The AGF Open was a European Tour golf tournament which was played in France from 1988 to 1990. The first event was held at

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and the other two at Golf de La Grande-Motte, near

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. Its renewal in 1991 was cancelled due to sponsors being in dispute with the events promoters. The most notable of the three winners was future European

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captain Mark James of England. In 1990 the prize fund was £201,358, which was one of the smaller purses on the European Tour that year. In 1988, David Llewellyn set a new European Tour record 72-hole aggregate of 258, surpassing the 259 set by Mark McNulty at the

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in 1987. The record was equalled in 1990 by Ian Woosnam at the

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and stood until August 2020, when it was broken by Andy Sullivan (golfer), Andy Sullivan at Hanbury Manor, Hanbury Manor Golf Club in the English Championship (golf), English Championship.

Winners

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External links

Coverage on the European Tour's official site
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