Moroccan Open

The Moroccan Open was a professional golf tournament on the European Tour which was first held in 1987.^[1] Having been cancelled in 1988,^[2] it returned to the schedule in 1992 and was held annually until 2001. This was the second European Tour event in North Africa after the Tunisian Open,^[1] but the tour eventually left North Africa to focus its global expansion on the established golf markets of South Africa and Australasia and the major growth region of Asia.

Tournament information
Location	Rabat, Morocco
Established	1987
Course(s)	Royal Golf Dar Es Salam
Par	73
Length	7,359 yards (6,729 m)
Tour(s)	European Tour
Format	Stroke play
Prize fund	€650,000
Month played	April
Final year	2001
Tournament record score
Aggregate	266 Jamie Spence (2000)
To par	−22 as above
Final champion
Ian Poulter
Location map
Royal Golf Dar Es Salam Location in Morocco

There were several different host courses for the Moroccan Open. In 2001, the prize fund was €651,337, which was one of the smallest on the tour that year.^[3]

Winners

Year	Winner	Score	To par	Margin of victory	Runner(s)-up
Moroccan Open
2001	Ian Poulter	277	−15	2 strokes	David Lynn
Moroccan Open Méditel
2000	Jamie Spence	266	−22	4 strokes	Sébastien Delagrange Thomas Levet Ian Poulter
Moroccan Open
1999	Miguel Ángel Martín	276	−12	Playoff	David Park
1998	Stephen Leaney	271	−17	8 strokes	Robert Karlsson
1997	Clinton Whitelaw	277	−11	2 strokes	Roger Chapman Darren Cole Wayne Riley
1996	Peter Hedblom	281	−7	1 stroke	Eduardo Romero
1995	Mark James	275	−13	1 stroke	David Gilford
1994	Anders Forsbrand	276	−12	4 strokes	Howard Clark
1993	David Gilford (2)	279	−9	1 stroke	Stephen Ames Jamie Spence
1992	David Gilford	287	−1	Playoff	Robert Karlsson
1989–1991: No tournament
1988	Cancelled
1987	Howard Clark	284	−8	3 strokes	Mark James

See also

• Open golf tournament