The Open di Puglia e Basilicata is an annual professional golf tournament held in Riva dei Tessali, near Castellaneta, Italy.
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 schedule in 1991, where it remained until 2007. Since 2008, it has been an event on the third tier Alps Tour. 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 YearTourWinnerScoreTo parMargin ofvictoryRunner(s)-upOpen di Puglia and Basilicata 2010 ALP Miguel Pujalte Sastre 201 −13 3 strokes Matteo Delpodio Andrea Rota 2009 ALP Paolo Terreni 137 −6 Playoff Andrea PerrinoTessali-Metaponto Open di Puglia e Basilicata 2008 ALP Martin Rominger 274 −11 1 stroke Julien Grillon 2007 CHA Michael Hoey 272 −13 Playoff Liam Bond 2006 CHA Anthony Snobeck 272 −14 Playoff Kyron Sullivan 2005 CHA Rafael Gómez 267 −17 1 stroke Johan Edfors 2004 CHA Leif Westerberg 274 −10 1 stroke Oliver Wilson 2003 CHA Martin LeMesurier 273 −11 Playoff André Bossert Sam WalkerTessali Open del Sud 2002 CHA Simon Wakefield 274 −10 1 stroke Andrew Raitt2001: No tournament 2000 CHA Kenneth Ferrie 266 −18 3 strokes Mark Foster Christophe PottierOpen dei Tessali 1999 CHA Gustavo Rojas 272 −12 2 strokes Didier de Vooght 1998 CHA Pehr Magnebrant 276 −8 Playoff John Senden 1997 CHA Ivó Giner 280 −4 3 strokes Stephen Leaney 1996 CHA Stephen Scahill 279 −5 6 strokes Pauli HughesTessali Open 1995 CHA Andrew Collison 279 −5 2 strokes Jonathan Sewell 1994 CHA Michael Archer 282 −2 1 stroke Stephan Catherine Daniel Westermark 1993 CHA Olle Nordberg 287 −1 Playoff Neal Briggs Andrew Sandywell 1992 CHA Anders Gillner 279 −5 Playoff Baldovino Dassù 1991 CHA Éric Giraud 281 −3 Jeremy Robinson 1990 CHA Emanuele Bolognesi (2) 288 1989 CHA Neal Briggs 284 E 1 stroke Emanuele Bolognesi 1988 Baldovino Dassù (2) 288 1987 Giuseppe Calì 289 1986 Emanuele Bolognesi 289 1984–85: No tournament 1983 Baldovino Dassù 289
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External links Official coverage on the Challenge Tour's official site List of past winners on the Riva dei Tessali site