Italian BP Open
Tournament information
LocationRome, Italy
Established1968
Month playedMarch/April
Final year1972
Final champion
England Peter Wilcock

The Italian BP Open was a men's professional golf tournament played from 1968 to 1972 in the Rome area of Italy. The 1972 tournament was not part of the inaugural European Tour season.

Winners

Year Winner Country Venue Score Margin
of victory		 Runner(s)-up Winner's
share (£)		 Ref
1968 Roberto Bernardini  Italy 284 5 strokes Italy Bruno Ghezzo [1]
1969 Bernard Hunt  England Olgiata 282 2 strokes Italy Roberto Bernardini 1,000 [2][3]
1970 Neil Coles  England 282 3 strokes Spain Valentín Barrios 1,000 [4][5]
1971 Roberto Bernardini  Italy Olgiata 284 1 stroke Spain Ramón Sota [6][7]
1972 Peter Wilcock  England Olgiata 277 6 strokes Italy Baldovino Dassù [8]

References

  1. ^ "Rome". The Times. 8 April 1968. p. 14.
  2. ^ "Hunt wins Italian golf event". The Times. 1 April 1969. p. 12.
  3. ^ "Hunt win £1,000". The Evening Times. 1 April 1969. p. 32.
  4. ^ "Rome (B.P. Open)". The Times. 30 March 1970. p. 10.
  5. ^ "Coles top in Rome". The Daily Telegraph. 30 March 1970. p. 13 – via Newspapers.com.
  6. ^ "Townsend comes alive to finish third". The Times. 5 April 1971. p. 7.
  7. ^ "Eric Brown is fourth". The Evening Times. 5 April 1971. p. 10.
  8. ^ "Wilcock wins BP Open". The Glasgow Herald. 4 April 1972. p. 4.


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