Mallorca Classic

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Mallorca Classic
Tournament information
Location Mallorca, Spain
Established2003
Course(s) Pula Golf Club
Par70
Length6,850 yards (6,260 m)
Tour(s) European Tour
Challenge Tour
Format Stroke play
Prize fund 2,000,000
Month playedOctober
Final year2007
Tournament record score
Aggregate268 Sergio García (2004)
268 Grégory Bourdy (2007)
To par−12 as above
Final champion
Flag of France.svg Grégory Bourdy
Location Map
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Pula GC
Location in Spain
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Pula GC
Location in the Balearic Islands
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Pula GC
Location in Mallorca

The Mallorca Classic was a men's professional golf tournament on the European Tour, held between 2003 and 2007 at Pula Golf in Mallorca. It marked the return of the tour to the island, having previously played host to the Open de Baleares between 1988 and 1995.

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In 2003 it was a dual-ranking event which also featured on the Challenge Tour calendar, before becoming a full European Tour event in 2004. From 2005 to 2007 it was the last tournament on the regular schedule before the "tour championship", the Volvo Masters, and as such was the last chance for players to make the top 115 on the Order of Merit to retain their tour card for the following season. In its final year the prize fund was €2 million. Its place on the European Tour schedule was taken by the Castelló Masters Costa Azahar for 2008.

Winners

YearTour(s) [lower-alpha 1] WinnerScoreTo parMargin of
victory
Runner(s)-up
Mallorca Classic
2007 EUR Flag of France.svg Grégory Bourdy 268−122 strokes Flag of England.svg Sam Little
2006 EUR Flag of Sweden.svg Niclas Fasth 275−53 strokes Flag of Spain.svg Sergio García
2005 EUR Flag of Spain.svg José María Olazábal 270−105 strokes Flag of England.svg Paul Broadhurst
Flag of Spain.svg Sergio García
Flag of Spain.svg José Manuel Lara
2004 EUR Flag of Spain.svg Sergio García 268−124 strokes Flag of England.svg Simon Khan
Turespaña Mallorca Classic
2003 CHA, EUR Flag of Spain.svg Miguel Ángel Jiménez 204 [lower-alpha 2] −61 stroke Flag of Spain.svg José María Olazábal

Notes

  1. CHA − Challenge Tour; EUR − European Tour.
  2. Shortened to 54 holes due to weather.

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