The Madeira Islands Open was a men's professional

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tournament on the

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played from 1993 to 2015 on

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, an autonomous region of Portugal.

History

The tournament had one of the smallest prize funds on the tour (

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600,000 in 2015), and few of the tour's top players took part. From 2002 to 2005, and again from 2011 to 2015, it was a dual-ranking event with the

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. It was played opposite the

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in 2011 and 2013. In 2015, it was played opposite the Saltire Energy Paul Lawrie Match Play after the rescheduling caused by severe weather postponed the event four months. It was hosted at Clube de Golf do Santo da Serra (1993–2008, 2012–15) and at Porto Santo Golfe (2009–11). For its last five years of existence, it was one of two European Tour events annually staged in Portugal, the other being the

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. The 2015 event was rescheduled from March to August due to weather.

Winners

Notes

References

External links

Coverage on the European Tour's official siteRelevant Portuguese Golf Travel website
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