Golf-Club Crans-sur-Sierre Severiano Ballesteros Course: Freemantle, Gedge (1908), redesigned by Severiano Ballesteros (1997). Par 71, 6,861 yards. Jean-François Lucquin won the 2008 Omega European Masters here with 271 (−13).
Golf-Club Crans-sur-Sierre Severiano Ballesteros Course: Freemantle, Gedge (1908), redesigned by Severiano Ballesteros (1997). Par 71, 6,861 yards. Jean-François Lucquin won the 2008 Omega European Masters here with 271 (−13).
Updated October 24, 2026
79 editions on the record, by event, newest first.
European Tour
| Year | Champion | Score | Note |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2008 | Omega European Masters Jean-François Lucquin | 271 (−13) | won in a playoff |
| 2007 | Brett Rumford | 268 (−16) | won in a playoff |
| 2006 | Bradley Dredge | 267 (−17) | by 8 strokes |
| 2005 | Sergio García | 270 (−14) | by 1 stroke |
| 2004 | Luke Donald | 265 (−19) | by 5 strokes |
| 2003 | Ernie Els | 267 (−17) | by 6 strokes |
| 2002 | Robert Karlsson | 270 (−14) | by 4 strokes |
| 2001 | Ricardo González | 268 (−16) | by 3 strokes |
| 2000 | Canon European Masters Eduardo Romero | 261 (−23) | by 10 strokes |
| 1999 | Lee Westwood | 270 (−14) | by 2 strokes |
| 1998 | Sven Strüver | 263 (−21) | won in a playoff |
| 1997 | Costantino Rocca | 266 (−18) | by 1 stroke |
| 1996 | Colin Montgomerie | 260 (−24) | by 4 strokes |
| 1995 | Mathias Grönberg | 270 (−18) | by 2 strokes |
| 1994 | Eduardo Romero | 266 (−22) | by 1 stroke |
| 1993 | Barry Lane | 270 (−18) | by 1 stroke |
| 1992 | Jamie Spence | 271 (−17) | won in a playoff |
| 1991 | Canon European Masters Swiss Open Jeff Hawkes | 268 (−20) | by 1 stroke |
| 1990 | Ebel European Masters Swiss Open Ronan Rafferty | 267 (−21) | by 2 strokes |
| 1989 | Seve Ballesteros | 266 (−14) | by 2 strokes |
| 1988 | Chris Moody | 268 (−20) | by 1 stroke |
| 1987 | Anders Forsbrand | 263 (−25) | by 3 strokes |
| 1986 | José María Olazábal | 262 (−26) | by 3 strokes |
| 1985 | Craig Stadler | 267 (−21) | by 2 strokes |
| 1984 | Jerry Anderson | 261 (−27) | lowest winning score in this event · by 5 strokes |
| 1983 | Nick Faldo | 268 (−20) | won in a playoff |
| 1982 | Ebel Swiss Open Ian Woosnam | 272 (−16) | won in a playoff |
| 1981 | Swiss Open Manuel Piñero | 277 (−11) | won in a playoff |
| 1980 | Nick Price | 267 (−21) | by 6 strokes |
| 1979 | Hugh Baiocchi | 275 (−5) | by 5 strokes |
| 1978 | Seve Ballesteros | 272 (−8) | by 3 strokes |
| 1977 | Seve Ballesteros | 273 (−7) | by 3 strokes |
| 1976 | Manuel Piñero | 274 (−6) | by 3 strokes |
| 1975 | Dale Hayes | 273 (−7) | by 1 stroke |
| 1974 | Bob Charles | 275 (−5) | by 1 stroke |
| 1973 | Hugh Baiocchi | 278 (−2) | by 1 stroke |
| 1972 | Graham Marsh | 270 (−10) | by 1 stroke |
Swiss Open (pre-European Tour national open)
| Year | Champion | Score | Note |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1971 | Peter Townsend | 270 (−10) | by 1 stroke |
| 1970 | Graham Marsh | 274 | by 8 strokes |
| 1969 | Roberto Bernardini | 277 | by 2 strokes |
| 1968 | Roberto Bernardini | 272 | won in a playoff |
| 1967 | Randall Vines | 272 | by 2 strokes |
| 1966 | Alfonso Angelini | 271 | by 5 strokes |
| 1965 | Harold Henning | 208 | by 4 strokes |
| 1964 | Harold Henning | 276 | by 1 stroke |
| 1963 | Dai Rees | 278 | won in a playoff |
| 1962 | Bob Charles | 272 | won in a playoff |
| 1961 | Kel Nagle | 268 | by 2 strokes |
| 1960 | Harold Henning | 270 | by 3 strokes |
| 1959 | Dai Rees | 274 | by 1 stroke |
| 1958 | Ken Bousfield | 272 | by 1 stroke |
| 1957 | Alfonso Angelini | 270 | by 4 strokes |
| 1956 | Dai Rees | 278 | won in a playoff |
| 1955 | Flory Van Donck | 277 | |
| 1954 | Bobby Locke | 276 | |
| 1953 | Flory Van Donck | 267 | |
| 1952 | Ugo Grappasonni | 267 | |
| 1951 | Eric Brown | 267 | |
| 1950 | Aldo Casera | 276 | by 4 strokes |
| 1949 | Marcel Dallemagne | 270 | |
| 1948 | Ugo Grappasonni | 285 |
European Tour; Asian Tour
| Year | Champion | Score | Note |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | Matt Fitzpatrick | 266 (−14) | won in a playoff |
| 2016 | Alex Norén | 263 (−17) | won in a playoff |
| 2015 | Danny Willett | 263 (−17) | by 1 stroke |
| 2014 | David Lipsky | 262 (−18) | won in a playoff |
| 2013 | Thomas Bjørn | 264 (−20) | won in a playoff |
| 2012 | Richie Ramsay | 267 (−17) | by 4 strokes |
| 2011 | Thomas Bjørn | 264 (−20) | by 4 strokes |
| 2010 | Miguel Ángel Jiménez | 263 (−21) | lowest winning score in this event · by 3 strokes |
| 2009 | Alex Norén | 264 (−20) | by 2 strokes |
| Year | Champion | Score | Note |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | Thriston Lawrence | 262 (−18) | won in a playoff · DP World Tour |
| 2025 | Thriston Lawrence | 258 (−22) | lowest winning score in this event · by 2 strokes · DP World Tour |
| 2024 | Matt Wallace | 269 (−11) | won in a playoff · DP World Tour |
| 2023 | Ludvig Åberg | 261 (−19) | by 2 strokes · DP World Tour |
| 2022 | Thriston Lawrence | 262 (−18) | won in a playoff · DP World Tour |
| 2021 | Rasmus Højgaard | 267 (−13) | by 1 stroke · European Tour |
| 2019 | Sebastian Söderberg | 266 (−14) | won in a playoff · European Tour |
| 2018 | Matt Fitzpatrick | 263 (−17) | won in a playoff · European Tour |
| Year | Champion | Score | Note |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1939 | Firmin Cavalo Jr. | 273 | Swiss Open (pre-European Tour national open) |
Needing a birdie at the 18th to catch Barry Lane in the 1993 European Masters, Ballesteros pushed his drive against the wall on the right, ignored caddie Billy Foster's advice to chip out, threaded a half-swing through a tiny gap to just short of the green and chipped in; Lane still won by one.
Source: National Club Golfer - Seve Ballesteros greatest shots
Invited by sponsor Omega, 16-year-old Michelle Wie played the 2006 European Masters and shot 78-79 to finish last of the field at 15 over; attendance rose about 40% and tour chief George O'Grady called for time to evaluate the experiment.
Source: BBC Sport (2006) · The Guardian (2006-09-09)
Arnold Lunn of the Palace hotel had British designers Freemantle and Gedge lay out the first course (9 holes 1906, 18 by 1908); it was played almost only by English lords and ladies and was abandoned when the British left at the outbreak of the First World War, the club itself only being founded in 1924.
The Swiss Open first came to Crans-sur-Sierre in 1939 and, renamed the European Masters in 1983, has been staged on the plateau ever since, the club says.
Source: Golf-Club Crans-sur-Sierre - Historique · Wikipedia: Omega European Masters
The course sits on a plateau 1,500 m above the Rhône valley, facing a skyline of peaks the club lists from the Matterhorn (Cervin) to Mont Blanc.
Ballesteros rebuilt every green from autumn 1997 to summer 1999 and reshaped holes: the 7th green now sits close to out of bounds, the 17th became a dogleg left and the 18th green gained a frontal water hazard.
Before it was renamed for Severiano Ballesteros at the 2002 European Masters, the 18-hole course was known as Plan-Bramois.
At the 1971 tournament on this course, Baldovino Dassù became the first player to score 60 for 18 holes on the European circuit.
The 18th tee shot slopes hard from left to right toward a wall that runs along the right side of the hole.
Source: National Club Golfer - Seve Ballesteros greatest shots
Freemantle, Gedge
shortly after 1929: reshaped many greens and added bunkers, giving Plan-Bramois the form it kept until 1997
18-hole course restored and re-inaugurated in July 1929 after wartime abandonment (works from autumn 1928)
arrangements commissioned end of 1995 to make the course more selective for the European Masters
greens of Plan-Bramois rebuilt after the 1997 European Masters (work started autumn 1997); course later renamed Severiano Ballesteros Course
The PGA Tour and DP World Tour weeks at this course since 2017.
| Year | Event | Winner | Note |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | Omega European Masters 3–6 September 2026 | Thriston Lawrence | DP World Tour |
| 2025 | Omega European Masters 28–31 August 2025 | Thriston Lawrence | DP World Tour |
| 2024 | Omega European Masters 5–8 September 2024 | Matt Wallace | DP World Tour |
| 2023 | Omega European Masters 31 August – 3 September 2023 | Ludvig Åberg | DP World Tour |
| 2022 | Omega European Masters 25–28 August 2022 | Thriston Lawrence | DP World Tour |
| 2021 | Omega European Masters 26–29 August 2021 | Rasmus Højgaard | DP World Tour |
| 2020 | Omega European Masters 27–30 August 2020 | canceled · DP World Tour | |
| 2019 | Omega European Masters 29 August – 1 September 2019 | Sebastian Söderberg | DP World Tour |
| 2018 | Omega European Masters 6–9 September 2018 | Matt Fitzpatrick | DP World Tour |
| 2017 | Omega European Masters 7–10 September 2017 | Matt Fitzpatrick | DP World Tour |
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