AGF Open

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AGF Open
Tournament information
LocationFrance
Established1988
CourseLa Grande Motte
Par72
TourEuropean Tour
FormatStrokeplay
Prize fund£200,000
Month playedApril
Final year1990
Tournament record score
Aggregate258 David Llewellyn (1988)
To par−14 as above
Final champion
Australia Brett Ogle
Location map
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The AGF Open was a European Tour golf tournament which was played in France from 1988 to 1990. The first event was held at Biarritz Golf Club and the other two at Golf de La Grande-Motte, near Montpellier. Its renewal in 1991 was cancelled due to sponsors being in dispute with the events promoters.[1]

The most notable of the three winners was future European Ryder Cup captain Mark James of England. In 1990 the prize fund was £201,358, which was one of the smaller purses on the European Tour that year.

In 1988, David Llewellyn set a new European Tour record 72-hole aggregate of 258, surpassing the 259 set by Mark McNulty at the German Open in 1987.[2] The record was equalled in 1990 by Ian Woosnam at the Monte Carlo Open and stood until August 2020, when it was broken by Andy Sullivan at Hanbury Manor Golf Club in the English Championship.[3]

Winners

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Year Winner Score To par Margin of
victory
Runner(s)-up Venue Ref.
AGF Open
1991 Cancelled
1990 Australia Brett Ogle 278 −10 3 strokes England Paul Curry
Scotland Bill Longmuir
La Grande Motte [4]
1989 England Mark James 277 −11 3 strokes Wales Mark Mouland La Grande Motte [5]
AGF Biarritz Open
1988 Wales David Llewellyn 258 −14 7 strokes Republic of Ireland Christy O'Connor Jnr Biarritz [6]

References

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