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Mexican Open (golf)

Coordinates: 20°41′02″N 105°17′06″W / 20.684°N 105.285°W / 20.684; -105.285
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Mexico Open
Tournament information
LocationVallarta, Mexico
Established1944
Course(s)Vidanta Vallarta
Par71
Length7,456 yards (6,818 m)
Tour(s)PGA Tour
Web.com Tour
Challenge Tour
PGA Tour Latinoamérica
Tour de las Américas
FormatStroke play
Prize fundUS$8,100,000
Month playedFebruary
Tournament record score
Aggregate260 Tony Finau (2023)
To par−24 as above
Current champion
United States Jake Knapp
Location map
Vidanta Vallarta is located in Mexico
Vidanta Vallarta
Vidanta Vallarta
Location in Mexico
Vidanta Vallarta is located in Nayarit
Vidanta Vallarta
Vidanta Vallarta
Location in Nayarit

The Mexican Open (Spanish: Abierto Mexicano de Golf), also known as the Mexico Open and Abierto Mexicano de Golf, is the national open golf tournament of Mexico.

History

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First played 80 years ago in 1944 at the Club de Golf Chapultepec, it was an event on the Tour de las Américas between 2003 and 2006, being co-sanctioned by the European Challenge Tour from 2004 to 2006. It became a Nationwide Tour event in 2008,[1] and was rescheduled from December to January, which resulted in no tournament in 2007. Due to the outbreak of swine flu in 2009, the Mexican Open was rescheduled from May to September.[2][3] In 2013, the tournament was moved to March and became an official event for PGA Tour Latinoamérica. The tournament was also moved to Club de Golf Mexico.

In 2022, the tournament became an official event on the PGA Tour, with a purse of $7,300,000 and awarding 500 FedEx Cup points to the winner.[4]

Winners

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Year Tour(s)[a] Winner Score To par Margin of
victory
Runner(s)-up Venue
Mexico Open
2024 PGAT United States Jake Knapp 265 −19 2 strokes Finland Sami Välimäki Vidanta Vallarta
2023 PGAT United States Tony Finau 260 −24 3 strokes Spain Jon Rahm Vidanta Vallarta
2022 PGAT Spain Jon Rahm 267 −17 1 stroke United States Tony Finau
United States Kurt Kitayama
United States Brandon Wu
Vidanta Vallarta
Abierto Mexicano de Golf
2021 PGATLA Mexico Álvaro Ortiz 265 −23 3 strokes Canada Drew Nesbitt Estrella del Mar
2020 PGATLA No tournament due to the COVID-19 pandemic
2019 PGATLA Canada Drew Nesbitt 263 −17 2 strokes Norway Andreas Halvorsen
Chile Gustavo Silva
Tijuana
2018 PGATLA United States Austin Smotherman 262 −18 4 strokes Mexico Juan Pablo Hernández Tijuana
2017: No tournament
Mexico Open
2016 PGATLA Mexico Sebastián Vázquez 268 −16 Playoff Argentina Augusto Núñez Aguascalientes
2015 PGATLA United States Justin Hueber 265 −23 1 stroke United States Brad Gehl
Argentina Maximiliano Godoy
Aguascalientes
TransAmerican Power Products CRV Mexico Open
2014 PGATLA Colombia Óscar David Álvarez 271 −17 1 stroke Argentina Nelson Ledesma Chapultepec
Abierto Mexicano de Golf
2013 PGATLA United States Ted Purdy 281 −7 1 stroke Colombia David Vanegas Mexico
Mexico Open
2012 WEB United States Lee Williams 274 −14 1 stroke United States Paul Haley II León
2011 NWT United States Erik Compton 271 −17 2 strokes United States Richard H. Lee León
Mexico Open Bicentenary
2010 NWT United States Jamie Lovemark 276 −12 Playoff United States B. J. Staten León
Mexico Open
2009 NWT United States Troy Merritt 273 −15 Playoff Australia Adam Bland León
2008 NWT Australia Jarrod Lyle 267 −17 4 strokes United States Matt Every Tres Marias
2007: No tournament
Abierto Mexicano Corona
2006 CHA, TLA Paraguay Fabrizio Zanotti 275 −9 1 stroke Mexico Daniel de León La Hacienda
2005 CHA, TLA Mexico Antonio Maldonado 275 −9 1 stroke France Mickaël Dieu
Argentina Rafael Gómez
La Hacienda
Abierto Mexicano de Golf
2004 CHA, TLA Argentina Rafael Gómez 270 −14 2 strokes Colombia Eduardo Herrera La Hacienda
Mexican Open
2003 TLA Colombia Eduardo Herrera 278 −10 1 stroke Argentina Eduardo Argiró
United States Jeff Burns
Moon Palace
2002 Mexico Pablo Fernández 273 −11 1 stroke United States David Howser La Hacienda
2001: No tournament
2000 Mexico Esteban Toledo 271 United States Robin Freeman México
1999 United States Stewart Cink (2) 271 Mexico Óscar Serna México
1998 Argentina Eduardo Romero 269 United States Scott Simpson México
1997 New Zealand Frank Nobilo 273 México
1996 United States Stewart Cink 272 United States Bob Tway México
1995 United States John Cook 273 United States Scott Verplank México
1994 United States Chris Perry 274 United States Bob Tway México
1993 United States Fred Funk 268 1 stroke United States Donnie Hammond La Hacienda
1992 United States Tom Sieckmann 268 Australia Steve Elkington La Hacienda
1991 United States Jay Haas 277 United States Ed Fiori Chapultepec
1990 United States Bob Lohr 269 −19 4 strokes Mexico Carlos Espinosa La Hacienda
1985–1989: No tournament
1984 Canada Danny Mijovic 274 United States Tommy Armour III
United States Rick Cramer
Tijuana
1983 United States Tommy Armour III 280 Tijuana
1982: No tournament
1981 United States Ben Crenshaw 273 United States Raymond Floyd Chapultepec
1980 Australia David Graham 279 United States Jerry Pate Bellavista
1978–79: No tournament
1977 United States Billy Casper 274 −6 3 strokes United States Gay Brewer Chiluca
1976 Mexico Ernesto Pérez Acosta (2) 273 Mexico Victor Regalado La Hacienda
1975 United States Lee Trevino (2) 275 Mexico Ernesto Pérez Acosta
United States Larry Ziegler
La Hacienda
1974 United States Ed Byman 280 United States Lee Trevino Chapultepec
1973 United States Lee Trevino 281 Mexico Victor Regalado Bellavista
1972: No tournament
1971 Spain Ángel Gallardo 275 United States Billy Maxwell México
1970 Mexico Ernesto Pérez Acosta 280 Bellavista
1967–69: No tournament
1966 United States Bob McCallister 278 United States Dudley Wysong Monterrey
1965 United States Homero Blancas 284 United States Lee Trevino Bellavista
1964 United States Art Wall Jr. 276 Argentina Roberto De Vicenzo México
1963 Canada Al Balding 279 United States Richard Crawford
United States Billy Maxwell
La Hacienda
1962 United States Tony Lema (2) 281 United States Jackson Bradley La Hacienda
1961 United States Tony Lema 280 Argentina Antonio Cerdá México
1960 United States Howie Johnson 273 United States Billy Maxwell Chapultepec
1959 Spain Ángel Miguel 273 United States Tommy Jacobs Chapultepec
1958 Argentina Antonio Cerdá 279 Argentina Roberto De Vicenzo Chapultepec
1957 United States Bob Rosburg 272 United States George Bayer Chapultepec
1956 United States Billy Maxwell 264 Argentina Roberto De Vicenzo Chapultepec
1955 Argentina Roberto De Vicenzo (3) 271 United States Tony Holguin Chapultepec
1954 United States Johnny Palmer 286 Argentina Roberto De Vicenzo México
1953 Argentina Roberto De Vicenzo (2) 267 United States Cary Middlecoff Chapultepec
1952 South Africa Bobby Locke 275 Argentina Roberto De Vicenzo
United States Jimmy Demaret
Mexicali
1951 Argentina Roberto De Vicenzo 267 United States Al Besselink Chapultepec
1950 United States Tony Holguin (2) 280 Mexico Antonio Pedroza
Mexico Juan Neri
Chapultepec
1949 United States Tony Holguin 200 United States Jimmy Demaret
United States Sam Snead
Chapultepec
1948: No tournament
1947 United States Al Espinosa (4) 292 Mexico Carlos Belmont (a)
Mexico Amado Martinez
Chapultepec
1946 United States Al Espinosa (3) 286 Mexico Felix Lopez Chapultepec
1945 United States Al Espinosa (2) 290 Mexico Antonio Pedroza Chapultepec
1944 United States Al Espinosa 281 United States Percey Clifford (a) Chapultepec

See also

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Notes

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References

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  1. ^ "Mexico Open joins Nationwide Tour schedule in 2008". PGA Tour. October 5, 2007. Retrieved March 12, 2013.
  2. ^ "Mexico Open rescheduled due to swine flu". PGA Tour. April 29, 2009. Retrieved March 12, 2013.
  3. ^ "Mexico Open rescheduled for first week of September". PGA Tour. May 22, 2009. Retrieved March 12, 2013.
  4. ^ "Vidanta Vallarta in Vallarta, México to host Mexico Open". PGA Tour. 8 November 2021. Retrieved 8 November 2021.
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