Panama Open

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.

Panasonic Panama Open
Tournament information
LocationColoncito, Panama
Established1938
Course(s)Coronado Beach and Golf Resort
Par72
Tour(s)Tour de las Américas
Challenge Tour
Canadian Tour
FormatStroke play
Prize fundUS$200,000
Month playedDecember
Final year2004
Tournament record score
Aggregate265 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
YearTour(s)[lower-alpha 1]WinnerScoreTo parMargin of
victory		Runner(s)-upRef.
Panasonic Panama Open
2004CHA, TLA Richard McEvoy277−111 stroke Marco Ruiz[3]
Panama Open
2003TLA Charles Warren284−41 stroke Ken Duke[4]
2002CAN[lower-alpha 2] Mario Tiziani273−15Playoff David Kirkpatrick
Chad Wright		[5]
2001CAN[lower-alpha 2] Steve Runge272−162 strokes Jonathan Byrd[6]
2000CAN Steve Haskins
1999CAN[lower-alpha 2] Gustavo MendozaPlayoff Sonny Skinner
1998CAN[lower-alpha 2] Bob Friend281−7Playoff Rick Todd[7]
1997CAN[lower-alpha 2] Garrett WillisPlayoff Clark Dennis[8]
1996CAN[lower-alpha 2] Jaime Gomez210[lower-alpha 3]−6Playoff Rafael Alarcón
Joe Cioe		[9]
1983–1995: No tournament
1982 George Burns275[10]
1981 Curtis Strange204[lower-alpha 3][10]
1980 Bruce Fleisher267[10]
1979 Butch Baird (3)
Chi-Chi Rodríguez		267Title shared[lower-alpha 4][10]
1975–1978: No tournament
1974 Roberto De Vicenzo (5)265−237 strokes Florentino Molina[11]
1973 Roberto De Vicenzo (4)271−178 strokes Peter Oosterhuis[12]
1972 Lu Liang-Huan279−92 strokes Rogelio González
Luis Carlos Pinto		[13]
1971 Roberto De Vicenzo (3)273−154 strokes Peter Townsend[14]
1970 Herb Hooper275−132 strokes Jay Dolan[15]
1969 Butch Baird (2)276−12Playoff Rogelio González
Bob Ross		[16]
1968 Butch Baird267−2111 strokes Wes Ellis
Vicente Fernández		[17]
1967 Bert Weaver274−143 strokes Art Wall Jr.[18]
1966 Wilf Homenuik283−51 stroke Stan Mosel[19]
1965 Art Wall Jr.277−114 strokes Wes Ellis[20]
1964: No tournament
1963 George Knudson280−84 strokes Joe Jimenez
Ernie Vossler		[21]
1962 Jim Ferree277−111 stroke Billy Maxwell[22]
1961 Pete Cooper (2)273−155 strokes Ernie Vossler[23]
1960 Ernie Vossler269−193 strokes Dow Finsterwald[24]
1959 Pete Cooper274−143 strokes Don January[25]
1958 Bob Watson271−171 stroke Art Wall Jr.[26]
1957 Doug Ford277−112 strokes Dow Finsterwald[27]
1956 Arnold Palmer283−5Playoff Sam Snead[28]
1955 Antonio Cerdá273−151 stroke Roberto De Vicenzo
Arnold Palmer		[29]
1954 Sam Snead271−176 strokes Roberto De Vicenzo[30]
1953 Roberto De Vicenzo (2)274−143 strokes Charlie Harper
Clayton Heafner
Sam Snead		[31]
1952 Roberto De Vicenzo282−63 strokes Sam Snead[32]
1951 Johnny MacMurray (a) (4)284−43 strokes Raúl Posse
Gene Kunes
Harvey Breaux (a)		[33]
1950 Raúl Posse284[10]
1949 Johnny MacMurray (a) (3)288[10]
1948 Johnny MacMurray (a) (2)283[34]
1947 Herb Mitten (a)293[10]
1946 Charlie Grant299[10]
1945 Tony Tiso (2)291[10]
1944 Marion Reid (a)299[10]
1943 Tony Tiso (2)291[10]
1942 Lou Barbaro297[10]
1941 Al Escalante298[10]
1940 Johnny MacMurray (a)301[10]
1939 Jimmy Vincent (2)301[10]
1939 Jimmy Vincent304[10]

See also

Notes
  1. CAN − Canadian Tour; CHA − Challenge Tour; TLA − Tour de las Américas.
  2. Between 1996–1999 and 2001–2002, the event was sanctioned by the Canadian Tour, but did not count towards the Order of Merit.
  3. Shortened to 54 holes due to weather.
  4. Title shared when darkness ended play with Baird and Rodríguez still tied after two holes of a sudden-death playoff.

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