Polish Open (golf)

The Polish Open is the oldest and most prestigious professional golf tournament in Poland.[1] First played in 1994, from 1996 to 1999 it was included on the Challenge Tour, and subsequently on the EPD Tour and Pro Golf Tour.[2]

Polish Open
Tournament information
LocationPoland
Established1994
Tour(s)Pro Golf Tour
Challenge Tour (1996–1999)
Format54 hole Stroke play
Month playedAugust
Current champion
Julien Brun

In its capacity as a national open golf championship, starting with 1994 champion Gary Marks the winner earned qualification to the Sarazen World Open, an unofficial money event on the PGA Tour 1994–1999 featuring national open winners.[3]

Records

The 2018 Polish Open set a European record for longest playoff after a battle between Frenchman Mathieu Decottignies-Lafon and Czech Ondřej Lieser. Decottignies-Lafon was only established as the winner on the tenth extra hole of the playoff after he birdied the 18th hole. The longest men's sudden death tour playoff was in 1976, when it took Peter Thomson fourteen holes to defeat Graham Marsh, Brian Jones and Shozo Miyamoto in the Pepsi-Wilson Tournament on the Japan Golf Tour.[4]

Winners
YearTour[lower-alpha 1]VenueWinnerScoreTo parMargin of
victory		Runner(s)-upRef
Gradi Polish Open
2020PGTGradi Golf Club Julien Brun192−182 strokes Jeremy Freiburghaus[5]
Polish Open
2019PGTGradi Golf Club Ondřej Lieser191–197 strokes Felix Mory[6]
2018PGTGradi Golf Club Mathieu Decottignies-Lafon192–18Playoff Ondřej Lieser[7]
Sierra Polish Open
2017PGTSierra Golf Club Nicolai von Dellingshausen201–151 stroke Chris Robb[8]
Lotos Polish Open
2016PGTSierra Golf Club Hinrich Arkenau205–11Playoff Sascha Schmidt[9]
2015PGTSierra Golf Club Martin Keskari211–51 stroke David Antonelli
Stephan Gross		[10]
2014PGTSand Valley G&CC Berni Reiter206–103 strokes Sean Einhaus[11]
2013PGTSand Valley G&CC Florian Fritsch207–9Playoff Anton Kirstein[12]
Polish Open
2009–2012: No tournament
2008EPDRosa Private GC Peter BronsonPlayoff Grant Jackson[13][2]
2007EPDPostołowo GC Taco Remkes278−101 stroke Damian Urlich[14][2]
Xelion Polish Open
2006EPDKraków Valley G&CC Tim Spence281−75 strokes Matt Green[15][2]
2005EPDFirst Warsaw G&CC Peter Bronson213EPlayoff John Bleys
Jonathan Fransson
Matt Green		[16][2]
Polish Open
2004EPDBinowo Park G&CC Dale Harris[2]
2003EPDBinowo Park G&CC James Bray[2]
Daewoo Warsaw Golf Open
1999CHAFirst Warsaw G&CC Niclas Fasth280–41 stroke Hennie Otto[17]
Warsaw Golf Open
1998CHAFirst Warsaw G&CC José Manuel Lara273–112 strokes Raimo Sjöberg[18]
Polish Open
1997CHAFirst Warsaw G&CCCancelled due to rain[19]
Bank Pekao Polish Open
1996CHAFirst Warsaw G&CC Erol Simsek282–61 stroke Dennis Edlund
Christophe Pottier		[20]
Polish Open
1995Amber Baltic GC Mark Dewdney[2]
1994Amber Baltic GC Gary Marks[2]
  1. CHA – Challenge Tour; EPD/PGT– Pro Golf Tour (formerly the EPD Tour)

References
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  14. "Wicelider rankingu EPD Tour zwyciezca Polish Open 2007" (in Polish). Polski Golf. 9 September 2007. Retrieved 2 August 2020.
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  16. "Peter Bronson wygrana w wielkim stylu" (in Polish). Polski Golf. 2 October 2005. Retrieved 2 August 2020.
  17. "1999 Daewoo Warsaw Golf Open". European Tour. Retrieved 23 July 2020.
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