The Ivory Coast Open or Open de Côte d'Ivoire was a golf tournament in the Ivory Coast. It was an event on the European-based Challenge Tour schedule 1991-1992 and 1996-1999. It was founded in 1980, and has been held at President Golf Club, Yamoussoukro and Ivoire Golf Club, Abidjan.
The first event in 1980 was to inaugurate the President Golf Club, Yamoussoukro. It was an invitation event with 27 professionals competing. Yamoussoukro was the birthplace of the President, Félix Houphouët-Boigny, who attended the event. Gary Player and Peter Townsend tied at 265, 23 under par and nine strokes ahead of the rest of the field. Townsend was bunkered on the first playoff hole and took a bogey 5 to Player's par 4.
In 1981 the event was called the Ivory Coast Open and was won by Gordon J. Brand, who beat Martin Poxon at the first hole of a sudden-death playoff, after the two had tied on 271.
The title has been won by some of the world's top golfers, including Vijay Singh, Ian Poulter, and Gary Player. The most successful player is England's Gordon J. Brand, who recorded three victories between 1981 and 1988.
The Ivorian Golf Federation in 2014 announced it was looking into resurrecting the tournament after a 15-year hiatus.
Video Ivory Coast Open
Winners
- This list of winners is incomplete.
PO Storgaard won the playoff against Anssi Kankkonen in 1997.
Maps Ivory Coast Open
References
External links
- Coverage on the Challenge Tour's official site
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