Epson Grand Prix of Europe
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The Epson Grand Prix of Europe was a European Tour
golf
tournament which was held annually from 1986 to 1991 at St. Pierre Golf & Country Club in Chepstow
, South
Wales
. It was a matchplay event for the first four years before switching to stroke play
for the final two years. Four of the six champions were major championship
winners. In 1991 the prize fund was £450,000, which was on the high side of middling for a European Tour event at that time.
Epson Grand Prix of Europe Matchplay Championship
PGA European Tour
The PGA European Tour is an organization which operates the three leading men's professional golf tours in Europe: the elite European Tour, the European Seniors Tour and the developmental Challenge Tour. Its headquarters are at Wentworth Club in Virginia Water, Surrey, England...
golf
Golf
Golf is a precision club and ball sport, in which competing players use many types of clubs to hit balls into a series of holes on a golf course using the fewest number of strokes....
tournament which was held annually from 1986 to 1991 at St. Pierre Golf & Country Club in Chepstow
Chepstow
Chepstow is a town in Monmouthshire, Wales, adjoining the border with Gloucestershire, England. It is located on the River Wye, close to its confluence with the River Severn, and close to the western end of the Severn Bridge on the M48 motorway...
, South
South Wales
South Wales is an area of Wales bordered by England and the Bristol Channel to the east and south, and Mid Wales and West Wales to the north and west. The most densely populated region in the south-west of the United Kingdom, it is home to around 2.1 million people and includes the capital city of...
Wales
Wales
Wales is a country that is part of the United Kingdom and the island of Great Britain, bordered by England to its east and the Atlantic Ocean and Irish Sea to its west. It has a population of three million, and a total area of 20,779 km²...
. It was a matchplay event for the first four years before switching to stroke play
Stroke play
Stroke play, also known as medal play, is a scoring system in the sport of golf. It involves counting the total number of strokes taken on each hole during a given round, or series of rounds...
for the final two years. Four of the six champions were major championship
Men's major golf championships
The men's major golf championships, commonly known as the Major Championships, and often referred to simply as the majors, are the four most prestigious annual tournaments in professional golf...
winners. In 1991 the prize fund was £450,000, which was on the high side of middling for a European Tour event at that time.
Winners
- 1991 José María OlazábalJosé María OlazábalJosé María Olazábal Manterola is a Spanish professional golfer who has enjoyed success on both the European Tour and the PGA Tour, and has won two major championships.-Career outline:...
- - 1990 Ian WoosnamIan WoosnamIan Harold Woosnam OBE is a Welsh professional golfer.Nicknamed 'Woosie', 'Woosers', or the 'Wee Welshman', Woosnam was one of the "Big Five" generation of European golfers, all born within 12 months of one another, all of whom have won majors, and made Europe competitive in the Ryder Cup...
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Epson Grand Prix of Europe Matchplay Championship
- 1989 Seve Ballesteros -
- 1988 Bernhard LangerBernhard LangerBernhard Langer is a German professional golfer. He is a two-time Masters champion, and was one of the world's leading golfers throughout the 1980s and 90s, being the first official number one ranked player in 1986...
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West GermanyWest GermanyWest Germany is the common English, but not official, name for the Federal Republic of Germany or FRG in the period between its creation in May 1949 to German reunification on 3 October 1990.... - 1987 Mats LannerMats LannerMats Lanner is a Swedish golfer.Lanner was born in Gothenburg. He turned professional in 1981 and qualified for the European Tour on his first visit to Qualifying School. He was a member of the European Tour until 2001, with just a couple of breaks when he failed to retain his card, and his best...
- - 1986 Ove SellbergOve SellbergOve Bertil Sellberg is a Swedish professional golfer.Sellberg was born in Stockholm. He turned professional in 1982 and played on the European Tour through most of the 1980s and 1990s, twice finishing in the top twenty of the Order of Merit...
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