European Tour's Madrid Open: Winners, Records

The Madrid Open was a professional golf tournament played in Spain over the course of 40 years, from the late 1960s into the 2000-aughts. It predated the formation of the modern European Tour, but was part of the European Tour from that circuit's launch in 1972.

First played: 1968

Last played: 2007

The tournament record for wins is three, shared by Seve Ballesteros and Howard Clark. Ballesteros won in 1980, 1982 and 1989, and was also runner-up one, in 1986. The 1989 victory was his 40th on the European Tour. Clark's wins were in 1978, 1984 and 1986, accounting for three of his 11 career Euro Tour wins.

The Garrido brothers, Antonio and German, were both early winners of the Madrid Open. German won it twice, in its inaugural year of 1968 plus 1973. Antonio won it once, in 1977. (Antonio's son Ignacio Garrido never won this title, but was runner-up in 2006.)

Manuel Pinero earned two of his nine career European Tour wins in this tournament, including his very first in 1974. And both of those victories (the other was in 1985) happened in playoffs.

The Madrid Open's 72-hole scoring record of 261 was set by Raphael Jacquelin in 2005. The largest margin of victory was Francisco Abreu's 9-stroke win over Antonio Garrido in 1976.

Winners of the Madrid Open

1968 — German Garrido, 279
1969 — Ramon Sota, 278
1970 — Manuel Cabrera, 286
1971 — Valentin Barrios, 285
1972 — Jimmy Kinsella, 283
1973 — German Garrido, 287
1974 — Manuel Pinero, 283 (def. Valentin Barrios in playoff)
1975 — Bob Shearer, 135
1976 — Francisco Abreu, 275
1977 — Antonio Garrido, 278
1978 — Howard Clark, 282
1979 — Simon Hobday, 285
1980 — Seve Ballesteros, 270
1981 — Manuel Pinero, 279
1982 — Seve Ballesteros, 273
1983 — Sandy Lyle, 285
1984 — Howard Clark, 274
1985 — Manuel Pinero, 278 (def. Jose María Canizares in playoff)
1986 — Howard Clark, 274
1987 — Ian Woosnam, 269
1988 — Derrick Cooper, 275
1989 — Seve Ballesteros, 272
1990 — Bernhard Langer, 270
1991 — Andrew Sherborne, 272
1992 — David Feherty, 272
1993 — Des Smyth, 272
1994−2000 — Not played
2001 — Retief Goosen, 264 (def. Stephen Webster in playoff)
2002 — Steen Tinning, 265
2003 — Ricardo Gonzalez, 270
2004 — Richard Sterne, 266
2005 — Raphael Jacquelin, 261
2006 — Ian Poulter, 266
2007 — Mads Vibe-Hastrup, 272

Also known as: The tournament name was simply "Madrid Open" from 1968-81, but in many years after that there was a title sponsor. So it was also known over the years as the Cepsa Madrid Open, Iberia Madrid Open, Telefonica Open de Madrid, Open de Madrid Valle Romano, and, thankfully for just one year, the XXXII Banco Madrid Valle Romano Open de Madrid Golf Masters.