Green Eagle Golf Courses Porsche Nord Course: Michael Blesch, Ralf Lühmann (2008), redesigned by Michael Blesch (in-house) (2016). Par 73, 7,718 yards. Laurie Canter won the 2024 European Open here with 279 (−13).
Green Eagle Golf Courses Porsche Nord Course: Michael Blesch, Ralf Lühmann (2008), redesigned by Michael Blesch (in-house) (2016). Par 73, 7,718 yards. Laurie Canter won the 2024 European Open here with 279 (−13).
Updated October 24, 2026
7 editions on the record, by event, newest first.
DP World Tour
| Year | Champion | Score | Note |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | European Open Laurie Canter | 279 (−13) | by 2 strokes |
| 2023 | Porsche European Open Tom McKibbin | 283 (−9) | by 2 strokes |
| 2022 | Kalle Samooja | 282 (−6) | by 2 strokes |
| 2021 | Marcus Armitage | 208 (−8) | by 2 strokes |
| 2019 | Paul Casey | 274 (−14) | lowest winning score in this event · by 1 stroke |
| 2018 | Richard McEvoy | 277 (−11) | by 1 stroke |
| 2017 | Jordan Smith | 275 (−13) | won in a playoff |
Michael Blesch and Ralf Lühmann were both 26 when they founded Green Eagle outside Hamburg in 1997 as an open, affordable club. The Süd Course opened in 1999–2000, and the Nord Course followed in 2006–2008, aimed from the start at international professional events.
After a 2016 redesign of greens and bunkers for the European Tour, the Nord Course hosted its first Porsche European Open in 2017 and was renamed the Porsche Nord Course. Jordan Smith won that first edition in a playoff with Alexander Lévy.
Source: Green Eagle Golf Courses: Über uns · Wikipedia: European Open (golf)
Green Eagle is building a new 18-hole stadium West Course on the old Süd Course land, due to open fully in 2027, with the stated aim of hosting the 2035 Ryder Cup.
Rock musician Alice Cooper once called the Nord Course the "Green Monster", and the club still uses the name.
Seventeen of the Nord Course's 18 holes have water hazards, some running from tee to green; at 7,057 m from the champions' tee, the club says it is the European Tour's longest course and, by DGV course rating, the hardest in Germany.
PGA professional Michael Blesch built Green Eagle's courses himself with his long-serving greenkeeping team rather than hiring an outside construction firm.
The Nord Course was planned from the start for professional events, and spectators watch from numerous natural grandstand banks.
Michael Blesch, Ralf Lühmann
Fourth (blue) tee added on all 18 holes of the Nord Course.
Redesign of several greens and bunkers on the Nord Course to prepare for the European Tour.
The PGA Tour and DP World Tour weeks at this course since 2017.
| Year | Event | Winner | Note |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | European Open 30 May – 2 June 2024 | Laurie Canter | DP World Tour |
| 2023 | Porsche European Open 1–4 June 2023 | Tom McKibbin | DP World Tour |
| 2022 | Porsche European Open 2–5 June 2022 | Kalle Samooja | DP World Tour |
| 2021 | Porsche European Open 5–7 June 2021 | Marcus Armitage | shortened · DP World Tour |
| 2020 | Porsche European Open 3–6 September 2020 | canceled · DP World Tour | |
| 2019 | Porsche European Open 5–8 September 2019 | Paul Casey | DP World Tour |
| 2018 | Porsche European Open 26–29 July 2018 | Richard McEvoy | DP World Tour |
| 2017 | Porsche European Open 27–30 July 2017 | Jordan Smith | DP World Tour |
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