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Italian Open Tournament information Location 
Turin, ItalyEstablished 1925 Course(s) Royal Park G&CC Par 72 Length 7,282 yards (6,600 m) Tour(s) European Tour Format Stroke play Prize fund € 1,500,000 Month played June Tournament record score Aggregate 262 Percy Alliss (1935) To par -25 Hennie Otto (2008) Current champion 
Robert RockThe BMW Italian Open, as it is currently known for sponsorship reasons, is the Italian national open golf championship for men. It was founded in 1925 and has been part of the European Tour's schedule since the tour's first season in 1972.
The Italian Open is currently played in June at the Royal Park Golf and Country Club near Turin. In 2011 it had a prize fund of €1.5 million, which was one of the smaller purses among the European Tour events played in Europe itself.
In 2008, South African Hennie Otto was just one stroke away from the tournament aggregate record of 262, set by Percy Alliss in 1935 on the course at San Remo, which even by the standards of the day was relatively short, at just 5,200 yards.[1]
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Winners
Year Winner Score BMW Italian Open 2011 Robert Rock267 (−21) 2010 
Fredrik Andersson Hed 268 (−16) 2009 
Daniel Vancsik 267 (−17) Methorios Capital Italian Open 2008 
Hennie Otto 263 (−25) Telecom Italia Open 2007* 
Gonzalo Fernández-Castaño 200 (−16)PO 2006 Francesco Molinari 265 (−23) 2005 Steve Webster 270 (−18) 2004* 
Graeme McDowell 197 (−19)PO Italian Open Telecom Italia 2003 Mathias Grönberg 271 (−17) 2002* Ian Poulter 197 (−19) Atlanet Italian Open 2001 
Grégory Havret 268 (−20) Italian Open 2000 Ian Poulter 267 (−21) Fiat and Fila Italian Open 1999 
Dean Robertson 271 (−17) Italian Open 1998* Patrik Sjöland 195 (−21) Conte of Florence Italian Open 1997 
Bernhard Langer 273 (−15) 1996 Jim Payne 275 (−9) Italian Open 1995 Sam Torrance 269 (−19) Tisettanta Italian Open 1994 Eduardo Romero 272 (−16) Lancia Martini Italian Open 1993 
Greg Turner 267 (−21) 1992 Sandy Lyle 270 (−18) 1991 
Craig Parry 279(−9) 1990 Richard Boxall 267 (−21) Lancia Italian Open 1989 Ronan Rafferty 273 (−15) 1988 Greg Norman 270 (−18) 1987 Sam Torrance 271 (−17)PO Italian Open 1986 David Feherty 270 (−10)PO 1985 Manuel Piñero 267 (−21) 1984 Sandy Lyle 277 (−11) 1983 Bernhard Langer 271 (−17)PO 1982 Mark James 280 (−8) 1981 
José Maria Cañizares 280 (−8)PO 1980 Massimo Mannelli 276 (−8) 1979 Brian Barnes 281 (−7)PO 1978 
Dale Hayes 293 (+5) 1977 Ángel Gallardo 286 (−2)PO 1976 Baldovino Dassù 280 (−8) 1975 
Billy Casper 286 (−2) 1974** Peter Oosterhuis 249 1973 Tony Jacklin 284 (−4) 1972 Norman Wood 271 1971 
Ramón Sota 282 1961–70 No tournament 1960 Brian Wilkes 285 1959 Peter Thomson 269 1958 Peter Alliss 282 1957 Harold Henning 273 1956 Antonio Cerdá 284 1955 
Flory Van Donck 287 1954 Ugo Grappasonni 272 1953 Flory Van Donck 267 1952 Eric Brown 273 1951 Jimmy Adams 289 1950 Ugo Grappasonni 281 1949 
Hassan Hassanein 263 1948 Aldo Casera 267 1947 Flory Van Donck 263 1939–46 No tournament due to World War II 1938 Flory Van Donck 276 1937 Marcel Dallemagne 276 1936 Henry Cotton 268 1935 Percy Alliss 262 1934 N. Nutley 132 1933 No tournament 1932 Aubrey Boomer 143 1931 Auguste Boyer 141 1930 Auguste Boyer 140 1929 René Golias 143 1928 Auguste Boyer 145 1927 Percy Alliss 145 1926 Auguste Boyer 147 1925 
Francesco Pasquali 154 * – 2002, 2004, and 2007 tournaments shortened to three rounds because of rain.
** – Just nine holes played in the first round of the 1974 tournament.Multiple winners
- 4 wins
- Auguste Boyer: 1926, 1928, 1930, 1931
- Flory Van Donck: 1938, 1947, 1953, 1955
- 2 wins
- Percy Alliss: 1927, 1935
- Ugo Grappasonni: 1950, 1954
- Sandy Lyle: 1984, 1992
- Sam Torrance: 1987, 1995
- Ian Poulter: 2000, 2002
References
- ^ "Low, Long & Little". Time. 26 July 1937. http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,758055,00.html. Retrieved 2008-11-23.
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