The Spanish Senior Open is a golf

Golf

Golf is a precision club and ball sport, in which competing players use many types of clubs to hit balls into a series of holes on a golf course using the fewest number of strokes....

 tournament on the over fifties men's professional European Seniors Tour

European Seniors Tour

The European Seniors Tour is a professional tour for male golfers aged 50 and over run by the PGA European Tour.The Tour was founded in 1992. In 2008 it had a total prize fund of €7,729,284, so it is much further behind the U.S.-based Champions Tour in relative prize money than the main European...

. It was first played in 1994, which was the tour's third season, at La Manga

La Manga

La Manga , or La Manga del Mar Menor is a seaside spit in the Region of Murcia, Spain.The strip is 22 km long and 100 metres wide , separating the Mediterranean Sea from the Mar Menor lagoon, from Cabo de Palos to the Punta del Mojón.Historically, it was known by the Romans as Palus and...

 in Murcia

Region of Murcia

The Region of Murcia is an autonomous community of Spain located in the southeast of the country, between Andalusia and Valencian Community, on the Mediterranean coast....

 but was cancelled after one year.

The tournament was revived in 2005 and played at the Club de Campo del Mediterráneo

Club de Campo del Mediterráneo

Club de Campo del Mediterráneo is a country club located in Castellón, Spain. Opened in 1978, the Ramon Espinosa designed golf course is the venue for current European Tour event, the Castelló Masters Costa Azahar. The inaugural tournament, held in October 2008, was won by home favourite Sergio...

 in Castellón

Castellón de la Plana

Castellón de la Plana or Castelló de la Plana is the capital city of the province of Castelló, in the Valencian Community, Spain, in the east of the Iberian Peninsula, on the Costa del Azahar by the Mediterranean Sea...

. In 2007 the prize fund was €325,000. Since 2008, the Seniors Tour Championship

Seniors Tour Championship

The Seniors Tour Championship is the season ending event on men's professional golf's European Seniors Tour. It was first played in 2000 and has been staged at various venues in England, Portugal, Spain and the Gulf States. In 2010 the prize fund was €400,000 with €64,433 going to the...

 has been held at the Club de Campo del Mediterráneo, and titled the "OKI Castellón Open España - Senior Tour Championship".

Winners

OKI Castellón Open de España Senior

• 2007   Carl Mason
  Carl Mason
  Stuart Carl Mason 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 twenty years of trying he finally won on tour for the first time in 1994. His...
  
  
• 2006   Gordon J. Brand
  Gordon J. Brand
  Gordon John Brand is an English professional golfer.Brand turned professional in 1976 and enjoyed full playing privileges on the European Tour for 20 years. During his time on tour, he finished inside the top 30 on the Order of Merit seven times and inside the top-100 16 times...
  
  

Castellon Costa Azahar Open de España

• 2005   Bob Boyd
  Bob Boyd (golfer)
  Robert McLean Boyd, Jr. was an American professional golfer.Boyd was born in Mount Olive, North Carolina. He played his college golf at the University of Maryland. He turned professional in 1977....
  
  
• 1995-2004 Not played

La Manga Spanish Seniors Open

• 1994   Brian Huggett
  Brian Huggett
  Brian George Charles Huggett, MBE is a Welsh professional golfer. In 2006 he was inducted into the Welsh Sports Hall of Fame....
  
  

External links

• Coverage on the European Seniors Tour's official site - use schedule browser on the left to access other years