The Dutch Open, now again called the
KLM Open, is an annual
golf
Golf is a club-and-ball sport in which players use various Golf club, clubs to hit a Golf ball, ball into a series of holes on a golf course, course in as few strokes as possible.
Golf, unlike most ball games, cannot and does not use a standa ...
tournament played in the
Netherlands
, Terminology of the Low Countries, informally Holland, is a country in Northwestern Europe, with Caribbean Netherlands, overseas territories in the Caribbean. It is the largest of the four constituent countries of the Kingdom of the Nether ...
, and has been part of the
European Tour
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's schedule since the Tour was inaugurated in 1972.
History and sponsorship
Founded in 1912, the tournament began as the Dutch Open, before a variety of sponsors resulted in numerous name changes over the years. KLM was the longest title sponsor; lasting from 1981 to 1990, from 2004 to 2020, and from 2023 to recent. The tournament has been moved around the golfing calendar, but since 2010 it has been held in early September.
The event was cancelled in 2020 for the first time since 1945 due to the
COVID-19 pandemic
The COVID-19 pandemic (also known as the coronavirus pandemic and COVID pandemic), caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2), began with an disease outbreak, outbreak of COVID-19 in Wuhan, China, in December ...
.
The event returned in 2021, with a new venue:
Bernardus Golf in
Cromvoirt. However the tournament name had been reverted back to the Dutch Open as KLM had decided to drop its title sponsorship duties.. In 2023, after a short pause, KLM decided to lend its name back to the tournament.
Winners
Sources:
[https://www.where2golf.com/tournament.aspx?t=to&v=46774 ]
See also
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Open golf tournament
Notes
References
External links
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Coverage on the European Tour's official site
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European Tour events
Golf tournaments in the Netherlands
Air France–KLM
Recurring events established in 1912
1912 establishments in the Netherlands