Compass Group English Open
Compass Group English Open
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Preivew of this years tournament
News and report from the 1st round
Scores from the 1st round
News and report from the 2nd round
Scores from the 2nd round
News and report from the 3rd round
Scores from the 3rd round
News and report from the 4th round
Scores from the 4th round
Golf Today report of last years event
 
 
  

 Dates: Thursday, June 6th through Sunday, June 9th
 Site: Marriott Forest of Arden Hotel (Arden Course), Warwickshire, England
 Par: 72
 Yardage: 7,213
 Hole-By-Hole: 1 - Par 4 385 Yds   10 - Par 4 435 Yds
               2 - Par 4 364 Yds   11 - Par 4 422 Yds
               3 - Par 5 563 Yds   12 - Par 5 547 Yds
               4 - Par 4 381 Yds   13 - Par 4 479 Yds
               5 - Par 3 195 Yds   14 - Par 4 451 Yds
               6 - Par 4 466 Yds   15 - Par 3 201 Yds
               7 - Par 5 524 Yds   16 - Par 4 431 Yds
               8 - Par 3 166 Yds   17 - Par 5 516 Yds
               9 - Par 4 476 Yds   18 - Par 3 211 Yds
                   -------------        -------------
                    36 3,520 Yds         36 3,693 Yds
 
 Annual: 20th
 Defending Champion: Peter O'Malley
 Runner-Up: Raphael Jacquelin
 Tournament Record: 268 (Darren Clarke, 1999)
 18-Hole Record: 61 (Greg Chalmers, 1998)
 Course Record: 63 (Colin Montgomerie, 1995)
 Total Purse: $1,177,551
 Share: 1st Place - $196,253; 2nd Place - 130,825; 3rd Place - 73,717
 
                             2001 Finish
                             -----------
 
 Player                Score             Player                 Score
 ------                -----             ------                 -----
 Peter O'Malley         275              Darren Clarke           281
 Raphael Jacquelin      276              Lee Westwood            281
 Adam Scott             277              Retief Goosen           281
 Jean Hugo              279              Ian Poulter             282
 Steve Webster          281              Paul McGinley           283
 
                     Past Compass Group English Open Winners
                     ---------------------------------------
 
 Year  Winner (Score) -- Runners-Up
 ----  ----------------------------
 2001  Peter O'Malley (275) -- Raphael Jacquelin
 2000  Darren Clarke (275) -- Mark James
 1999  Darren Clarke (268) -- John Bickerton
 1998  Lee Westwood (271) -- Greg Chalmers, Olle Karlsson
 1997  Per-Ulrik Johansson (269) -- Dennis Edlund
 1996  Robert Allenby (278) -- Colin Montgomerie, Ross McFarlane
 1995  *Philip Walton (274) -- Colin Montgomerie
 1994  Colin Montgomerie (274) -- Barry Lane
 1993  Ian Woosnam (269) -- Costantino Rocca
 1992  Vicente Fernandez (283) -- Fredrik Lindgren, Per-Ulrik Johansson
 1991  David Gilford (278) -- Roger Chapman
 1990  *Mark James (284) -- Sam Torrance
 1989  Mark James (279) -- Eamonn Darcy, Sam Torrance, Craig Parry
 1988  Howard Clark (279) -- Peter Baker
 1987  Not Held
 1986  Not Held
 1985  Not Held
 1984  Not Held
 1983  *Hugh Baiocchi (279)
 1982  Greg Norman (279)
 1981  Rodger Davis (283)
 1980  Manuel Pinero (286)
 1979  Seve Ballesteros (286)
 
 * - won in playoff.
 
 Note: Formerly known as Lada English Golf Classic (1979), Mazda English Open
       (1980), State Express Classic (1981-83), NM English Open (1989-91),
       Murphy's English Open (1992-95), Alamo English Open (1996-97); National
       Car Rental English Open (1998).
 
                          Top Contenders in the Field
                          ---------------------------
 
 Peter O'Malley      - Defending champion, won on the BUY.COM Tour this year
 Darren Clarke       - Has made 7 of 8 cuts on European Tour with 2 top-10's
 Pierre Fulke        - Only one top-10 this year with four missed cuts
 Paul McGinley       - Off to a slow start this year after a great 2001
 Gary Orr            - Shot four rounds under par last week, no top-10's
 Ian Poulter         - Finished 2nd last week at British Masters, 2 top-10's
 Phillip Price       - Led last week's event until final round of 72, got 3rd
 Justin Rose         - Captured last week's British Masters for 2nd win
 Lee Westwood        - Shot four sub-par rounds last week, but no rounds in 60s

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