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| Tournament information | |
|---|---|
| Location | Antwerp, Belgium |
| Established | 1910 |
| Course(s) | Rinkven International Golf Club |
| Par | 71 |
| Length | 6,924 yards (6,331 m) |
| Tour(s) | European Tour |
| Format | Stroke play |
| Prize fund | US$2,500,000 |
| Month played | May |
| Tournament record score | |
| Aggregate | 266 Lee Westwood (2000) 266 Nacho Elvira (2024) |
| To par | −18 as above |
| Current champion | |
 Nacho Elvira | |
| Location map | |
&sq=&lang=&file=File:Belgium_relief_location_map.jpg)  Rinkven International GC Location in Belgium | |
The Belgian Open is a men's golf tournament which has been played intermittently from 1910 to 2000. All editions since 1978 have been part of the European Tour. After not having been played since 2000, it returned in 2018 as the Belgian Knockout, hosted by PietersProductions, along with its co-founder, Belgian professional golfer Thomas Pieters. With a prize pool set at €1 million, 144 professional golfers start the competition with 36 holes of stroke play, followed by 9-hole match play for the top 64 finishers from the stroke play rounds.[1][2]
After two years of no European Tour international tournament, the Soudal Open came in 2022. Soudal partnered with Rinkven and once again put on a top international event.
- ^ "Thomas Pieters to host Belgian Knockout in 2018". European Tour. 25 September 2017. Archived from the original on 28 April 2018. Retrieved 27 April 2018.
- ^ "Belgian Knockout Tournament History". European Tour. Archived from the original on 28 April 2018. Retrieved 27 April 2018.