Dates: Thursday, April 20th through Sunday, April 23rd
Site: Gold D'Amalkis, Marrakech, Morocco
Course Architect: Cabell B. Robinson
Par: 72
Yardage: 7,281
Hole-By-Hole: 1 - Par 4 396 yds 10 - Par 4 397 yds
2 - Par 5 569 yds 11 - Par 4 429 yds
3 - Par 3 212 yds 12 - Par 4 408 yds
4 - Par 4 432 yds 13 - Par 3 211 yds
5 - Par 4 447 yds 14 - Par 4 444 yds
6 - Par 4 410 yds 15 - Par 5 538 yds
7 - Par 4 451 yds 16 - Par 4 469 yds
8 - Par 3 232 yds 17 - Par 3 179 yds
9 - Par 5 522 yds 18 - Par 5 535 yds
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36 3,671 Yds 36 3,610 Yds
Annual: 10th
1999 Champion: Miguel Angel Martin
Runner-Up: David Park
Tournament Record: 271 (Stephen Leaney, 1998)
18-hole Record: 64 (Darren Cole, 1997; Des Smyth, Tom Gillis, 1998; Simon
Wakefield, 1999)
Total Purse: $629,174
Share: 1st Place - $104,832; 2nd Place - 69,846; 3rd Place - 39,397
1999 Finish
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Player Score Player Score
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Miguel Angel Martin * 276 Nick O'Hern 281
David Park 276 Andrew Raitt 283
Klas Eriksson 279 Daren Lee 283
Jorge Berendt 280 Carlos Larrain 283
Eric Carlberg 280 Stephen Scahill 284
* - Won in playoff.
Past Moroccan Open Winners and Runners-Up
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1999 -- *Miguel Angel Martin (276) -- David Park
1998 -- Stephen Leaney (271) -- Robert Karlsson
1997 -- Clinton Whitelaw (277) -- Darren Cole, Wayne Riley, Roger Chapman
1996 -- Peter Hedblom (281) -- Eduardo Romero
1995 -- Mark James (275) -- David Gilford
1994 -- Anders Forsbrand (276)
1993 -- David Gilford (279)
1992 -- *David Gilford (287)
1991 -- Not Held
1990 -- Not Held
1989 -- Not Held
1988 -- Not Held
1987 -- Howard Clark (284)
* - won in playoff.
Top Contenders in the Field
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John Bickerton - Has made six of seven cuts this year with one top-10
Roger Chapman - 20th on money list, won in Rio de Janeiro for 1st win
Andrew Coltart - Has made 3 of 5 cuts this year with one top-10 finish
Ignacio Garrido - Best finish this year is 11th in Rio, missed 3 cuts
Peter Hedblom - Won this event in 1996, tied for 74th at Madeira Island
Soren Kjeldsen - Tied for 7th at Qatar, has made seven of 11 cuts
Santiago Luna - Finished 6th at Rio with four rounds under par
Justin Rose - Has made five cuts this year in 11 tournaments
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