The Acorn Jersey Open was a men's senior (over 50) professional
golf
Golf is a club-and-ball sport in which players use various clubs to hit balls into a series of holes on a course in as few strokes as possible.
Golf, unlike most ball games, cannot and does not use a standardized playing area, and coping ...
tournament on the
European Senior Tour
The Legends Tour is the current branding of the European Senior Tour, a professional tour for male golfers aged 50 and over, run by the PGA European Tour. The tour was branded as the Staysure Tour for the 2018 and 2019 seasons after UK-based insur ...
. It was held, under a number of different titles, from 1996 to 2010, before being played in 2015 and 2016 as the Acorn Jersey Open. It has always been played at
La Moye Golf Club
La Moye Golf Club is a private golf club located in Saint Brélade on the south-west coast of the island of Jersey, the largest of the Channel Islands.
The club has hosted several prestigious tournaments including the Rediffusion Tournament fro ...
in
Jersey
Jersey ( , ; nrf, Jèrri, label=Jèrriais ), officially the Bailiwick of Jersey (french: Bailliage de Jersey, links=no; Jèrriais: ), is an island country and self-governing Crown Dependencies, Crown Dependency near the coast of north-west F ...
. It indirectly replaced the
Jersey Open, an event on the main
European Tour
The European Tour (currently known as the DP World Tour for sponsorship reasons), legally the PGA European Tour is the leading men's professional golf tour in Europe. The organisation also operates the European Senior Tour (for players aged fif ...
which was staged at the same venue from 1978 to 1995.
Winners
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!Year!!Winner!!Score!!To par!!Margin of
victory!!Runner(s)-up
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2022
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Richard Green , , align=center, 206 , , align=center, −10 , , Playoff , ,
Paul Lawrie
Paul Stewart Lawrie (born 1 January 1969) is a Scottish professional golfer who is best known for winning The Open Championship in 1999. He was a vice-captain for the European Ryder Cup team in 2016.
Early career
Lawrie was born in Aberdeen a ...
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! colspan=7, ICL Jersey Legends
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2021
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, , colspan=5 align=center, ''No tournament due to the
COVID-19 pandemic
The COVID-19 pandemic, also known as the coronavirus pandemic, is an ongoing global pandemic of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2). The novel virus was first identified ...
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, colspan=7 align=center, ''2017–2020: No tournament''
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! colspan=7, Acorn Jersey Open
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2016 , ,
Gordon Manson , , align=center, 206 , , align=center, −10 , , Playoff , ,
Gary Wolstenholme
Gary P. Wolstenholme MBE (born 21 August 1960) is an English professional golfer, known for his long amateur career, who now plays on the European Senior Tour.
Wolstenholme was born in Egham, Surrey. His father was Guy Wolstenholme a professio ...
Ian Woosnam
Ian Harold Woosnam (born 2 March 1958) is a Welsh professional golfer.
Nicknamed 'Woosie', Woosnam was one of the "Big Five" generation of European golfers, all born within 12 months of one another, all of whom have won majors, and made Europ ...
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2015
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Peter Fowler
Peter Randall Fowler (born 9 June 1959) is an Australian golfer who plays on the PGA Tour of Australasia and European Senior Tour.
Career
Fowler was born in Hornsby, New South Wales. He turned professional in 1977 and won the Australian Open ...
, , align=center, 209 , , align=center, −7 , , 1 stroke , ,
Anders Forsbrand
Anders Gunnar Vilhelm Forsbrand (born 1 April 1961) is a Swedish professional golfer who formerly competed on the European Tour.
Early life
Forsbrand was born in Filipstad, Sweden. He began playing golf at Uddeholm Golf Club, a small club with a ...
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, colspan=7 align=center, ''2011–2014: No tournament''
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! colspan=7, Matrix Jersey Classic
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2010
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Gordon Brand Jnr
Gordon Brand Jnr (19 August 1958 – 31 July 2019) was a Scottish professional golfer. He played on the European Tour, winning eight times, and later the European Senior Tour, winning twice. He played in the 1979 Walker Cup and played twice i ...
, , align=center, 201 , , align=center, −15 , , 5 strokes , ,
Bobby Lincoln
Robert James "Bobby" Lincoln (born 8 September 1953) is a South African professional golfer who was a regular winner on the Southern African Tour from 1985 to 2000, and now plays on the European Seniors Tour.
Lincoln played on the European T ...
Carl Mason
Stuart Carl Mason (born 25 June 1953) is an English professional golfer.
Mason was born in Buxton, Derbyshire. He won several amateur tournaments before turning professional and becoming something of a journeyman on the European Tour. After tw ...
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! colspan=7, Jersey Seniors Classic
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2009
File:2009 Events Collage V2.png, From top left, clockwise: The vertical stabilizer of Air France Flight 447 is pulled out from the Atlantic Ocean; Barack Obama becomes the first African American to become President of the United States; 2009 Iran ...
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Delroy Cambridge
Delroy Cambridge (born 12 November 1949) is a Jamaican professional golfer.
Professional career
Cambridge turned professional in 1971. He has spent many years in the United States, where he worked as an assistant professional at Sunningdale Co ...
(2) , , align=center, 207 , , align=center, −9 , , Playoff , ,
Mike Clayton
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2008
File:2008 Events Collage.png, From left, clockwise: Lehman Brothers went bankrupt following the Subprime mortgage crisis; Cyclone Nargis killed more than 138,000 in Myanmar; A scene from the opening ceremony of the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing ...
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Tony Johnstone
Anthony Alastair Johnstone (born 2 May 1956) is a Zimbabwean professional golfer.
Early life
Johnstone was born in Bulawayo, Rhodesia. He attended Christian Brothers College.
Professional career
In 1979, Johnstone turned professional and ha ...
, , align=center, 213 , , align=center, −3 , , 2 strokes , ,
Gordon J. Brand Ross Drummond Ángel Franco
Ángel Franco (born 31 May 1958) is a Paraguayan professional golfer. His brother is golfer Carlos Franco.
Franco was born in Asunción and turned pro in 1974. He won the South American Tour Order of Merit in 1991. In 2007, he was second at th ...
Bertus Smit Bertus is a given name and surname. Notable persons with that name include:
Persons with the given name
* Bertus Aafjes (1914–1993), Dutch poet
* Bertus Borgers (born 1947), Dutch musician
* Bertus Brouwer (1881–1966), Dutch mathematician and ...
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2007
File:2007 Events Collage.png, From top left, clockwise: Steve Jobs unveils Apple's first iPhone; TAM Airlines Flight 3054 overruns a runway and crashes into a gas station, killing almost 200 people; Former Pakistani Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto ...
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Bobby Lincoln
Robert James "Bobby" Lincoln (born 8 September 1953) is a South African professional golfer who was a regular winner on the Southern African Tour from 1985 to 2000, and now plays on the European Seniors Tour.
Lincoln played on the European T ...
, , align=center, 205 , , align=center, −11 , , 2 strokes , ,
Bill Longmuir
William George Longmuir (born 10 June 1953) is a Scottish professional golfer.
Personal life
Longmuir was born in Thundersley, Essex, England to Scottish parents. Despite having lived in England all his life, he regards himself as Scottish and ...
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2006 , ,
Guillermo Encina , , align=center, 209 , , align=center, −7 , , 3 strokes , ,
Rex Caldwell Simon Owen Alan Tapie
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2005
File:2005 Events Collage V2.png, From top left, clockwise: Hurricane Katrina in the Gulf of Mexico; the Funeral of Pope John Paul II is held in Vatican City; "Me at the zoo", the first video ever to be uploaded to YouTube; Eris (dwarf planet), Er ...
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Sam Torrance
Samuel Robert Torrance (born 24 August 1953) is a Scottish professional golfer and sports commentator. He was one of the leading players on the European Tour from the mid-1970s to the late 1990s, with 21 Tour wins. Torrance was a member of Eur ...
, , align=center, 205 , , align=center, −11 , , 4 strokes , ,
David J. Russell
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! colspan=7, Irvine Whitlock Jersey Seniors Classic
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2004
2004 was designated as an International Year of Rice by the United Nations, and the International Year to Commemorate the Struggle Against Slavery and its Abolition (by UNESCO).
Events January
* January 3 – Flash Airlines Flight 60 ...
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Jim Rhodes , , align=center, 205 , , align=center, −11 , , 3 strokes , ,
John Chillas
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2003
File:2003 Events Collage.png, From top left, clockwise: The crew of STS-107 perished when the Space Shuttle Columbia Space Shuttle Columbia disaster, disintegrated during reentry into Atmosphere of Earth, Earth's atmosphere; SARS became an 2002– ...
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Malcolm Gregson , , align=center, 203 , , align=center, −13 , , 3 strokes , ,
Bob Cameron
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! colspan=7, Microlease Jersey Seniors Masters
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2002
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Delroy Cambridge
Delroy Cambridge (born 12 November 1949) is a Jamaican professional golfer.
Professional career
Cambridge turned professional in 1971. He has spent many years in the United States, where he worked as an assistant professional at Sunningdale Co ...
, , align=center, 205 , , align=center, −11 , , 2 strokes , ,
Tommy Horton
Thomas Alfred Horton, (16 June 1941 – 7 December 2017) was an English professional golfer. He finished in the top ten of the Open Championship four times, won a number of important tournaments both before and after the founding of the Euro ...
Ian Mosey
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2001
The September 11 attacks against the United States by Al-Qaeda, which killed 2,977 people and instigated the global war on terror, were a defining event of 2001. The United States led a multi-national coalition in an invasion of Afghanistan ...
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Seiji Ebihara
is a Japanese professional golfer.
Ebihara was born in Abiko, Chiba, Japan. He won one tournament on the Japan Golf Tour and had career earnings of over ¥260 million.
Ebihara joined the European Seniors Tour in 2000 and has won six tourna ...
, , align=center, 213 , , align=center, −3 , , Playoff , ,
Delroy Cambridge
Delroy Cambridge (born 12 November 1949) is a Jamaican professional golfer.
Professional career
Cambridge turned professional in 1971. He has spent many years in the United States, where he worked as an assistant professional at Sunningdale Co ...
Denis Durnian
Denis Durnian (born 30 June 1950) is an English professional golfer.
Durnian was born in Wigan, Greater Manchester. He turned professional in 1969 and played on the European Tour from the early 1970s to the early 1990s. He never won a European ...
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! colspan=7, Microlease Jersey Seniors Open
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2000
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Neil Coles
Neil Chapman Coles, MBE (born 26 September 1934) is an English professional golfer. Coles had a successful career in European golf, winning 29 important tournaments between 1956 and 1982. After reaching 50, he won a further 14 important Seniors ...
, , align=center, 207 , , align=center, −9 , , 3 strokes , ,
Jerry Bruner
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! colspan=7, Jersey Seniors Open
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1999
File:1999 Events Collage.png, From left, clockwise: The funeral procession of King Hussein of Jordan in Amman; the 1999 İzmit earthquake kills over 17,000 people in Turkey; the Columbine High School massacre, one of the first major school s ...
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David Jones , , align=center, 208 , , align=center, −8 , , 2 strokes , ,
Paul Leonard Jim Rhodes
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1998
1998 was designated as the ''International Year of the Ocean''.
Events January
* January 6 – The ''Lunar Prospector'' spacecraft is launched into orbit around the Moon, and later finds evidence for frozen water, in soil in permanently s ...
, ,
Bob Shearer
Robert A. Shearer (25 May 1948 – 9 January 2022) was an Australian professional golfer and golf course architect.
Early life and amateur career
Shearer was born in Melbourne, Victoria. He won the 1969 Australian Amateur, having been a joi ...
, , align=center, 211 , , align=center, −5 , , 2 strokes , ,
Tony Jacklin
Anthony Jacklin CBE (born 7 July 1944) is a retired English golfer. He was the most successful British player of his generation, winning two major championships, the 1969 Open Championship and the 1970 U.S. Open. He was also Ryder Cup capta ...
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1997
File:1997 Events Collage.png, From left, clockwise: The movie set of ''Titanic'', the highest-grossing movie in history at the time; ''Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone'', is published; Comet Hale-Bopp passes by Earth and becomes one of ...
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Tommy Horton
Thomas Alfred Horton, (16 June 1941 – 7 December 2017) was an English professional golfer. He finished in the top ten of the Open Championship four times, won a number of important tournaments both before and after the founding of the Euro ...
, , align=center, 204 , , align=center, −12 , , 6 strokes , ,
Craig Defoy
Craig Bryan Defoy (born 27 March 1947) is a Welsh professional golfer. He finished fourth in the 1971 Open Championship.
Professional career
Defoy had a successful start to his tournament career, winning three age-restricted events, the Gor-Ray ...
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! colspan=7, Hippo Jersey Seniors
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1996
File:1996 Events Collage.png, From left, clockwise: A bomb explodes at Centennial Olympic Park in Atlanta, set off by a radical anti-abortionist; The center fuel tank explodes on TWA Flight 800, causing the plane to crash and killing everyone on b ...
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Maurice Bembridge , , align=center, 202 , , align=center, −14 , , 7 strokes , ,
Roberto Bernardini Alberto Croce David Huish
David Huish (born 23 April 1944) is a Scottish professional golfer, perhaps best known for being the halfway leader of The Open Championship in 1975.
Personal life
Huish (pronounced "hush") was born in North Berwick, Scotland. He married his ...
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External links
Coverage on the European Senior Tour's official siteLa Moye Golf Club
Former European Senior Tour events
Golf tournaments in Jersey
Recurring sporting events established in 1996
Recurring sporting events disestablished in 2016