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Ivory Coast Open
Tournament information
LocationIvory Coast
Established1980
Course(s)Ivoire Golf Club
Par72
Tour(s)Challenge Tour
Safari Circuit
FormatStroke play
Prize fund€70,000
Month playedApril
Final year1999
Tournament record score
Aggregate265 Gary Player (1980)
To par−23 as above
Final champion
England Ian Poulter
Location map
Ivoire GC is located in Ivory Coast
Ivoire GC
Ivoire GC
Location in Ivory Coast

The Ivory Coast Open or Open de Côte d'Ivoire was a golf tournament in the Ivory Coast. It was founded in 1980, and was an event on the Safari Circuit the following year. It was an event on the European-based Challenge Tour schedule in 1990 and 1991, and from 1996 to 1999. It has been held at President Golf Club, Yamoussoukro and Ivoire Golf Club, Abidjan.

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.[1]

The tournament was revived in 2017 after an 18-year hiatus and was won by the Ghanaian golfer Vincent Torgah.[2]

History

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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.[3] 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.[4]

In 1981 the event became the Ivory Coast Open and was added to the Safari Circuit schedule.[5] It 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.[6]

Winners

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This list is incomplete. The 1999 event was advertised as the 18th edition.
Year Tour[a] Winner Score To par Margin of
victory		 Runner(s)-up Venue Ref.
Open de Côte d'Ivoire
1999 CHA England Ian Poulter 284 −4 2 strokes France Sébastien Delagrange
Wales David Park
France Marc Pendariès		 Ivoire [7]
1998 CHA England John Mellor 281 −7 3 strokes Sweden Fredrik Lindgren
Spain José Antonio Sota		 Ivoire
1997 CHA Denmark Knud Storgaard 274 −14 Playoff Finland Anssi Kankkonen President
1996 CHA Italy Massimo Florioli 284 −4 4 strokes Italy Michele Reale Ivoire
1992−1995: No tournament.
Ivory Coast Open
1991 CHA France Michel Besanceney 279 −9 Playoff England Paul Carman President [8]
1990 CHA Wales David Llewellyn (2) 275 −13 2 strokes England Jeff Pinsent President [9]
1989 SAF Fiji Vijay Singh 274 −14 1 stroke England Jeff Pinsent President [10]
1988 SAF England Gordon J. Brand (3) 275 −13 2 strokes England Richard Fish President [11]
1987 France Jean Garaïalde President
1986 SAF England Gordon J. Brand (2) 273 −15 2 strokes Scotland Brian Marchbank President [12]
1985 SAF Wales David Llewellyn 277 −11 1 stroke Scotland Brian Gunson President [13]
1984 SAF Scotland Bill McColl 275 −13 5 strokes England Gordon J. Brand
Scotland Craig Maltman		 President [14]
1983 SAF Scotland Bill Longmuir 271 −17 1 stroke United States Curtis Strange President [15]
1982 SAF England John Morgan 272 −16 2 strokes Wales Ian Woosnam President [16]
1981 SAF England Gordon J. Brand 271 −17 Playoff England Martin Poxon President [17]
Trophée Félix Houphouët-Boigny
1980 SAF South Africa Gary Player 265 −23 Playoff England Peter Townsend President [4]

See also

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Notes

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  1. ^ CHA − Challenge Tour; SAF − Safari Circuit.

References

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  1. ^ Challenge in the Ivory Coast, European Tour, 13 April 1999
  2. ^ "Golf : Vincent Torgah grand vainqueur du Trophée Félix Houphouët-Boigny 2017". mondialsport.net. 16 October 2017.
  3. ^ "Player playing ambassador's role in Ivory Coast event". The Times. 6 March 1980. p. 15.
  4. ^ a b "Player ends duel with Townsend by snatching win in play-off". The Times. 10 March 1980. p. 9.
  5. ^ "Off on Safari!". Newcastle Journal. Newcastle upon Tyne, England. 5 February 1981. p. 18. Retrieved 16 June 2020 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  6. ^ "Brand wins Ivory Coast open playoff". The Times. 2 March 1981. p. 8.
  7. ^ "Poulter keeps cool to take Ivory Coast title". European Tour. Retrieved 7 February 2020.
  8. ^ "Tee talk". Aberdeen Press and Journal. Aberdeen, Scotland. 11 December 1991. p. 20. Retrieved 9 June 2020 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  9. ^ "Cassells collects his first pro cheque". Aberdeen Press and Journal. Aberdeen, Scotland. 19 December 1990. p. 21. Retrieved 9 June 2020 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  10. ^ "For the Record". The Times. 27 November 1989. p. 45. Retrieved 7 February 2020 – via The Times Digital Archive.
  11. ^ "Yorkshire's Gordon J. Brand". The Glasgow Herald. 8 February 1988. p. 7.
  12. ^ "A Brand double as Marchbank falters". The Glasgow Herald. 24 February 1986. p. 9.
  13. ^ "A Last-round 69". The Glasgow Herald. 18 February 1985. p. 17.
  14. ^ "Scotland's Billy McColl". The Glasgow Herald. 5 March 1984. p. 16.
  15. ^ "Longmuir coasts to victory". The Glasgow Herald. 7 March 1983. p. 16.
  16. ^ "John Morgan". The Glasgow Herald. 15 February 1982. p. 17.
  17. ^ "Gordon Brand". The Glasgow Herald. 2 March 1981. p. 18.
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