The Cannes Open was a men's professional

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tournament that was played annually from 1979 to 1998. From 1984 it was an event on the

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, and returned to the schedule as a one-off event in 2001 to replace the Estoril Open, which was cancelled by organisers due to security concerns following the 9/11 attacks in the

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. The tournament had several different sponsored names. The winners included two major championship winners,

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and

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. The prize fund peaked at £403,570 in 1996 before falling to £300,000 in 1998, which was the smallest on the European Tour that season. It was without a title sponsor that year, for the only time apart from 1988 and was subsequently cancelled.

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won the 1983 event which was held in September, the same week as the

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on the European Tour. Frenchmen

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(1980 and 1982) and

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(1981) were other winners prior to the tournament joining the European Tour schedule in 1984.

Winners

Notes

References

External links

Coverage on the European Tour's official site
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