26-1292: (Redirected from Bad Ragaz PGA Seniors Open ) [REDACTED] This article relies excessively on references to primary sources . Please improve this article by adding secondary or tertiary sources . Find sources: "Swiss Seniors Open" – news · newspapers · books · scholar · JSTOR ( November 2023 ) ( Learn how and when to remove this message ) Golf tournament Swiss Seniors Open Tournament information Location Bad Ragaz , Switzerland Established 1997 Course(s) Bad Ragaz Golf Club Par 70 Length 6,164 yards (5,636 m) Tour(s) European Senior Tour Format Stroke play Prize fund € 300,000 Month played July Tournament record score Aggregate 194 Carl Mason (2007) To par −16 as above Current champion [REDACTED] Jarmo Sandelin Location map [REDACTED] [REDACTED] Bad Ragaz GC Location in Switzerland The Swiss Seniors Open
52-477: A Fachhochschule ). Out of the total population in Bad Ragaz, as of 2000 , the highest education level completed by 1,070 people (21.7% of the population) was Primary , while 1,975 (40.1%) have completed Secondary, 558 (11.3%) have attended a Tertiary school, and 175 (3.6%) are not in school. The remainder did not answer this question. The historical population is given in the following table: Bad Ragaz
78-1635: A glance" . Swiss Seniors Open . Retrieved 13 November 2023 . External links [ edit ] Coverage on the European Senior Tour's official site v t e European Senior Tour events Senior major championships KitchenAid Senior PGA Championship U.S. Senior Open The Senior Open Championship Other tournaments in playing order Riegler & Partner Legends Jersey Legends Farmfoods European Legends Links Championship Swiss Seniors Open WINSTONgolf Senior Open JCB Championship Irish Legends Staysure PGA Seniors Championship Legends Open de France Farmfoods European Senior Masters Italian Senior Open MCB Tour Championship – Seychelles MCB Tour Championship – Mauritius Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Swiss_Seniors_Open&oldid=1234814318 " Categories : European Senior Tour events Golf tournaments in Switzerland Bad Ragaz Recurring sporting events established in 1997 1997 establishments in Switzerland Hidden categories: Articles lacking reliable references from November 2023 All articles lacking reliable references Articles with short description Short description with empty Wikidata description Bad Ragaz Bad Ragaz
104-628: A place on the tour. In August he won the Russian Open Golf Championship (Senior) , finishing two strokes ahead of Stephen Dodd and Phillip Price . He tied for third place in two events and finished 11th in the Order of Merit. Shacklady continued his good form on the 2019 European Senior Tour . He tied for third place in two events in the early part of the season before winning the Sinclair Invitational and
130-746: A position exercised by the Abbey. One of the most notable events in the local chronicles is the Battle of Ragaz , an episode in the Old Zürich War of the years 1440–1446 fought between the canton of Zürich and the other seven cantons of the Old Swiss Confederacy over which of them should inherit the interests and lands of Count Friedrich VII of Toggenburg , who had died in 1438 intestate and heirless. The armed clash took place at Ragaz on 6 March 1446. The village suffered over time from
156-550: A private dwelling. There were 1,181 (or 24.0%) persons who were part of a couple (married or otherwise committed) without children, and 2,390 (or 48.5%) who were part of a couple with children. There were 290 (or 5.9%) people who lived in single parent home, while there are 36 persons who were adult children living with one or both parents, 24 persons who lived in a household made up of relatives, 35 who lived household made up of unrelated persons, and 208 who are either institutionalized or live in another type of collective housing. In
182-438: A sprig Gules in the beak. Bad Ragaz has a population (as of 31 December 2020) of 6,467. As of 2007 , about 25.1% of the population was made up of foreign nationals. Of the foreign population, (as of 2000 ), 122 are from Germany, 144 are from Italy , 508 are from ex- Yugoslavia , 59 are from Austria , 1 person is from Turkey , and 312 are from another country. Over the last 10 years the population has grown by 8.3%. Most of
208-581: Is a municipality in the Wahlkreis (constituency) of Sarganserland in the canton of St. Gallen in Switzerland . It is the home of a famous natural spring and is a popular spa and health resort destination. Bad Ragaz is first mentioned circa 843 as Ragaces . As plain Ragaz, the locality was originally a farming village. It had over the centuries a certain importance owing to its position on
234-430: Is also closely associated with the fictional character Heidi . The Village Baths ( German : Dorfbad ) with the water cure rooms ( German : Trinkhalle ) at Bartholoméplatz 1, the chapel of St. Leonhard and the ruins of Freudenberg Castle are listed as Swiss heritage sites of national significance . As of 2007 , Bad Ragaz had an unemployment rate of 1.62%. As of 2005 , there were 103 people employed in
260-644: Is non-productive (rivers or lakes). The municipality is in the Sarganserland Wahlkreis of Bezirk Sargans. The spa and recreation village is in the south-east of the canton at the end of the Tamina valley. It lies on the north–south and east–west routes over the Graubünden Alps . Until 1937 Bad Ragaz was known as Ragaz. The blazon of the municipal coat of arms is Azure a Dove volant displayed Argent beaked and membered Or having
286-1078: Is the Swiss stop on men's professional golf 's European Senior Tour . It was founded in 1997 as the Credit Suisse Private Banking Seniors Open and from 1999 to 2014 was known as the Bad Ragaz PGA Seniors Open . It is played at Bad Ragaz Golf Club. In 2019 the prize fund was €320,000. Winners [ edit ] Year Winner Score To par Margin of victory Runner(s)-up Swiss Seniors Open 2024 [REDACTED] Jarmo Sandelin 200 −10 1 stroke [REDACTED] Bradley Dredge 2023 [REDACTED] Adilson da Silva 195 −15 2 strokes [REDACTED] James Kingston 2022 [REDACTED] James Kingston 199 −11 3 strokes [REDACTED] Phillip Price [REDACTED] David Shacklady 2021 Cancelled due to
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#1732790185301312-628: The 2007 federal election the most popular party was the SVP which received 40.3% of the vote. The next three most popular parties were the CVP (21.4%), the FDP (13.7%) and the SP (12.7%). The entire Swiss population is generally well educated. In Bad Ragaz about 68.9% of the population (between age 25–64) have completed either non-mandatory upper secondary education or additional higher education (either university or
338-3434: The COVID-19 pandemic 2020: No tournament 2019 [REDACTED] José Cóceres 199 −11 2 strokes [REDACTED] Peter Baker [REDACTED] Peter O'Malley [REDACTED] Phillip Price [REDACTED] Jean-François Remésy [REDACTED] Chris Williams 2018 [REDACTED] Jean-François Remésy 199 −11 1 stroke [REDACTED] Miguel Ángel Martín [REDACTED] Phillip Price [REDACTED] Jarmo Sandelin 2017 [REDACTED] Philip Golding 195 −15 1 stroke [REDACTED] Mark McNulty 2016 [REDACTED] Tim Thelen (2) 200 −10 1 stroke [REDACTED] Simon P. Brown [REDACTED] Pedro Linhart [REDACTED] Miguel Ángel Martín 2015 [REDACTED] Gordon Manson 196 −14 2 strokes [REDACTED] Philip Golding Bad Ragaz PGA Seniors Open 2014 [REDACTED] Rick Gibson 195 −15 6 strokes [REDACTED] Denis O'Sullivan 2013 [REDACTED] Paul Wesselingh 201 −9 Playoff [REDACTED] Kevin Spurgeon 2012 [REDACTED] Tim Thelen 198 −12 2 strokes [REDACTED] Mark James 2011 [REDACTED] Peter Fowler 196 −14 2 strokes [REDACTED] Andrew Oldcorn 2010 [REDACTED] Carl Mason (3) 199 −11 2 strokes [REDACTED] Jerry Bruner 2009 [REDACTED] John Bland 199 −11 Playoff [REDACTED] Bob Boyd 2008 [REDACTED] Carl Mason (2) 195 −15 2 strokes [REDACTED] Bill Longmuir 2007 [REDACTED] Carl Mason 194 −16 6 strokes [REDACTED] Horacio Carbonetti [REDACTED] Costantino Rocca [REDACTED] David J. Russell 2006 [REDACTED] Juan Quirós 196 −14 2 strokes [REDACTED] Carl Mason 2005 [REDACTED] Terry Gale 199 −11 2 strokes [REDACTED] Luis Carbonetti [REDACTED] Géry Watine 2004 [REDACTED] Horacio Carbonetti (2) 195 −15 Playoff [REDACTED] Denis Durnian 2003 [REDACTED] Horacio Carbonetti 197 −13 3 strokes [REDACTED] David Good 2002 [REDACTED] Dragon Taki 130 −10 Playoff [REDACTED] Denis O'Sullivan 2001 [REDACTED] David Huish (2) 198 −12 Playoff [REDACTED] David Good 2000 [REDACTED] David Huish 200 −10 4 strokes [REDACTED] Jim Rhodes 1999 [REDACTED] Bob Shearer 198 −12 3 strokes [REDACTED] David Oakley Credit Suisse Private Banking Seniors Open 1998 [REDACTED] Bobby Verwey 200 −10 2 strokes [REDACTED] Maurice Bembridge [REDACTED] Tommy Horton 1997 [REDACTED] Brian Waites 203 −7 Playoff [REDACTED] Malcolm Gregson Notes [ edit ] ^ Shortened to 36 holes due to rain. References [ edit ] ^ "Tournament winners at
364-578: The Chur–Rorschach railway between Sargans and Chur and is served by local and regional trains at Bad Ragaz railway station . Bad Ragaz Airport [ de ] is a small airport serving private flights and recreational gliding . Wartensteinbahn was funicular between Bad Ragaz and Wartenstein, 206 m above (1892-1964). Between 1961 and 1990 Bad Ragaz had an average of 120.5 days of rain or snow per year and on average received 830 mm (33 in) of precipitation . The wettest month
390-468: The Duineser Elegien ( Duino Elegies ), in particular the seventh Elegy with its famous lines Hiersein ist herrlich... ( To be here is splendid ... ). Bad Ragaz has an area, as of 2006 , of 25.4 km (9.8 sq mi). Of this area, 45.4% is used for agricultural purposes, while 34.9% is forested. Of the rest of the land, 9.6% is settled (buildings or roads) and the remainder (10.1%)
416-621: The European Senior Tour , where he has won three times. Shacklady turned professional in the late 1980s but never played on any of the major tours, competing mostly in regional PGA events in the north of England. He occasionally played in important events, qualifying for the Open Championship in 1998 and 2007 and playing in the British PGA Championship in 1997, 2004 and 2008, although he missed
442-633: The Swiss Reformed Church . There was 1 individual of the Christian Catholic faith; 249 individuals who belonged to the Orthodox Church; and 64 individuals who belonged to another Christian church. There were 2 Jews , and 166 Muslims . Forty-two people belonged to another church (not listed in the census); 277 belonged to no church, were agnostic or atheist ; and 161 did not answer the question. Bad Ragaz sits on
468-406: The primary economic sector and about 23 businesses involved in this sector. 687 people are employed in the secondary sector and there are 71 businesses in this sector. 1,911 people are employed in the tertiary sector , with 244 businesses in this sector. As of October 2009 the average unemployment rate was 3.0%. There were 331 businesses in the municipality of which 64 were involved in
494-462: The Abbey's estates, including the local hot springs, which began to be increasingly exploited for tourism thanks to a project connecting the springs with the village. This was to lead eventually, in 1937, to a change of name to Bad Bagaz, and increasing orientation of the local economy towards catering for health spa clientel. It was in Ragaz that around the year 1880 the Swiss novelist and author of children's stories, Johanna Spyri (1827-1901), penned
520-458: The cut on each occasion. Shacklady played in the qualifying school for the 2017 European Senior Tour in late January and early February 2017. He was one of three players tying for fifth place and with only five places available a playoff was required. Shacklady missed out when Jean-Pierre Sallat made a birdie on the first playoff hole. Shacklady tried again at the 2018 European Senior Tour qualifying school and by finishing fourth he gained
546-567: The engaging story of Heidi , a 5-year-old girl living with her grandfather in the Swiss Alps. Written, as the title page announced, to be a book "for children and those who love children", it become known throughout the world. Modern-day Ragaz is also proud of the fact that it was the retreat where the Bohemian-Austrian poet and author Rainer Maria Rilke (1875-1926) towards the end of his life reputedly wrote part of his poetic work
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#1732790185301572-616: The north–south route between Germany and Italy. Its history was closely linked to that of the Benedictine Pfäfers Abbey , an important monastery dating back perhaps to the eighth century, which was the dominant landholder around the village and the principal rights holder. The residence of the Prince Abbot of Pfäfers, a building known as the Hof Ragaz served as the premises of the local governor or Statthalter ,
598-419: The outbreak of several fires and also from flooding which struck, for example, in 1750, 1762 and 1868. However, in the nineteenth century there was an upturn in local fortunes. Financial struggles had prompted the last Abbot of Pfäfers, Plazidus Pfister, to request that Pope Gregory XVI secularize the abbey, a request that was granted on 20 March 1838. On 20 November 1838. The Canton of St. Gallen then took over
624-428: The population (as of 2000 ) speaks German (84.9%), with Serbo-Croatian being second most common (4.3%) and Italian being third (2.9%). Of the Swiss national languages (as of 2000 ), 4,184 speak German, 30 people speak French, 141 people speak Italian, and 45 people speak Romansh . The age distribution, as of 2000 , in Bad Ragaz is: In 2000 there were 765 persons (or 15.5% of the population) who were living alone in
650-481: The secondary sector of the economy while 248 were involved in the third. As of 2000 there were 1,510 residents who worked in the municipality, while 1,217 residents worked outside Bad Ragaz and 1,189 people commuted into the municipality for work. The headquarters of the gas analysis, detection, and control instrument manufacturing company INFICON is located in Bad Ragaz. From the 2000 census , 2,862 or 58.1% were Roman Catholic , while 1,105 or 22.4% belonged to
676-412: Was August during which time Bad Ragaz receives an average of 109 mm (4.3 in) of rain or snow. During this month there was precipitation for an average of 12.7 days. The driest month of the year was October with an average of 49 mm (1.9 in) of precipitation over 12.7 days. David Shacklady David Shacklady (born 19 April 1967) is an English professional golfer who plays on
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