Egyptian Open
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The Egyptian Open is the national open golf tournament of Egypt. It was first played in 1921 and is the oldest professional competition in the Middle East.
History
During the early 1950s, it was contested by many of the world's leading golfers, with winners including Bobby Locke and Bernard Hunt.
In 2009, the tournament once again attracted an international field including eight time European Tour Order of Merit winner and captain of the 2010 European Ryder Cup team Colin Montgomerie. During the event, it was announced that a deal had been signed which would see the Egyptian Open become an event on the second tier Challenge Tour for a minimum of three years from 2010. The Challenge Tour last visited Egypt in 2004 for the Al Ahram-Jolie Ville Sharm El Sheikh Challenge.
In 2025, the event returned to a professional tour, being played on the Asian Development Tour and hosted at Madinaty Golf Club in Cairo.
Winners
| Year | Tour | Winner | Score | To par | Margin of victory | Runner(s)-up | Venue | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | ADT | Austria Niklas Regner | 266 | −14 | 2 strokes | Philippines Carl Jano Corpus Thailand Poom Pattaropong Thailand Tawit Polthai | Madinaty | |
| 2011–2024: No tournament | ||||||||
| 2010 | CHA | Chile Mark Tullo | 275 | −13 | 1 stroke | Netherlands Floris de Vries Scotland George Murray | Mirage City | |
| 2009 | England Steven Tiley | 275 | −13 | 4 strokes | Denmark Thorbjørn Olesen | Mirage City | ||
| 2008 | Egypt Amr Abu El Ela (12) | |||||||
| 2007 | Sweden Calle Carlsson (2) | Dreamland | ||||||
| 2006 | Egypt Ayman Mahmoud | |||||||
| 2005 | Sweden Calle Carlsson | |||||||
| 2004 | Egypt Amr Abu El Ela (11) | |||||||
| 2003 | Egypt Amr Zaki | |||||||
| 2002 | Egypt Amr Abu El Ela (10) | |||||||
| 2001 | Egypt Amr Abu El Ela (9) | |||||||
| 2000: No tournament | ||||||||
| 1999 | Egypt Amr Abu El Ela (8) | |||||||
| 1998 | Egypt Amr Abu El Ela (7) | |||||||
| 1997 | Egypt Amr Abu El Ela (6) | |||||||
| 1995–96: No tournament | ||||||||
| 1994 | Egypt Amr Abu El Ela (5) | |||||||
| 1993 | Egypt Raouf Mahrous | |||||||
| 1992 | Egypt Amr Abu El Ela (4) | |||||||
| 1991 | Egypt Amr Abu El Ela (3) | |||||||
| 1990 | Egypt Amr Abu El Ela (2) | |||||||
| 1989 | Egypt Amr Abu El Ela | |||||||
| 1988 | Egypt Ramy Taher (3) | |||||||
| 1987 | Egypt Mohamed Said Moussa (23) | |||||||
| 1986 | Egypt Mohamed Said Moussa (22) | |||||||
| 1985 | Egypt Abdel Halim Kahoul (2) | |||||||
| 1984 | Egypt Ramy Taher (2) | |||||||
| 1983 | Egypt Ramy Taher | |||||||
| 1982 | Egypt Mohamed Said Moussa (21) | |||||||
| 1981 | Egypt Mohamed Said Moussa (20) | |||||||
| 1980 | Egypt Mohamed Said Moussa (19) | |||||||
| 1979 | Egypt Mohamed Said Moussa (18) | |||||||
| 1978 | Egypt Mohamed Said Moussa (17) | |||||||
| 1977 | Egypt Mohamed Said Moussa (16) | |||||||
| 1976 | Egypt Mohamed Said Moussa (15) | |||||||
| 1975 | Egypt Mohamed Said Moussa (14) | |||||||
| 1974 | Egypt Mohamed Said Moussa (13) | |||||||
| 1973 | Egypt Mohamed Said Moussa (12) | |||||||
| 1972 | Egypt Mohamed Said Moussa (11) | |||||||
| 1971 | Egypt Mohamed Said Moussa (10) | |||||||
| 1970 | Egypt Mohamed Said Moussa (9) | 276 | Alexandria | |||||
| 1969 | Egypt Mohamed Said Moussa (8) | 285 | ||||||
| 1968 | Egypt Cherif El-Sayed Cherif (2) | 269 | Alexandria | |||||
| 1967 | Egypt Abdel Halim Kahoul (2) | 281 | Alexandria | |||||
| 1966 | Egypt Mohamed Said Moussa (7) | 274 | Alexandria | |||||
| 1965 | Egypt Mohamed Said Moussa (6) | 284 | Alexandria | |||||
| 1964 | Egypt Mohamed Said Moussa (5) | 276 | Alexandria | |||||
| 1963 | Egypt Abdel Halim Kahoul | 280 | Alexandria | |||||
| 1962 | Egypt Mohamed Said Moussa (4) | 282 | Alexandria | |||||
| 1961 | Egypt Mohamed Said Moussa (3) | 282 | Alexandria | |||||
| 1960 | Egypt Mohamed Said Moussa (2) | 286 | Heliopolis | |||||
| 1959 | Egypt Cherif El-Sayed Cherif | 289 | Alexandria | |||||
| 1958 | Egypt Mohamed Said Moussa | Heliopolis | ||||||
| 1957: No tournament | ||||||||
| 1956 | England Bernard Hunt | 281 | 1 stroke | South Africa Bobby Locke | Cairo | |||
| 1955 | Egypt Khattab Hassan (3) | |||||||
| 1954 | South Africa Bobby Locke | 274 | 15 strokes | Wales Dai Rees | Cairo | |||
| 1953 | Egypt Naaman Aly | |||||||
| 1952 | Egypt Hassan Hassanein (4) | Cairo | ||||||
| 1951 | Egypt Hassan Hassanein (3) | 283 | Cairo | |||||
| 1950 | Egypt Hassan Hassanein (2) | 276 | Alexandria | |||||
| 1949 | Egypt Hassan Hassanein | 284 | Cairo | |||||
| 1948 | Egypt Khattab Hassan (2) | 280 | Alexandria | |||||
| 1947 | Egypt Khattab Hassan | 309 | Smouha | |||||
| 1946 | England John Plant (a) | 303 | Cairo | |||||
| 1945 | Scotland James Wynne (4) | 305 | Cairo | |||||
| 1940–1944: No tournament | ||||||||
| 1939 | England Mike Gardner (a) | 305 | New Sports Club | |||||
| 1938 | England Ralph Moffitt (7) | 302 | 4 strokes | England F. T. Haddock (a) | Alexandria | |||
| 1937 | Scotland James Wynne (3) | 297 | Playoff | England Ralph Moffitt | Cairo | |||
| 1936 | Scotland James Wynne (2) | 297 | 10 strokes | Alexandria | ||||
| 1935 | England Ralph Moffitt (6) | 297 | Cairo | |||||
| 1934 | Scotland James Wynne | 297 | Alexandria | |||||
| 1933 | England Ralph Moffitt (5) | 287 | Cairo | |||||
| 1932 | England Ralph Moffitt (4) | 289 | Cairo | |||||
| 1931 | P. D. Miller (a) | 287 | Cairo | |||||
| 1930 | England Ralph Moffitt (3) | 298 | Alexandria | |||||
| 1929 | England Ralph Moffitt (2) | |||||||
| 1928 | England Ralph Moffitt | |||||||
| 1927 | F. H. Hayward (a) | |||||||
| 1926 | J. G. Kerr | |||||||
| 1925 | M. W. J. Hime (a) | |||||||
| 1924 | P. A. Wood | |||||||
| 1923 | T. L. C. Heald (a) | |||||||
| 1922 | England Edmund Forrest | |||||||
| 1921 | G. R. Kinder (a) |
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