Saint-Omer Open
| Tournament information | |
|---|---|
| Location | Saint-Omer, France |
| Established | 1997 |
| Course(s) | Saint-Omer Golf Club |
| Par | 71 |
| Length | 6,537 yards (5,977 m) |
| Tour(s) | Challenge Tour European Tour (2003–13) |
| Format | Stroke play |
| Prize fund | €200,000 |
| Month played | June |
| Tournament record score | |
| Aggregate | 269 Brett Rumford (2003) |
| To par | −20 Sébastien Delagrange (2001) |
| Current champion | |
 Sébastien Gros |
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The Saint-Omer Open is an annual men's professional golf tournament which played at Saint-Omer Golf Club in Saint-Omer, France. The tournament was founded in 1997 and was part of the MasterCard Tour a year later, before taking its place on the Challenge Tour for the 2000 season.
In 2003 it also became an official money event on the European Tour, but since it is played during the same week as the U.S. Open, one of golf's four major championships, the Tour's leading players are not available to play and as such, it has the smallest purse available on the European Tour. It was removed from the European Tour schedule in 2014 but remained on the Challenge Tour.
Winners
- As a Challenge Tour event
| Year | Winner | Country | Score | To par | Margin of victory |
Runner(s)-up |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Najeti Open presented by Neuflize OBC | ||||||
| 2015 | Sébastien Gros | France |
270 | −14 | 6 strokes | Thomas Linard |
| Najeti Hotels et Golfs Open | ||||||
| 2014 | Jordi García Pinto |  Spain |
277 | −7 | 3 strokes | Carlos Aguilar |
- As a dual-ranking event
| Year | Winner | Country | Score | To par | Margin of victory |
Runner(s)-up |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Najeti Hotels et Golfs Open | ||||||
| 2013 | Simon Thornton |  Ireland |
279 | −5 | Playoff |  Tjaart van der Walt |
| Saint-Omer Open presented by Neuflize OBC | ||||||
| 2012 | Darren Fichardt | South Africa |
279 | −5 | 3 strokes |  Gary Lockerbie |
| 2011 | Matthew Zions |  Australia |
276 | −8 | 7 strokes |  Peter Gustafsson Craig Lee Daniel Denison |
| 2010 | Martin Wiegele |  Austria |
277 | −7 | 2 strokes | Pelle Edberg Matt Haines Robert Dinwiddie Jamie Elson Raphaël Jacquelin |
| Saint-Omer Open | ||||||
| 2009 | Christian Nilsson | Sweden |
271 | −13 | 6 strokes |  José-Filipe Lima1 |
| 2008 | David Dixon | England |
279 | −5 | 1 stroke | Christian Nilsson |
| Open de Saint-Omer | ||||||
| 2007 | Carl Suneson | Spain |
276 | −8 | 3 strokes | François Calmels Peter Fowler Marcus Higley |
| Aa St Omer Open | ||||||
| 2006 | César Monasterio |  Argentina |
274 | −10 | 1 stroke | Martin Maritz Henrik Nyström |
| 2005 | Joakim Bäckström | Sweden |
280 | −4 | Playoff | Paul Dwyer |
| 2004 | Philippe Lima1 | France |
279 | −5 | 1 stroke |  Alessandro Tadini |
| 2003 | Brett Rumford | Australia |
269 | −15 | 5 strokes | Ben Mason |
- As a Challenge Tour event
| Year | Winner | Country | Score | To par |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aa St Omer Open | ||||
| 2002 | Nicolas Vanhootegem |  Belgium |
277 | −7 |
| 2001 | Sébastien Delagrange | France |
272 | −20 |
| 2000 | Pascal Edmond | France |
274 | −18 |
- As a MasterCard Tour event
| Year | Winner | Country | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aa St Omer Open | ||||
| 1999 | Alastair Forsyth | Scotland |
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| 1998 | Shaun Webster | England |
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| 1997 | Cédric Hoffstetter | France |
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1Lima is a dual citizen of France and Portugal. Until the end of 2004, he represented France and used the French form of his name.
