Panama Open
Golf tournament
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The Panama Open was a golf tournament played from 1938 to 1982, during which time it was won by some of the biggest names in professional golf, including Sam Snead and Arnold Palmer. It was an event on the PGA-sponsored Caribbean Tour between 1958 and 1974.[1] Following the demise of the Caribbean Tour the tournament was not played for several years, until there was a brief revival between 1979 and 1982.
| Tournament information | |
|---|---|
| Location | Coloncito, Panama |
| Established | 1938 |
| Course(s) | Coronado Beach and Golf Resort |
| Par | 72 |
| Tour(s) | Tour de las Américas Challenge Tour Canadian Tour |
| Format | Stroke play |
| Prize fund | US$200,000 |
| Month played | December |
| Final year | 2004 |
| Tournament record score | |
| Aggregate | 265 Roberto De Vicenzo (1973) |
| To par | −23 as above |
| Final champion | |
 Richard McEvoy | |
| Location map | |
  Coronado Beach & Golf Resort Location in Panama | |
The Panama Open was revived in 1996, when it was an unofficial event on the Canadian Tour; it became an official tournament in 2001 and 2002.[2] In 2003, it was an event on the Tour de las Américas, and the following year, it was co-sanctioned by the European Challenge Tour (2005 season).
Winners
| Year | Tour(s)[a] | Winner | Score | To par | Margin of victory | Runner(s)-up | Ref. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Panasonic Panama Open | ||||||||
| 2004 | CHA, TLA | Richard McEvoy | 277 | −11 | 1 stroke |  Marco Ruiz | [3] | |
| Samsung Panama Open | ||||||||
| 2003 | TLA |  Charles Warren | 284 | −4 | 1 stroke | Ken Duke | [4] | |
| Panasonic Panama Open | ||||||||
| 2002 | CAN[b] | Mario Tiziani | 273 | −15 | Playoff | David Kirkpatrick Chad Wright | [5] | |
| 2001 | CAN | Steve Runge | 272 | −16 | 2 strokes | Jonathan Byrd | [6] | |
| Panama Open | ||||||||
| 2000 | Steve Haskins |  | ||||||
| 1999 |  Gustavo Mendoza | Playoff | Sonny Skinner | |||||
| 1998 | Bob Friend | 281 | −7 | Playoff |  Rick Todd | [7] | ||
| 1997 | Garrett Willis | Playoff | Clark Dennis | [8] | ||||
| 1996 | Jaime Gomez | 210[c] | −6 | Playoff |  Rafael Alarcón Joe Cioe | [9] | ||
| 1983–1995: No tournament | ||||||||
| 1982 | George Burns | 275 | [10] | |||||
| 1981 | Curtis Strange | 204[c] | [10] | |||||
| 1980 | Bruce Fleisher | 267 | [10] | |||||
| 1979 | Butch Baird (3) Chi-Chi Rodríguez | 267 | Title shared[d] | [10] | ||||
| 1975–1978: No tournament | ||||||||
| 1974 |  Roberto De Vicenzo (5) | 265 | −23 | 7 strokes | Florentino Molina | [11] | ||
| 1973 | Roberto De Vicenzo (4) | 271 | −17 | 8 strokes | Peter Oosterhuis | [12] | ||
| 1972 |  Lu Liang-Huan | 279 | −9 | 2 strokes | Rogelio González Luis Carlos Pinto | [13] | ||
| 1971 | Roberto De Vicenzo (3) | 273 | −15 | 4 strokes | Peter Townsend | [14] | ||
| 1970 | Herb Hooper | 275 | −13 | 2 strokes | Jay Dolan | [15] | ||
| 1969 | Butch Baird (2) | 276 | −12 | Playoff | Rogelio González Bob Ross | [16] | ||
| 1968 | Butch Baird | 267 | −21 | 11 strokes | Wes Ellis Vicente Fernández | [17] | ||
| 1967 | Bert Weaver | 274 | −14 | 3 strokes | Art Wall Jr. | [18] | ||
| 1966 | Wilf Homenuik | 283 | −5 | 1 stroke | Stan Mosel | [19] | ||
| 1965 | Art Wall Jr. | 277 | −11 | 4 strokes | Wes Ellis | [20] | ||
| 1964: No tournament | ||||||||
| 1963 |  George Knudson | 280 | −8 | 4 strokes | Joe Jimenez Ernie Vossler | [21] | ||
| 1962 | Jim Ferree | 277 | −11 | 1 stroke | Billy Maxwell | [22] | ||
| 1961 | Pete Cooper (2) | 273 | −15 | 5 strokes | Ernie Vossler | [23] | ||
| 1960 | Ernie Vossler | 269 | −19 | 3 strokes | Dow Finsterwald | [24] | ||
| 1959 |  Pete Cooper | 274 | −14 | 3 strokes | Don January | [25] | ||
| 1958 |  Bob Watson | 271 | −17 | 1 stroke | Art Wall Jr. | [26] | ||
| 1957 | Doug Ford | 277 | −11 | 2 strokes | Dow Finsterwald | [27] | ||
| 1956 | Arnold Palmer | 283 | −5 | Playoff | Sam Snead | [28] | ||
| 1955 | Antonio Cerdá | 273 | −15 | 1 stroke | Roberto De Vicenzo Arnold Palmer | [29] | ||
| 1954 | Sam Snead | 271 | −17 | 6 strokes | Roberto De Vicenzo | [30] | ||
| 1953 | Roberto De Vicenzo (2) | 274 | −14 | 3 strokes | Charlie Harper Clayton Heafner Sam Snead | [31] | ||
| 1952 | Roberto De Vicenzo | 282 | −6 | 3 strokes | Sam Snead | [32] | ||
| 1951 | Johnny MacMurray (a) (4) | 284 | −4 | 3 strokes | Raúl Posse Gene Kunes Harvey Breaux (a) | [33] | ||
| 1950 | Raúl Posse | 284 | [10] | |||||
| 1949 | Johnny MacMurray (a) (3) | 288 | [10] | |||||
| 1948 | Johnny MacMurray (a) (2) | 283 | [34] | |||||
| 1947 | Herb Mitten (a) | 293 | [10] | |||||
| 1946 | Charlie Grant | 299 | [10] | |||||
| 1945 | Tony Tiso (2) | 291 | [10] | |||||
| 1944 | Marion Reid (a) | 299 | [10] | |||||
| 1943 | Tony Tiso (2) | 291 | [10] | |||||
| 1942 | Lou Barbaro | 297 | [10] | |||||
| 1941 | Al Escalante | 298 | [10] | |||||
| 1940 | Johnny MacMurray (a) | 301 | [10] | |||||
| 1939 | Jimmy Vincent (2) | 301 | [10] | |||||
| 1939 | Jimmy Vincent | 304 | [10] | |||||
See also
Notes
- CAN − Canadian Tour; CHA − Challenge Tour; TLA − Tour de las Américas.
- In 2002, the event was sanctioned by the Canadian Tour, but did not count towards the Order of Merit.
- Shortened to 54 holes due to weather.
- Title shared when darkness ended play with Baird and Rodríguez still tied after two holes of a sudden-death playoff.