The Center Open, or Abierto del Centro, is one of the major regional open golf tournaments in Argentina. Founded in 1927, it has always been held at the Córdoba Golf Club in Córdoba.

Abierto del Centro
Tournament information
LocationCórdoba, Argentina
Established1927
Course(s)Córdoba Golf Club
Par71
Length6,878 yards (6,289 m)
Tour(s)Challenge Tour
PGA Tour Latinoamérica
Tour de las Américas
TPG Tour
FormatStroke play
Prize fundAR$8,000,000
Month playedApril
Tournament record score
Aggregate270 Ángel Franco (1992)
270 Ángel Cabrera (2001)
270 Tom Whitney (2019)
To par−14 Tom Whitney (2019)
Current champion
Argentina Nelson Ledesma
Location map
Córdoba GC is located in Argentina
Córdoba GC
Córdoba GC
Location in Argentina

In 2001, Ángel Cabrera set the course record of 60 in the final round, and also equalled the tournament record aggregate score of 270, set by Ángel Franco in 1992. Roberto De Vicenzo won seven titles between 1943 and 1974.

The 2022 event, played on PGA Tour Latinoamérica in April, was renamed in memory of Eduardo Romero; who had died in February earlier that year.[1]

Winners

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Year Tour(s)[a] Winner Score To par Margin of
victory
Runner(s)-up
Abierto del Centro
2023 TPG   Nelson Ledesma 270 −14 1 stroke   Ignacio Marino
2022 PGATLA   Alejandro Tosti 274 −10 8 strokes   Clodomiro Carranza
Abierto OSDE del Centro
2021 TPG   César Costilla (2) 274 −10 4 strokes   Nelson Ledesma
2020 PGATLA No tournament due to the COVID-19 pandemic
2019 PGATLA   Tom Whitney 270 −14 1 stroke   Nicolo Galletti
2018 PGATLA   Cristóbal del Solar 272 −12 5 strokes   M. J. Maguire
  Marcelo Rozo
2017 PGATLA   Nelson Ledesma 275 −9 3 strokes   Hank Lebioda
  Paulo Pinto
2016 PGATLA   Anthony Paolucci 276 −8 4 strokes   Joe Affrunti
  Case Cochran
  John Kim
  Charlie Saxon
  Eric Steger
  Felipe Velazquez
2015 PGATLA   Tommy Cocha 275 −9 4 strokes   Ángel Cabrera
  Steven Fox
2014 PGATLA   William Kropp 276 −8 1 stroke   Ángel Cabrera
2013 PGATLA   Ángel Cabrera (8) 284 E Playoff   Rafael Gómez
2012 TLA, TPG   César Costilla 280 −4 1 stroke   César Monasterio
2011 TLA, TPG   Héctor Céspedes 279 −5 Playoff   Joaquín Estévez
Abierto del Centro
2010 TLA, TPG   Andrés Romero 274 −10 4 strokes   Ángel Cabrera
2009 TLA, TPG   Fabián Gómez 273 −11 4 strokes   Ricardo González
Abierto Visa del Centro
2008 CHA, TLA, TPG   Estanislao Goya 272 −12 Playoff   Gary Boyd
2007 TLA, TPG   Ángel Cabrera (7) 279 −5 2 strokes   Raúl Fretes
2006 ARG, TLA   Ángel Cabrera (6) 275 −9 Playoff   Eduardo Romero
Abierto del Centro
2005   Ángel Cabrera (5) 276 −8   Andrés Romero
2004   Carlos Franco 273 −11   Andrés Romero
2003   Ariel Cañete 273 −11   Daniel Vancsik
2002: No tournament
2001   Ángel Cabrera (4) 270   Eduardo Romero
2000   Ángel Cabrera (3) 275   Ricardo González
  Rafael Gómez
1999   Eduardo Romero (7) 272   Henrik Stenson
1998   Joakim Haeggman 276   Dudley Hart
1997   Ángel Cabrera (2) 272   Eduardo Romero
1996   Eduardo Romero (6) 204   Ángel Cabrera
1995   Eduardo Romero (5) 279
1994   Ángel Cabrera 277   Eduardo Romero
  Armando Saavedra
1993   Jorge Berendt 272   Ángel Cabrera
  Kirk Triplett
1992   Ángel Franco 270
1991   Eduardo Romero (4) 280   Jorge Soto
1990   Eduardo Romero (3) 279
1989   Jorge Soto 279   José Cóceres
1988   Eduardo Romero (2) 274   Adan Sowa
1987   Miguel Fernández 278   Luis Carbonetti
1986   Luis Carbonetti (3) 285
1985   Luis Carbonetti (2) 281   Armando Saavedra
1984   Eduardo Romero 276   Armando Saavedra
1983   Luis Carbonetti (a) 282   Eduardo Romero
1982   Adan Sowa 284   Florentino Molina
1981   Florentino Molina (2) 286
1980   Andy North 277   Luis Carbonetti (a)
1978–79: No tournament
1977   Juan Carlos Molina (2) 291   Juan Quinteros
  Roberto Monguzzi (a)
1976: No tournament
1975   Juan Carlos Molina 284   Jorge Soto
1974   Roberto De Vicenzo (7) 280   Jorge Soto
1973   Roberto De Vicenzo (6) 284
1972   Roberto De Vicenzo (5) 285
1971   Florentino Molina 280   Juan Carlos Cabrera
1970   Vicente Fernández 277
1969   Orlando Tudino 284   Carlos Ordoñes
1968   Fidel de Luca (2) 277   Roberto Monguzzi (a)
1967   Roberto De Vicenzo (4) 283
1966   Leopoldo Ruiz (4) 283
1965   Roberto De Vicenzo (3) 283
1964   Leopoldo Ruiz (3) 293
1963   Juan Quinteros 288
1962   Roberto De Vicenzo (2) 290   Angel Monguzzi (a)
1961   Leopoldo Ruiz (2) 279
1960   Leopoldo Ruiz 287
1959   Enrique Bertolino (3) 282
1958   Fidel de Luca 279
1957   Juan Das Neves 291
1956   Martin Pose (8) 284   Leopoldo Ruiz
1955   Antonio Cerdá (3) 288   Arturo Soto
1954   Martin Pose (7) 280   Roberto De Vicenzo
1953   Antonio Cerdá (2) 278   Juan Segura (a)
1952   Antonio Cerdá 288   Enrique Bertolino
1951   Enrique Bertolino (3) 282   Sebastian Nicolosi
1950   Martin Pose (6) 287   Antonio Cerdá
1949   Enrique Bertolino (2) 287   Juan Anzaldo
1948   Eduardo Blasi (2) 295   Arturo Soto
1947   Martin Pose (5) 283   Leonardo Nicolosi
1946   Martin Pose (4) 288
1945   Leonardo Nicolosi 283
1944   Martin Pose (3) 290
1943   Roberto De Vicenzo 285
1942   Eduardo Blasi 288
1941   Sam Snead 280   Jimmy Demaret
1940   Ernesto Caserio 288
1939   Martin Pose (2) 276
1938   Juan Martínez 286
1937   Emilio Dunazet 292
1936   José Jurado 282
1935   Emilio Serra (3) 284
1934   Emilio Serra (2) 289   Marcos Churio
1933   Martin Pose 282   Marcos Churio
1932   Emilio Serra 289   Armando Blasi
1931   Marcos Churio 277
1930   Fred Robertson 294   Hector Bozzachi
1929   José Jurado 284   George Gadd
  Pedro Churio
1928: No tournament
1927   Hector Bozzachi 300   José Jurado

Notes

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References

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  1. ^ Villalobos, Gregory (30 March 2022). "Abierto del Centro returns in memory of local icon Eduardo Romero". PGA Tour. Retrieved 20 April 2022.
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