Open de España Spanish Open Winners and History

The Open de España (Spanish Open) is Spain’s national golf championship. Founded in 1912, it was one of the inaugural events on the European Tour in 1972. Notable champions are Seve Ballesteros, Arnold Palmer, Bernhard Langer, Nick Faldo and Sergio Garcia.

The 2016 edition of the Open de España will be played at the Real Club Valderrama. It is hosted by the Sergio Garcia Foundation.

This is the first time the Spanish Open will be held at Valderrama.

Multiple Event Winners

Seventeen men are multiple tournament winners:

5 wins
Angel de la Torre: 1916, 1917, 1919, 1923, 1925

4 wins

• Mariano Provencio: 1934, 1941, 1943, 1951
• Gabriel Gonzalez: 1932, 1933, 1940, 1942
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3 wins

• Arnaud Massy: 1912, 1927, 1928
• Joaquin Bernardino: 1926, 1930, 1934
• Marcelino Morcillo: 1946, 1948, 1949
• Mariano Provencio: 1941, 1943, 1951
• Max Faulkner: 1952, 1953, 1957
• Sebastián Miguel: 1954, 1960, 1967
• Seve Ballesteros: 1981, 1985, 1995

2 wins

• Eugène Lafitte: 1921, 1929
• Peter Alliss: 1956, 1958
• Ángel Miguel: 1961, 1964
• Dale Hayes: 1971, 1979
• Eddie Polland: 1976, 1980
• Bernhard Langer: 1984, 1989
• Mark James: 1988, 1997

A list of Spanish Open Winners follows:

Year	Winner	Score	To par	Margin
Acciona Open de España
2023	Matthieu Pavon	261	-23	4 strokes
2022	Jon Rahm	259	-25	6 strokes
2021	Rafa Cabrera-Bello	265	-19	Playoff
Mutuactivos Open de España
2020	COVID
2019	Jon Rahm (2)	262	−22	5 strokes
Open de España
2018	Jon Rahm	268	−20	2 strokes
2017	No tournament
Real Club Valderrama Open de España
2016	Andrew Johnston	285	1	1 stroke
2015	James Morrison	278	−10	4 strokes
2014	Miguel Ángel Jiménez	284	−4	Playoff
2013	Raphaël Jacquelin	283	−5	Playoff
2012	Francesco Molinari	280	−8	3 strokes
Open de España
2011	Thomas Aiken	278	−10	2 strokes
2010	Álvaro Quirós	277	−11	Playoff
2009	Thomas Levet	270	−18	2 strokes
2008	Peter Lawrie	273	−15	Playoff
2007	Charl Schwartzel	272	−16	1 stroke
Andalucía Open de España Valle Romano
2006	Niclas Fasth	270	−18	Playoff
Jazztel Open de España en Andalucía
2005	Peter Hanson	280	−8	Playoff
Canarias Open de España
2004	Christian Cévaër	271	−9	1 stroke
2003	Kenneth Ferrie	266	−22	Playoff
2002	Sergio García	275	−13	4 strokes
Via Digital Open de España
2001	Robert Karlsson	277	−11	2 strokes
Peugeot Open de España
2000	Brian Davis	274	−14	3 strokes
1999	Jarmo Sandelin	267	−21	4 strokes
1998	Thomas Bjørn	267	−21	1 stroke
1997	Mark James (2)	277	−11	Playoff
Peugeot Spanish Open
1996	Pádraig Harrington	272	−16	4 strokes
1995	Seve Ballesteros (3)	274	−14	2 strokes
1994	Colin Montgomerie	277	−11	1 stroke
1993	Joakim Haeggman	275	−13	2 strokes
1992	Andrew Sherborne	271	−17	1 stroke
1991	Eduardo Romero	275	−13	Playoff
1990	Rodger Davis	277	−11	1 stroke
1989	Bernhard Langer (2)	281	−7	3 strokes
1988	Mark James	262	−18	3 strokes
1987	Nick Faldo	286	−2	2 strokes
1986	Howard Clark	272	−16	1 stroke
Benson & Hedges Spanish Open
1985	Seve Ballesteros (2)	266	−14	4 strokes
1984	Bernhard Langer	275	−13	2 strokes
1983	Eamonn Darcy	277	−11	1 stroke
1982	Sam Torrance	273	−15	8 strokes
1981	Seve Ballesteros	273	−15	1 stroke
1980	Eddie Polland (2)	276	−12	5 strokes
Spanish Open
1979	Dale Hayes (2)	278	−10	2 strokes
1978	Brian Barnes	276	−12	2 strokes
1977	Bernard Gallacher	277	−11	2 strokes
1976	Eddie Polland	282	−6	2 strokes
1975	Arnold Palmer	283	−5	1 stroke
1974	Jerry Heard	279	−9	6 strokes
1973	Neil Coles	282	−6	3 strokes
1972	Antonio Garrido	293	1	Playoff
1971	Dale Hayes	275		1 stroke
1970	Ángel Gallardo	284		3 strokes
1969	Jean Garaïalde	283		1 stroke
1968	Bob Shaw	286		Playoff
1967	Sebastián Miguel (3)	265		Playoff
1966	Roberto De Vicenzo	279		7 strokes
1965	No Tournament
1964	Ángel Miguel (2)	272		5 strokes
1963	Ramón Sota	287		8 strokes
1962	No Tournament
1961	Ángel Miguel	267		1 stroke
1960	Sebastián Miguel (2)	286		2 strokes
1959	Peter Thomson	286		2 strokes
1958	Peter Alliss (2)	268		10 strokes
1957	Max Faulkner (3)	283		6 strokes
1956	Peter Alliss	285		6 strokes
1955	Conde de Lamaze (a)	271		3 strokes
1954	Sebastián Miguel	268		6 strokes
1953	Max Faulkner (2)	271		6 strokes
1952	Max Faulkner	275		2 strokes
1951	Mariano Provencio (4)	281		1 stroke
1950	Antonio Cerdá	277		3 strokes
1949	Marcelino Morcillo (3)	280
1948	Marcelino Morcillo (2)	268
1947	Mário Gonzalez (a)	277		5 strokes
1946	Marcelino Morcillo	281
1945	Carlos Celles	274
1944	Nicasio Sagardia
1943	Mariano Provencio (3)	286
1942	Gabriel González (4)	264
1941	Mariano Provencio (2)	283
1940	Gabriel González (3)
1936–1939	No tournament
1935	Tomás Cayarga	279
1934	Mariano Provencio	276
1933	Gabriel González (2)	270
1932	Gabriel González	272
1931:	No tournament
1930	Joaquin Bernardino (2)	291
1929	Eugène Lafitte	285
1928	Arnaud Massy (3)	278
1927	Arnaud Massy (2)
1926	Joaquin Bernardino	283
1925	Ángel de la Torre (5)
1924	No tournament
1923	Ángel de la Torre (4)
1922	No tournament
1921	Eugène Lafitte	296
1920	No tournament
1919	Ángel de la Torre (3)	304
1918	No tournament
1917	Ángel de la Torre (2)	288
1916	Ángel de la Torre	293
1913–1915	No tournament
1912	Arnaud Massy