Open di Puglia e Basilicata

The Open di Puglia e Basilicata is an annual professional golf tournament held in Riva dei Tessali, near Castellaneta, Italy.

Open di Puglia e Basilicata

Tournament information
Location	Castellaneta, Italy
Established	1983
Course(s)	Riva dei Tessali Golf Club Metaponto Golf Club
Par	71 (R) 72 (M)
Length	6,503 yards (5,946 m) (R) 6,815 yards (6,232 m) (M)
Tour(s)	Alps Tour Challenge Tour
Format	Stroke play
Prize fund	€45,000
Month played	October
Final year	2010
Tournament record score
Aggregate	266 Kenneth Ferrie (2000)
To par	−18 as above
Final champion
Miguel Pujalte Sastre
Location map
Riva dei Tessali GC Location in Italy Show map of Italy Riva dei Tessali GC Location in Apulia Show map of Apulia

First held in 1983, there was a brief hiatus before the second edition in 1986. The tournament became part of the second tier Challenge Tour schedule in 1991, where it remained until 2007. Since 2008, it has been an event on the third tier Alps Tour. It also forms part of the Italian Pro Tour.

Prior to 2003, it was solely hosted at Riva dei Tessali Golf Club, but since then it has been jointly held at Metaponto Golf Club.

Winners

Year	Tour[a]	Winner	Score	To par	Margin of victory	Runner(s)-up
Open di Puglia and Basilicata
2010	ALP	Miguel Pujalte Sastre	201	−13	3 strokes	Matteo Delpodio Andrea Rota
2009	ALP	Paolo Terreni	137[b]	−6	Playoff	Andrea Perrino
Tessali-Metaponto Open di Puglia e Basilicata
2008	ALP	Martin Rominger	274	−11	1 stroke	Julien Grillon
2007	CHA	Michael Hoey	272	−13	Playoff	Liam Bond
2006	CHA	Anthony Snobeck	272	−14	Playoff	Kyron Sullivan
2005	CHA	Rafael Gómez	267	−17	1 stroke	Johan Edfors
2004	CHA	Leif Westerberg	274	−10	1 stroke	Oliver Wilson
2003	CHA	Martin LeMesurier	273	−11	Playoff	André Bossert Sam Walker
Tessali Open del Sud
2002	CHA	Simon Wakefield	274	−10	1 stroke	Andrew Raitt
2001: No tournament
2000	CHA	Kenneth Ferrie	266	−18	3 strokes	Mark Foster Christophe Pottier
Open dei Tessali
1999	CHA	Gustavo Rojas	272	−12	2 strokes	Didier de Vooght
1998	CHA	Pehr Magnebrant	276	−8	Playoff	John Senden
1997	CHA	Ivó Giner	280	−4	3 strokes	Stephen Leaney
1996	CHA	Stephen Scahill	279	−5	6 strokes	Pauli Hughes
Tessali Open
1995	CHA	Andrew Collison	279	−5	2 strokes	Jonathan Sewell
1994	CHA	Michael Archer	282	−2	1 stroke	Stephan Catherine Daniel Westermark
1993	CHA	Olle Nordberg	287	−1	Playoff	Neal Briggs Andrew Sandywell
1992	CHA	Anders Gillner	279	−5	Playoff	Baldovino Dassù
1991	CHA	Éric Giraud	281	−3		Jeremy Robinson
1990	CHA	Emanuele Bolognesi (2)	288
1989	CHA	Neal Briggs	284	E	1 stroke	Emanuele Bolognesi
1988		Baldovino Dassù (2)	288
1987		Giuseppe Calì	289
1986		Emanuele Bolognesi	289
1984–85: No tournament
1983		Baldovino Dassù	289

Notes

1. ALP − Alps Tour; CHA − Challenge Tour.
2. Shortened to 36 holes due to rain.

External links

• Official coverage on the Challenge Tour's official site
• List of past winners on the Riva dei Tessali site