Philippine Open (golf)
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| Tournament information | |
|---|---|
| Location | Santa Rosa, Laguna, Philippines |
| Established | 1913 |
| Course(s) | The Country Club |
| Par | 72 |
| Length | 7,650 yards (7,000 m) |
| Tour(s) | Asian Tour Asia Golf Circuit OneAsia Tour Philippine Golf Tour 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 | |
.svg)  The Country Club 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
[edit]The event was held in a variety of different golf courses around the Philippines and was an official money event on the Asian Tour from 1999 to 2015, having previously been a founding tournament on the Asia Golf Circuit. In March 2006 the National Golf Association of the Philippines granted all marketing rights for the tournament from 2006 to 2010 to the Asian Tour, which announced an aspiration to increase the prize fund from the 2006 level of 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
[edit]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
[edit]
Multiple winners
[edit]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)
See also
[edit]Notes
[edit]- ^ AGC/FEC − Asia Golf Circuit/Far East Circuit; ASA − Asian Tour; ONE − OneAsia Tour; PGTA − PGT Asia; PHI − Philippine Golf Tour.
- ^ Shortened to 54 holes due to rain.
- ^ a b c d In 1979 and between 1984 and 1986, the event was sanctioned by the Asia Golf Circuit, however it was an unofficial money event; therefore the win is considered unofficial on that tour.
References
[edit]- ^ "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. 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.