The Benson & Hedges International Open was a men's professional
golf
Golf is a club-and-ball sport in which players use various clubs to hit balls into a series of holes on a course in as few strokes as possible.
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tournament which was played in
England
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. It was founded in 1971 and for its first five years it was called the Benson & Hedges Festival of Golf. It was sponsored by
Benson & Hedges, a cigarette company. It was part of the
European Tour's annual schedule from the tour's first season in 1972 until the tournament ceased in 2003, following the introduction of a ban on
tobacco advertising and sponsorship of sporting events by the British government. The prize fund for the final edition of the tournament was
€
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1,596,861, which was mid-range for a European Tour event at the time.
Winners
References
External links
Coverage on the European Tour's official site
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Former European Tour events
Golf tournaments in England