The Bahamas National Open was a professional golf tournament on the PGA Tour in 1970 and 1971. It replaced the West End Classic, which had been a satellite Latin-American Tour stop, as the PGA's tournament in the Bahamas.[1]
| Tournament information | |
|---|---|
| Location | Freeport, Bahamas |
| Established | 1970 |
| Course(s) | Lucayan Country Club |
| Par | 71 |
| Tour(s) | PGA Tour |
| Format | Stroke play |
| Prize fund | US$130,000 |
| Month played | December |
| Final year | 1971 |
| Tournament record score | |
| Aggregate | 272 Chris Blocker (1970) 272 Doug Sanders (1970) |
| To par | −16 as above |
| Final champion | |
 Bob Goalby | |
| Location map | |
  Lucayan CC Location in the Bahamas | |
In 1970, the tournament was played as the Bahama Islands Open over the Emerald Course at Kings Inn & Golf Club in Freeport, Bahamas and won by Doug Sanders in a playoff.[2] The following year, it was hosted at Lucayan Country Club in Freeport, Bahamas and won by Bob Goalby.[3] The tournament appeared on the tour schedule again in 1972, but was cancelled.[4]
Winners edit
| Year | Winner | Score | To par | Margin of victory |
Runner-up | Venue | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bahamas National Open | |||||||
| 1972 | Cancelled due to lack of funding | [4] | |||||
| 1971 | Bob Goalby |
275 | −9 | 1 stroke | George Archer |
Lucayan | [3] |
| Bahama Islands Open | |||||||
| 1970 | Doug Sanders |
272 | −16 | Playoff | Chris Blocker |
Kings (Emerald) |
[2] |
References edit
- ^ "Bahama Islands Open added to golf tour". The Record. Hackensack, New Jersey. AP. July 2, 1970. p. D–3. Retrieved May 10, 2020 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ a b "Sanders wins after play-off". The Glasgow Herald. Glasgow, Scotland. December 14, 1970. Retrieved May 10, 2020 – via Google News Archive.
- ^ a b "Goalby wins by 1, doubles his earnings". The Los Angeles Times. Los Angeles, California. UPI. December 13, 1971. p. 7 (Sport). Retrieved May 10, 2020 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ a b "Bahamas tournament cancelled". The Gazette. Montreal, Quebec, Canada. April 25, 1972. Retrieved May 10, 2020 – via Google News Archive.