Neuchâtel Open

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.

Open de Neuchâtel
Tournament information
LocationSaint-Blaise, Switzerland
Established1982
Course(s)Golf de Neuchâtel
Par72
Tour(s)Challenge Tour
Alps Tour
Formatstroke play
Prize fund€45,000
Month playedJune
Final year2007
Tournament record score
Aggregate199 Rolf Muntz (1994)
199 Thomas Feyrsinger (2005)
To par−14 as above
Final champion
Marcus Knight
Location Map
Golf de Neuchâtel
Location in Switzerland

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
YearTour[lower-alpha 1]WinnerScoreTo parMargin of
victory		Runner(s)-upRef.
Open de Neuchâtel
2007ALP Marcus Knight205−81 stroke Phil Rowe[1][2]
2006ALP Gary Marks202−115 strokes Peter Lepitschnik[3]
2005ALP Thomas Feyrsinger199−141 stroke Lionel Alexandre
Gary Marks		[4]
2004ALP Jérôme Theunis205−85 strokes Marc Chatelain
Raphaël De Sousa
Bilbo Perrot
Vincent Simoni		[5]
2003ALP Alexandre Balicki204−91 stroke Alexandre Chopard[6]
UBS Warburg Golf Open
2002ALP Fernando Roca200−13
2001ALP Bertrand Cornut202−115 strokes Alexandre Chopard
Nicolas Kalouguine		[7][8]
UBS Warburg Swiss Golf Open Neuchâtel
2000CHA Steve Rey205−81 stroke Jaun Ciola[9]
Neuchâtel Open Golf Trophy
1999CHA Richard S. Johnson201−121 stroke Erol Şimşek[10]
1998 Christophe Bovet200−135 strokes John Lawson[11]
Neuchâtel Open
1997CHA Erol Şimşek204−93 strokes Stephen Leaney[12]
Neuchâtel Open Golf Trophy
1996CHA Federico Bisazza205−8Playoff Heinz-Peter Thül[13]
Neuchâtel Open SBS Trophy
1995CHA Nicolas Vanhootegem200−132 strokes Michele Reale[14]
1994CHA Rolf Muntz199−141 stroke Neal Briggs
Philip Talbot
Daniel Westermark		[15]
Open de Neuchâtel
1993CHA Paolo Quirici207−6Playoff Stéphane De Marboeuf
Paul Simpson		[16]
Neuchâtel Open SBS Trophy
1992CHA Heinz-Peter Thül (2)136[lower-alpha 2]−61 stroke Gavin Healey[17][18]
Neuchâtel Open
1991CHA Heinz-Peter Thül206−71 stroke Daniel Westermark[19]
1990CHA André Bossert208−53 strokes Nick Godin[20]
1989CHA Brian Evans (3)206−7Playoff Manuel García[21]
Open Browning de Neuchâtel
1988 Jonas Saxton212−1[22]
1987 Brian Evans (2)212−1[23]
1986 Tim Huyton137[lower-alpha 2]−5[24]
1985 Brian Evans209−4[25]
1984 Silvano Locatelli209−4Playoff[26]
1983 Pietro Molteni214+1[27]
1982 Manuel Gallardo211−2[28]

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

References
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  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.
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  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.
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  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.


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