The national championship of Spain, the Open de España is one of the oldest championships in golf. Founded in 1912, its list of winners includes such luminaries as Seve Ballesteros, Ernie Els, Nick Faldo, Bernhard Langer, Roberto de Vicenzo, and Padraig Harrington. Two Americans have won: Arnold Palmer (1975) and Jerry Heard (1974).
The Spanish Open was one of the inaugural events on the European Tour in 1972.
The 2013 edition is played at the Parador de El Saler, which last hosted in 2001. The course is relatively short, relying on Mediterranean winds to provide a defense of its holes.
A list of past winners follows:
| Year | Winner | Country | Score |
|---|---|---|---|
| Reale Seguros Open de España | |||
| 2012 | Francesco Molinari | Italy | 280 |
| Open de España | |||
| 2011 | Thomas Aiken | South Africa | 278 |
| 2010 | Álvaro Quirós | Spain | 277PO |
| 2009 | Thomas Levet | France | 270 |
| 2008 | Peter Lawrie | Ireland | 273PO |
| 2007 | Charl Schwartzel | South Africa | 272 |
| Andalucía Open de España Valle Romano | |||
| 2006 | Niclas Fasth | Sweden | 270PO |
| Jazztel Open de España en Andalucía | |||
| 2005 | Peter Hanson | Sweden | 280PO |
| Canarias Open de España | |||
| 2004 | Christian Cévaër | France | 271 |
| 2003 | Kenneth Ferrie | England | 266PO |
| 2002 | Sergio García | Spain | 275 |
| Via Digital Open de España | |||
| 2001 | Robert Karlsson | Sweden | 277 |
| Peugeot Open de España | |||
| 2000 | Brian Davis | England | 274 |
| 1999 | Jarmo Sandelin | Sweden | 267 |
| 1998 | Thomas Bjørn | Denmark | 267 |
| 1997 | Mark James | England | 277PO |
| Peugeot Spanish Open | |||
| 1996 | Pádraig Harrington | Ireland | 272 |
| 1995 | Seve Ballesteros | Spain | 274 |
| 1994 | Colin Montgomerie | Scotland | 277 |
| 1993 | Joakim Haeggman | Sweden | 275 |
| 1992 | Andrew Sherborne | England | 271 |
| 1991 | Eduardo Romero | Argentina | 275PO |
| 1990 | Rodger Davis | Australia | 277 |
| 1989 | Bernhard Langer | West Germany | 281 |
| 1988 | Mark James | England | 262 |
| 1987 | Nick Faldo | England | 286 |
| 1986 | Howard Clark | England | 272 |
| 1985 | Seve Ballesteros | Spain | 266 |
| Benson & Hedges Spanish Open | |||
| 1984 | Bernhard Langer | West Germany | 275 |
| 1983 | Eamonn Darcy | Ireland | 277 |
| 1982 | Sam Torrance | Scotland | 273 |
| 1981 | Seve Ballesteros | Spain | 273 |
| 1980 | Eddie Polland | Northern Ireland | 276 |
| Spanish Open | |||
| 1979 | Dale Hayes | South Africa | 278 |
| 1978 | Brian Barnes | Scotland | 276 |
| 1977 | Bernard Gallacher | Scotland | 277 |
| 1976 | Eddie Polland | Northern Ireland | 282 |
| 1975 | Arnold Palmer | United States | 283 |
| 1974 | Jerry Heard | United States | 279 |
| 1973 | Neil Coles | England | 282 |
| 1972 | Antonio Garrido | Spain | 293 |
| 1971 | Dale Hayes | South Africa | 275 |
| 1970 | Ángel Gallardo | Spain | 284 |
| 1969 | Jean Garaïalde | France | 283 |
| 1968 | Bob Shaw | Australia | 286 |
| 1967 | Sebastián Miguel | Spain | 265 |
| 1966 | Roberto De Vicenzo | Argentina | 279 |
| 1965 | No tournament | ||
| 1964 | Ángel Miguel | Spain | 272 |
| 1963 | Ramón Sota | Spain | 287 |
| 1962 | No tournament | ||
| 1961 | Ángel Miguel | Spain | 267 |
| 1960 | Sebastián Miguel | Spain | 286 |
| 1959 | Peter Thomson | Australia | 286 |
| 1958 | Peter Alliss | England | 268 |
| 1957 | Max Faulkner | England | 283 |
| 1956 | Peter Alliss | England | 285 |
| 1955 | Conde de Lamaze (am) | France | 271 |
| 1954 | Sebastián Miguel | Spain | 268 |
| 1953 | Max Faulkner | England | 271 |
| 1952 | Max Faulkner | England | 275 |
| 1951 | Mariano Provencio | Spain | 281 |
| 1950 | Antonio Cerdá | Argentina | |
| 1949 | Marcelino Morcillo | Spain | 280 |
| 1948 | Marcelino Morcillo | Spain | 268 |
| 1947 | Mario Gonzalez (am) | Brazil | 277 |
| 1946 | Marcelino Morcillo | Spain | 281 |
| 1945 | Carlos Celles | Spain | 274 |
| 1944 | Nicasio Sagardia | Spain | |
| 1943 | Mariano Provencio | Spain | 286 |
| 1942 | Gabriel González | Spain | 264 |
| 1941 | Mariano Provencio | Spain | 283 |
| 1940 | Gabriel González | Spain | |
| 1936-39 | No tournament | ||
| 1935 | Tomás Cayarga | Spain | 279 |
| 1934 | Mariano Provencio | Spain | 276 |
| 1933 | Gabriel González | Spain | 270 |
| 1932 | Gabriel González | Spain | 272 |
| 1931 | No tournament | ||
| 1930 | Joaquin Bernardino | Spain | 291 |
| 1929 | Eugène Lafitte | France | 285 |
| 1928 | Arnaud Massy | France | 278 |
| 1927 | Arnaud Massy | France | |
| 1926 | Joaquin Bernardino | Spain | 283 |
| 1925 | Angel de la Torre | Spain | |
| 1924 | No tournament | ||
| 1923 | Angel de la Torre | Spain | |
| 1922 | No tournament | ||
| 1921 | Eugène Lafitte | France | 296 |
| 1920 | No tournament | ||
| 1919 | Angel de la Torre | Spain | 304 |
| 1918 | No tournament | ||
| 1917 | Angel de la Torre | Spain | 288 |
| 1916 | Angel de la Torre | Spain | 293 |
| 1913-15 | No tournament | ||
| 1912 | Arnaud Massy | France | |
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