The Cannes Open was a men's professional golf

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 tournament on the European Tour

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 that was played annually from 1984 to 1998. It 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 United States

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

Men's major golf championships

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 winners, Seve Ballesteros and Ian Woosnam

Ian Woosnam

Ian Harold Woosnam OBE is a Welsh professional golfer.Nicknamed 'Woosie', 'Woosers', or the 'Wee Welshman', 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 Europe competitive in the Ryder Cup...

. 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.

Winners

Year	Venue	Winner	Score
Cannes Open
2001	Cannes Mougins	Jorge Berendt Jorge Berendt Jorge Alberto Berendt is an Argentine professional golfer.Born in Formosa, Argentina, Berendt worked as a caddy before turning professional in 1982. He competed in the British Open in 1990. He played on the European Tour and Challenge Tour from 1990 to 2004, winning one tournament, the Cannes Open...	268 (-20)
1999–2000	No tournament
1998	Royal Mougins	Thomas Levet Thomas Levet Thomas Levet is a French professional golfer who is a member of the European Tour and former member of the PGA Tour.Levet was born in Paris, France...	278 (-6)
Europe 1 Cannes Open
1997	Royal Mougins	Stuart Cage Stuart Cage Stuart Cage is an English professional golfer.Cage won the English Amateur in 1992 and played for Great Britain & Ireland in the 1993 Walker Cup. He turned professional in 1993 and having finished 8th on the second tier Challenge Tour Rankings the following year, was a rookie on the European Tour...	270 (-14)
Air France Cannes Open
1996	Royal Mougins	Raymond Russell Raymond Russell Raymond Russell is a Scottish professional golfer.Russell turned professional in 1993 and won a European Tour card at the 1995 Qualifying School. His only European Tour win came in his 1996 rookie season at the Air France Cannes Open. 1996 and 1997 were his two best seasons, with 14th and 16th...	272 (-12)
1995*	Royal Mougins	André Bossert André Bossert André Robert Bossert is a Swiss professional golfer.Bossert was born to Swiss parents in Johannesburg, South Africa, and played college golf at the University of Tulsa in the United States....	132
1994	Cannes Mougins	Ian Woosnam Ian Woosnam Ian Harold Woosnam OBE is a Welsh professional golfer.Nicknamed 'Woosie', 'Woosers', or the 'Wee Welshman', 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 Europe competitive in the Ryder Cup...	271 (-17)
1993	Cannes Mougins	Rodger Davis Rodger Davis Rodger Miles Davis is an Australian professional golfer.Davis was born in Sydney. He turned professional in 1974 and spent his regular career playing mainly on the PGA Tour of Australasia and the European Tour. He won the PGA Tour of Australasia Order of Merit in 1990 and 1991...	271 (-13)PO
Credit Lyonnais Cannes Open
1992	Cannes Mougins	Anders Forsbrand Anders Forsbrand Anders Forsbrand was one of the first Swedish professional golfers to make a major impact on the European Tour.Forsbrand was born in Filipstad, Sweden, and turned professional in 1981. He first played on the European Tour in 1982, and has been a member since...	273 (-15)
1991	Cannes Mougins	David Feherty David Feherty David Feherty is a former professional golfer on the European Tour and PGA Tour. He now works as a writer and broadcaster with CBS Sports and Golf Channel.Feherty was born in Bangor, County Down, Northern Ireland...	275 (-13)
1990	Cannes Mougins	Mark McNulty Mark McNulty Mark William McNulty is an Irish/Zimbabwean professional golfer currently playing on the Champions Tour. He was one of the leading players on the European Tour from the mid 1980s to the mid 1990s, and cracked the top 10 of the Official World Golf Rankings for 83 weeks from 1987 to 1992.McNulty...	280 (-8)
1989**	Cannes Mougins	Paul Broadhurst Paul Broadhurst Paul Andrew Broadhurst is an English golfer, originally from Atherstone in Warwickshire.Broadhurst was the leading amateur at the 1988 Open Championship. He joined the European Tour in 1989, picked up his first win at the Credit Lyonnais Cannes Open that year, and was the Sir Henry Cotton Rookie...	207
Cannes Open
1988	Cannes Mougins	Mark McNulty Mark McNulty Mark William McNulty is an Irish/Zimbabwean professional golfer currently playing on the Champions Tour. He was one of the leading players on the European Tour from the mid 1980s to the mid 1990s, and cracked the top 10 of the Official World Golf Rankings for 83 weeks from 1987 to 1992.McNulty...	279 (-9)
Suze Open
1987	Cannes Mougins	Seve Ballesteros	275 (-13)PO
1986	Cannes Mougins	John Bland John Bland John Louis Bland is a South African professional golfer who has won more than thirty professional tournaments around the world....	276 (-12)
Compagnie de Chauffe Cannes Open
1985	Cannes Mougins	Robert Lee Robert Lee (golfer) Robert Lee is an English professional golfer.Lee was born in London. He turned professional in 1982 and was in his prime from 1985 to 1987, finishing in the top thirty of the European Tour Order of Merit each of those years. He twice shot 27 for nine holes on the tour, first at the 1985 Monte...	280 (-8)PO
1984	Cannes Mougins	David Frost David Frost (golfer) David Laurence Frost is a South African professional golfer who has more than twenty professional tournament wins to his name, spread across four continents....	280 (-8)

* – Tournament reduced to 36 holes because of rain

** – Tournament reduced to 54 holes

^PO – Won following playoff

External links

• Coverage on the European Tour's official site