Senior Italian Open

Senior Italian Open

Tournament information
Location	Fagagna, Italy (2016)
Established	2004
Course(s)	GC Udine (2016)
Tour(s)	European Senior Tour
Current champion
Stephen Dodd

The Senior Italian Open is a men's professional golf tournament for players aged 50 and above which is part of the European Senior Tour schedule. It was played from 2004 to 2008 and then restarted in 2016. The tournament was originally played at GC Venezia ,near Venice, but has since been played at GC Arzaga on Lake Garda and GC Udine, Fagagna.

Italy's most successful 20th century male golfer, Costantino Rocca, made his senior debut at the 2007 edition of his home senior open.^[1]

Winners

Year	Winner	Country	Venue	Score	To par	Margin of victory	Runners-up
Senior Italian Open presented by Villaverde Resort
2016	Stephen Dodd	Wales	GC Udine, Fagagna	204	−9	1 stroke	Phillip Price
2009–15: No tournament
Lake Garda Italian Seniors Open
2008	Peter Mitchell	England	GC Arzaga, Lake Garda	203	−13	1 stroke	Gordon J. Brand Ian Woosnam
Sharp Italian Seniors Open
2007	Simon Owen	New Zealand	GC Venezia, Lido di Venezia	208	−8	Playoff	Tony Allen John Benda Carl Mason
2006	Sam Torrance	Scotland	GC Venezia, Lido di Venezia	205	−11	4 strokes	Eamonn Darcy
Nokia 9300 Italian Seniors Open
2005	Géry Watine	France	GC Venezia, Lido di Venezia	205	−11	Playoff	Eamonn Darcy
Bosch Italian Seniors Open
2004	Terry Gale	Australia	GC Venezia, Lido di Venezia	211	−5	1 stroke	David J Russell

References

1. Rocca debuts in the Sharp Italian Seniors Open, europeantour.com, 14 May 2007.

External links

• Coverage on the European Senior Tour's official site