" (PDF). L'Express (in French). Neuchâtel, Switzerland. 4 July 2005. p. 24. Retrieved 31 May 2020 - via réro doc Digital Library.
5. ^ "Encore une histoire belge" (PDF). L'Express (in French). Neuchâtel, Switzerland. 5 July 2004. p. 27. Retrieved 31 May 2020 - via réro doc Digital Library.
6. ^ "Chopard á un coup du bonheur" (PDF). L'Express (in French). Neuchâtel, Switzerland. 7 July 2003. p. 20. Retrieved 31 May 2020 - via réro doc Digital Library.
7. ^ "Un spectacle époustouflant" (PDF). L'Express (in French). Neuchâtel, Switzerland. 2 July 2001. p. 11. Retrieved 31 May 2020 - via réro doc Digital Library.
8. ^ "Roca intouchable" (PDF). L'Impartial (in French). La Chaux-de-Fonds, Switzerland. 8 July 2002. p. 18. Retrieved 31 May 2020 - via réro doc Digital Library.
9. ^ "UBS Warburg Swiss Golf Open Neuchâtel 2000". European Tour. Retrieved 31 May 2020.
10. ^ "Neuchâtel Open Golf Trophy 1999". European Tour. Retrieved 31 May 2020.
11. ^ "Christophe Bovet fait parler sa régularité à Voëns" (PDF). L'Impartial (in French). La Chaux-de-Fonds, Switzerland. 6 July 1998. p. 25. Retrieved 31 May 2020 - via réro doc Digital Library.
12. ^ "Neuchâtel Open 1997". European Tour. Retrieved 31 May 2020.
13. ^ "Neuchâtel Open Golf Trophy 1996". European Tour. Retrieved 31 May 2020.
14. ^ "Neuchâtel Open SBS Trophy 1995". European Tour. Retrieved 31 May 2020.
15. ^ "Neuchâtel Open SBS Trophy 1994". European Tour. Retrieved 31 May 2020.
16. ^ "Open de Neuchâtel 1993". European Tour. Retrieved 31 May 2020.
17. ^ "Neuchâtel Open SBS Trophy 1992". European Tour. Retrieved 31 May 2020.
18. ^ "Neuchâtel la pluie..." Le Nouvelliste (in French). Sion, Switzerland. 13 July 1992. p. 21. Retrieved 30 May 2020 - via e-newspaperarchives.ch.
19. ^ "Victoire germanique" (PDF). L'Impartial (in French). La Chaux-de-Fonds, Switzerland. 8 July 1991. p. 11. Retrieved 31 May 2020 - via réro doc Digital Library.
20. ^ "Victoire suisse à Neuchâtel". Le Nouvelliste (in French). Sion, Switzerland. 9 July 1990. p. 24. Retrieved 30 May 2020 - via e-newspaperarchives.ch.
21. ^ "Evans remporte le Neuchâtel Open". La Liberté (in French). Fribourg, Switzerland. 11 July 1989. p. 20. Retrieved 30 May 2020 - via e-newspaperarchives.ch.
22. ^ "7e Open Browning, á Neuchâtel". Gazette de Lausanne (in French). Lausanne, Switzerland. 12 July 1988. p. 21. Retrieved 30 May 2020 - via Le Temps Archives.
23. ^ "Victoire de Brian Evans à Neuchâtel". Le Nouvelliste (in French). Sion, Switzerland. 6 July 1987. p. 7. Retrieved 30 May 2020 - via e-newspaperarchives.ch.
24. ^ "L'Open Browning de Neuchâtel, à Voëns-sur-Saint-Blaise". Le Nouvelliste (in French). Sion, Switzerland. 7 July 1986. p. 8. Retrieved 30 May 2020 - via e-newspaperarchives.ch.
25. ^ "B. Evans: victoire et record à Neuchâtel". La Liberté (in French). Fribourg, Switzerland. 24 June 1985. p. 18. Retrieved 30 May 2020 - via e-newspaperarchives.ch.
26. ^ "L'Open de Neuchâtel: domination italienne". Le Nouvelliste (in French). Sion, Switzerland. 16 July 1984. p. 9. Retrieved 30 May 2020 - via e-newspaperarchives.ch.
27. ^ "Pietro Molteni en évidence" (PDF). L'Impartial (in French). La Chaux-de-Fonds, Switzerland. 12 August 1983. p. 11. Retrieved 31 May 2020 - via réro doc Digital Library.
28. ^ "Succès de l'Espagnol Gallardo le week-end dernier à Voëns" (PDF). L'Express (in French). Neuchâtel, Switzerland. 28 July 1982. p. 10. Retrieved 31 May 2020 - via réro doc Digital Library.

## External links

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* Coverage on the Challenge Tour's official site

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