Facts and figures - Open de Espana

<strong>Open de España</strong>

First played: 1912 (Became part of The European Tour International Schedule in 1972)

Most wins: 6 – Angel de la Torre – 1916, 17, 19, 23, 25, 35

Consecutive wins: 3 – Angel de la Torre – 1916, 17, 19

2 – Arnaud Massy – 1927, 28; Gabriel Gonzalez – 1932, 33,

2 – Marcelino Morcillo – 1948, 49; Max Faulkner – 1952, 53

*Stats from 1972 onwards

Youngest winner: Sergio Garcia, 22 years and 109 days, 2002

Oldest winner: Miguel Angel Jimenez, 50 years and 133 days, 2014

Lowest 18 hole score: 61 (-9), Wayne Riley, 1988

Lowest first 18 hole score: 63 (-9), Seve Ballesteros, Eduardo Romero, 1991, Mårten Olander, Charl Schwartzel, 2003,

Søren Hansen, 2009 63 (-7), Mark James, Richard Boxall, 1988

Lowest first 36 hole score: 127 (-13), Richard Boxall, 1988

Lowest first 54 hole score: 194 (-16), Mark James, 1988

Lowest 72 hole score: 262 (-18), Mark James, 1988

Lowest under par  score: 266 (-22), Kenneth Ferrie, Peter Hedblom, Peter Lawrie, 2003

Lowest final round by a winner: 62 (-10), Bernhard Langer, 1984

Wire-to-wire-winners: Neil Coles, 1973

Largest 18 hole lead: 5 shots – Seve Ballesteros, 1991

Largest 36 hole lead: 4 shots – Richard Boxall, 1988, David Park, 2004, Ignacio Garrido, 2008

Largest 54 hole lead: 6 shots – Padraig Harrington, 1996

Largest winning margin: 8 shots – Sam Torrance, 1982

Biggest final round 7 shots – Bernhard Langer, 1984

comeback by a winner:

Play-offs: Antonio Garrido beat Valentin Barrios, 1972

Eduardo Romero beat Seve Ballesteros, 1991

Mark James beat Greg Norman, 1997

Kenneth Ferrie beat Peter Hedblom and Peter Lawrie, 2003

Peter Hanson beat Peter Gustafsson, 2005

Niclas Fasth beat John Bickerton, 2006

Peter Lawrie beat Ignacio Garrido, 2008

Alvaro Qurios beat James Morrison, 2010

Raphaël Jacquelin beat Felipe Aguilar and Maximilian Kieffer, 2013 (ninth play-off hole to

equal European Tour record for longest play-off)

Miguel Angel Jimenez beat Richard Green and Thomas Pieters, 2014

Holes-in-one: 16

Low cut: 138 (-6), 2003,   (European Tour record)

High cut: 153 (+9), 1987