The Open di Puglia e Basilicata is an annual professional golf

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 tournament held in Riva dei Tessali, near Castellaneta

Castellaneta

Castellaneta is a city and comune in the province of Taranto, in the Puglia region of Southern Italy, about 40 km from Taranto. Located in a territory spanning from the Murgia to the Ionian Sea, characterized by numerous gravina ravines, it is part of the Comunità Montana della Murgia...

, Italy

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.

First held in 1983, there was a brief hiatus before the second edition in 1986. The tournament became part of the second tier Challenge Tour

Challenge Tour

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 schedule in 1991, where it remained until 2007. Since 2008, it has been an event on the third tier Alps Tour

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. It also forms part of the Italian Pro Tour.

Prior to 2003, it was solely hosted at Riva dei Tessali Golf Club, but since then it has been jointly held at Metaponto Golf Club.

Winners

Year	Winner	Country	Score
Tessali-Metaponto Open di Puglia e Basilicata
2009*	Paolo Terreni		137 PO
2008	Martin Rominger		274
2007	Michael Hoey		272 PO
2006	Anthony Snobeck Anthony Snobeck Anthony Snobeck is a French professional golfer, who has played on both the European and Challenge Tours.-Biography:Snobeck was born in Paris; his father Dany was a successful racing driver who won the French Supertouring Championship three times and the Andros Trophy twice, and the family lived...		272 PO
2005	Rafael Gómez Rafael Gómez Rafael Gómez is an Argentinian professional golfer.Gómez was born in Buenos Aires. He turned professional in 1990. He played on the European Challenge Tour in 2003 and 2005–07 and the European Tour from 2005 to 2007. He played on the U.S.-based Nationwide Tour in 2004 and a few events on the PGA...		267
2004	Leif Westerberg Leif Westerberg Leif Westerberg is a Swedish professional golfer.Westerberg was born in Stockholm and turned professional in 1997. He has played predominantly on Europe's second tier Challenge Tour where he has won two tournaments. He has graduated from the Challenge Tour twice, in 2004 and 2007, when he finished...		274
2003	Martin LeMesurier		273 PO
Tessali Open del Sud
2002	Simon Wakefield Simon Wakefield Simon Wakefield is an English professional golfer.Wakefield was born in Newcastle-under-Lyme, Staffordshire and is the nephew of former England cricketer Bob Taylor...		274
Open dei Tessali
2001	No tournament
2000	Kenneth Ferrie Kenneth Ferrie Kenneth Ferrie is an English professional golfer.Ferrie was born in Ashington, Northumberland. He won the British Boys Championship in 1996 and made his first appearance in a European Tour event that year as an invitee at his local event, the Slaley Hall Northumberland Challenge...		266
1999	Gustavo Rojas Gustavo Rojas (golfer) Gustavo Rojas is an Argentine professional golfer.Rojas was born in Buenos Aires. He turned professional in 1984. He has had his greatest success in South America on the various Argentine tours and the regional Tour de las Américas...		272
1998	Pehr Magnebrant		276 PO
1997	Ivó Giner		280
1996	Stephen Scahill		279
1995	Andrew Collison		279
1994	Michael Archer		282
1993	Olle Nordberg		287 PO
1992	Anders Gillner		279 PO
1991	Eric Giraud		281
1990	Emanuele Bolognesi		288
1989	Neal Briggs		284
1988	Baldovino Dassù Baldovino Dassu Baldovino Dassù is an Italian golfer.Dassù won the 1970 British Youths Open Amateur Championship and played for Italy in that year's Eisenhower Trophy. He turned professional in 1971 and was a regular on the European Tour from its first official season in 1972 until the mid 1980s...		288
1987	Giuseppe Calì Giuseppe Cali (golfer) Giuseppe Calì is an Italian professional golfer.Calì was born in Mirano. He turned professional in 1971 and has won twelve professional tournaments in his home country, including five in 1988....		289
1986	Emanuele Bolognesi		289
1984–85	No tournament
1983	Baldovino Dassù Baldovino Dassu Baldovino Dassù is an Italian golfer.Dassù won the 1970 British Youths Open Amateur Championship and played for Italy in that year's Eisenhower Trophy. He turned professional in 1971 and was a regular on the European Tour from its first official season in 1972 until the mid 1980s...		289

* – Tournament reduced to 36 holes because of rain.

External links

• Official coverage on the Challenge Tour's official site
• List of past winners on the Riva dei Tessali site