Philippine Open (golf)
Tournament information | |
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Location | PGT Asia |
Format | Stroke play |
Prize fund | US$500,000 |
Month played | April |
Final year | 2019 |
Tournament record score | |
Aggregate | 259 Kevin Wentworth (1997) |
To par | −17 Elmer Salvador (2009) |
Final champion | |
Clyde Mondilla | |
Location map | |
Location in the Philippines |
The Philippine Open was one of the world's longest-running men's golf tournaments. First held in 1913, it is also Asia's oldest golf tournament.
History
The event was held in a variety of different golf courses around the
US$200,000 to $1 million.[1]
In 2014, the prize fund was $300,000.
The 1967 event included a full-field of 160 players.[1]
Venues
The following venues have been used since the founding of the Philippine Open in 1913.
Venue | Location | First | Last | Times |
---|---|---|---|---|
Manila Golf and Country Club | Manila | 1913 | 1934 | 20 |
Iloilo Golf and Country Club | Iloilo | 1935 | 1959 | 24 |
Wack Wack Golf and Country Club | Mandaluyong | 1956 | 2014 | 33 |
Valley Golf and Country Club | Rizal | 1975 | 2010 | 5 |
Villamor Golf Club | Manila | 1984 | 1986 | 2 |
Puerto Azul Golf and Country Club | Luzon | 1989 | 1992 | 3 |
Manila Southwoods Golf and Country Club | Manila | 1993 | 1999 | 4 |
Apo Golf and Country Club | Davao | 1995 | 1995 | 1 |
Camp John Hay Golf Club | Baguio | 1997 | 1997 | 1 |
Riviera Golf and Country Club | Cavite | 1998 | 2000 | 3 |
Mount Malarayat Golf and Country Club | Batangas | 2005 | 2009 | 2 |
Luisita Golf and Country Club | Tarlac | 2015 | 2015 | 1 |
The Country Club | Laguna | 2017 | 2019 | 3 |
Winners
Multiple winners
The players who have won the Philippine Open more than once are the following:
- 12 wins
- Larry Montes (1929, 1932, 1936, 1937, 1941–1944, 1948, 1951, 1953, 1954)
- 6 wins
- Celestino Tugot (1949, 1955–1958, 1962)
- 5 wins
- J.R.H. Mason (a) (1913, 1914, 1918, 1921, 1927)
- 3 wins
- Lu Liang-Huan (1965, 1974, 1978)
- Ben Arda (1961, 1963, 1979)
- 2 wins
- Ian Collier Trotter MacGregor (a) (1919, 1920)
- Norman Von Nida (1938, 1939)
- Hsieh Yung-yo (1970, 1977)
- Lu Hsi-chuen (1980, 1983)
- Frankie Miñoza (1998, 2007)
Notes
References
- ^ "160 for Philippine open". The Canberra Times. 18 January 1967. p. 33. Retrieved 28 November 2020.
- ^ "2019 Solaire Philippine Open". PGT Asia.
- ^ "Scoreboard – Golf – Philippine Open". The Boston Globe. Boston, Massachusetts. 23 March 1998 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Scoreboard – Philippine Open". The Honolulu Advertiser. Honolulu, Hawaii. 21 April 1997 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ Tournament Director
- ^ "First win". The Straits Times. Singapore. 13 February 1989. p. 31. Retrieved 9 April 2020 – via National Library Board.
- ^ "Scores". The Straits Times. Singapore. 14 February 1989. p. 31. Retrieved 9 April 2020 – via National Library Board.
- ^ "Hsieh wins by five strokes". The Straits Times. Singapore. 22 February 1988. p. 25. Retrieved 30 March 2020 – via National Library Board.
- ^ "On foreign fairways". The Straits Times. Singapore. 23 February 1987. p. 22. Retrieved 28 March 2020 – via National Library Board.
- ^ "American takes Philippine Open". Singapore Monitor. Singapore. 25 February 1985. p. 17. Retrieved 22 March 2020 – via National Library Board.
- ^ "It's Norman"s Masters..." The Straits Times. Singapore. 20 February 1984. p. 38. Retrieved 21 March 2020 – via National Library Board.
- ^ "An eagle helps Hsi-chuen win the Philippine open". The Straits Times. Singapore. 21 February 1983. p. 39. Retrieved 18 March 2020 – via National Library Board.
- ^ "Hsu grabs defeat from jaws of victory". The Straits Times. Singapore. 22 February 1982. p. 38. Retrieved 16 March 2020 – via National Library Board.
- ^ "Sieckmann wins open by four strokes". The Straits Times. Singapore. 23 February 1981. p. 29. Retrieved 16 March 2020 – via National Library Board.
- ^ "Dramatic putt gives Lu vircory". The Straits Times. Singapore. 25 February 1980. p. 28. Retrieved 9 March 2020 – via National Library Board.
- ^ "New $420,000 PI open". New Nation. AFP. 20 February 1979. p. 17. Retrieved 4 March 2020 – via National Library Board.
- ^ "Lu storms to win PI title". The Straits Times. Singapore. 20 February 1978. p. Page 31. Retrieved 16 March 2020 – via National Library Board.
- ^ "Taiwan's Hsieh wins PI open". The Straits Times. Singapore. 21 February 1977. p. 31. Retrieved 16 March 2020 – via National Library Board.
- ^ "Police sergeant Mancao wins PI Open golf". The Straits Times. Singapore. 23 February 1976. p. 26. Retrieved 3 March 2020 – via National Library Board.
- ^ "An auspicious start to Kuo's title-defence". The Straits Times. Singapore. 17 February 1975. p. 22. Retrieved 17 March 2020 – via National Library Board.
- ^ "Lu thunders in to beat hsu for PI golf title". The Straits Times. Singapore. 18 February 1974. p. 25. Retrieved 26 March 2020 – via National Library Board.
- ^ "Kim sinks 10ft pressure putt to win PI Open". The Straits Times. Singapore. 26 February 1973. p. 29. Retrieved 25 March 2020 – via National Library Board.
- ^ "Sugimoto Wins". The Glasgow Herald. 28 February 1972. p. 5. Retrieved 6 December 2019.
- ^ "Sugimoto takes PI golf title by two strokes". The Straits Times. Singapore. 28 February 1972. p. 30. Retrieved 24 March 2020 – via National Library Board.
- ^ "Chen storms his way to title". The Straits Times. Singapore. 1 March 1971. p. 27. Retrieved 22 March 2020 – via National Library Board.
- ^ "Yung-yo hits jackpot after 14 years". The Straits Times. Singapore. 23 February 1970. p. 19. Retrieved 19 March 2020 – via National Library Board.
- ^ "It's Yasuda's open". The Straits Times. Singapore. 3 March 1969. p. 19. Retrieved 13 March 2020 – via National Library Board.
- ^ "Hsu wins by 8 strokes". The Straits Times. Singapore. 26 February 1968. p. 4. Retrieved 13 March 2020 – via National Library Board.
- ^ "Title goes to Formosan amateur". The Straits Times. Singapore. 27 February 1967. p. 17. Retrieved 12 March 2020 – via National Library Board.
- ^ "Silverio takes PI Open". The Straits Times. Singapore. 28 February 1966. p. 20. Retrieved 8 March 2020 – via National Library Board.
- ^ "Lu takes titla as Hsieh falters". The Straits Times. Singapore. 1 March 1965. p. 19. Retrieved 7 March 2020 – via National Library Board.
- ^ "Thomson wins PI Open". The Straits Times. Singapore. 24 February 1964. p. 17. Retrieved 7 March 2020 – via National Library Board.
- ^ Becker, Don (18 February 1963). "Arda wins PI Open". The Straits Times. Singapore. p. 15. Retrieved 3 March 2020 – via National Library Board.
- ^ "Filipino wins | Nagle down by a stroke". The Sydney Morning Herald. Australian Associated Press. 12 February 1962. Retrieved 3 March 2020 – via Google News Archive.
- ^ "'Jug' McSpaden wins Philippine Open title". The Morning Call. Allentown, Pennsylvania. 8 January 1940 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "VON NIDA WINS PHILIPPINE OPEN". Evening News (Rockhampton, Qld. : 1924 - 1941). 10 January 1939. p. 12. Retrieved 28 November 2020.
- ^ "GOLF". Daily Advertiser (Wagga Wagga, NSW : 1911 - 1954). 12 January 1938. p. 8. Retrieved 28 November 2020.