Glasgow Open

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Glasgow Open
Tournament information
LocationGlasgow, Scotland
Established1983
CourseHaggs Castle Golf Club
Par70
TourEuropean Tour
FormatStroke play
Prize fund£90,000
Month playedAugust
Final year1985
Tournament record score
Aggregate266 Ken Brown (1984)
To par−14 as above
Final champion
England Howard Clark
Location map
Haggs Castle GC is located in Scotland
Haggs Castle GC
Haggs Castle GC
Location in Scotland
Haggs Castle GC is located in Glasgow council area
Haggs Castle GC
Haggs Castle GC
Location in Glasgow

The Glasgow Open was a European Tour golf tournament which was played annually at Haggs Castle Golf Club in Glasgow from 1983 to 1985. The most distinguished of the three winners was future World Number 1 Bernhard Langer of Germany. In 1985 the prize fund was £90,348, which was slightly below average for a European Tour event at that time.

Winners

YearWinnerScoreTo parMargin of
victory
Runner-upWinner's
share (£)
Ref.
Glasgow Open
1985England Howard Clark274−6PlayoffScotland Sandy Lyle15,000[1]
1984Scotland Ken Brown266−1411 strokesScotland Sam Torrance13,330[2]
Glasgow Golf Classic
1983West Germany Bernhard Langer274−61 strokeArgentina Vicente Fernández13,330[3]

References

  1. "Clark chips in for victory and his Ryder Cup place". The Glasgow Herald. 12 August 1985. p. 16.
  2. "Torrance and Lyle tidy up after Brown's clean sweep". The Glasgow Herald. 2 July 1984. p. 16.
  3. "Patient Langer holds off Fernandez's last challenge". The Glasgow Herald. 27 June 1983. p. 16.