Brazil Rio de Janeiro 500 Years Open
| Tournament information | |
|---|---|
| Location | European Tour |
| Format | Stroke play |
| Prize fund | €675,000 |
| Month played | March |
| Final year | 2000 |
| Tournament record score | |
| Aggregate | 270 Roger Chapman (2000) 270 Pádraig Harrington (2000) |
| To par | −18 as above |
| Final champion | |
 Roger Chapman | |
| Location map | |
  Itanhangá GC Location in Brazil | |
The Brazil Rio de Janeiro 500 Years Open was the first of two
European Tour
, marking the tour's first visit to South America.
The tournament was held at Itanhangá Golf Club in Rio de Janeiro and won by England's Roger Chapman who triumphed in a sudden-death playoff over Ireland's Pádraig Harrington,[1] who won the second tournament in São Paulo the following week.[2]
Winners
| Year | Winner | Score | To par | Margin of victory |
Runner-up |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000 | Roger Chapman |
270 | −18 | Playoff |  Pádraig Harrington
|
See also
References
- ^ "Chapman reigns in Rio". BBC Sport. 26 March 2000. Retrieved 9 June 2010.
- ^ "Harrington wins in Brazil". RTÉ Sport. 2 April 2000. Retrieved 9 June 2010.[permanent dead link]