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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
England Richard McEvoy
Location map
Coronado Beach & Golf Resort is located in Panama
Coronado Beach & Golf Resort
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

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Year Tour(s)[a] Winner Score To par Margin of
victory		 Runner(s)-up Ref.
Panasonic Panama Open
2004 CHA, TLA   Richard McEvoy 277 −11 1 stroke   Marco Ruiz [3]
Samsung Panama Open
2003 TLA   Charles Warren 284 −4 1 stroke   Ken Duke [4]
Panasonic Panama Open
2002 CAN[b]   Mario Tiziani 273 −15 Playoff   David Kirkpatrick
  Chad Wright		 [5]
2001 CAN   Steve Runge 272 −16 2 strokes   Jonathan Byrd [6]
Panama Open
2000   Steve Haskins  
1999   Gustavo Mendoza Playoff   Sonny Skinner
1998   Bob Friend 281 −7 Playoff   Rick Todd [7]
1997   Garrett Willis Playoff   Clark Dennis [8]
1996   Jaime Gomez 210[c] −6 Playoff   Rafael Alarcón
  Joe Cioe		 [9]
1983–1995: No tournament
1982   George Burns 275 [10]
1981   Curtis Strange 204[c] [10]
1980   Bruce Fleisher 267 [10]
1979   Butch Baird (3)
  Chi-Chi Rodríguez		 267 Title shared[d] [10]
1975–1978: No tournament
1974   Roberto De Vicenzo (5) 265 −23 7 strokes   Florentino Molina [11]
1973   Roberto De Vicenzo (4) 271 −17 8 strokes   Peter Oosterhuis [12]
1972   Lu Liang-Huan 279 −9 2 strokes   Rogelio González
  Luis Carlos Pinto		 [13]
1971   Roberto De Vicenzo (3) 273 −15 4 strokes   Peter Townsend [14]
1970   Herb Hooper 275 −13 2 strokes   Jay Dolan [15]
1969   Butch Baird (2) 276 −12 Playoff   Rogelio González
  Bob Ross		 [16]
1968   Butch Baird 267 −21 11 strokes   Wes Ellis
  Vicente Fernández		 [17]
1967   Bert Weaver 274 −14 3 strokes   Art Wall Jr. [18]
1966   Wilf Homenuik 283 −5 1 stroke   Stan Mosel [19]
1965   Art Wall Jr. 277 −11 4 strokes   Wes Ellis [20]
1964: No tournament
1963   George Knudson 280 −8 4 strokes   Joe Jimenez
  Ernie Vossler		 [21]
1962   Jim Ferree 277 −11 1 stroke   Billy Maxwell [22]
1961   Pete Cooper (2) 273 −15 5 strokes   Ernie Vossler [23]
1960   Ernie Vossler 269 −19 3 strokes   Dow Finsterwald [24]
1959   Pete Cooper 274 −14 3 strokes   Don January [25]
1958   Bob Watson 271 −17 1 stroke   Art Wall Jr. [26]
1957   Doug Ford 277 −11 2 strokes   Dow Finsterwald [27]
1956   Arnold Palmer 283 −5 Playoff   Sam Snead [28]
1955   Antonio Cerdá 273 −15 1 stroke   Roberto De Vicenzo
  Arnold Palmer		 [29]
1954   Sam Snead 271 −17 6 strokes   Roberto De Vicenzo [30]
1953   Roberto De Vicenzo (2) 274 −14 3 strokes   Charlie Harper
  Clayton Heafner
  Sam Snead		 [31]
1952   Roberto De Vicenzo 282 −6 3 strokes   Sam Snead [32]
1951   Johnny MacMurray (a) (4) 284 −4 3 strokes   Raúl Posse
  Gene Kunes
  Harvey Breaux (a)		 [33]
1950   Raúl Posse 284 [10]
1949   Johnny MacMurray (a) (3) 288 [10]
1948   Johnny MacMurray (a) (2) 283 [34]
1947   Herb Mitten (a) 293 [10]
1946   Charlie Grant 299 [10]
1945   Tony Tiso (2) 291 [10]
1944   Marion Reid (a) 299 [10]
1943   Tony Tiso (2) 291 [10]
1942   Lou Barbaro 297 [10]
1941   Al Escalante 298 [10]
1940   Johnny MacMurray (a) 301 [10]
1939   Jimmy Vincent (2) 301 [10]
1939   Jimmy Vincent 304 [10]

See also

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Notes

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  1. ^ CAN − Canadian Tour; CHA − Challenge Tour; TLA − Tour de las Américas.
  2. ^ In 2002, the event was sanctioned by the Canadian Tour, but did not count towards the Order of Merit.
  3. ^ a b 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.

References

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  12. ^ "Oosterhuis Second". The Glasgow Herald. Glasgow, Scotland. Reuter. 20 February 1973. p. 4. Retrieved 6 May 2020 – via Google News Archive.
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  22. ^ "Jim Ferree Gains Title". Youngstown Vindicator. Youngstown, Ohio. AP. 12 February 1962. p. 20. Retrieved 6 May 2020 – via Google News Archive.
  23. ^ "Cooper Captures Panama Tourney". Youngstown Vindicator. Youngstown, Ohio. AP. 13 February 1961. p. 11. Retrieved 6 May 2020 – via Google News Archive.
  24. ^ "Vossler Wins Panama Open". Daytona Beach Morning Journal. Daytona Beach, Florida. AP. 15 February 1960. p. 13. Retrieved 6 May 2020 – via Google News Archive.
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