El Paso Open (PGA Tour)
Tournament information | |
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Location | El Paso, Texas |
Established | 1927 |
Course(s) | El Paso Country Club |
Par | 72 |
Tour(s) | PGA Tour |
Format | Stroke play |
Prize fund | US$20,000 |
Month played | September |
Final year | 1959 |
Tournament record score | |
Aggregate | 269 Cary Middlecoff (1952) |
To par | –15 as above |
Final champion | |
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Location map | |
Location in the United States Location in Texas |
The El Paso Open was a golf tournament on the PGA Tour in the late 1920s and the 1950s. It was played at the El Paso Country Club in El Paso, Texas. In 1929, Bill Mehlhorn won with a score of 271, then a record for a 72-hole tournament.[1]
Winners
[edit]Year | Winner | Score | To par | Margin of victory |
Runner(s)-up | Ref. |
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1959 | ![]() |
273 | −15 | 4 strokes | ![]() ![]() |
[2] |
1954–1958: No tournament | ||||||
1953 | ![]() |
278 | −6 | Playoff | ![]() |
[3] |
1952 | ![]() |
269 | −15 | 3 strokes | ![]() |
[4] |
1930–1951: No tournament | ||||||
1929 | ![]() |
271 | −17 | 6 strokes | ![]() |
[1] |
1928 | ![]() |
293 | 1 stroke | ![]() |
[5] | |
1927 | ![]() |
288 | −4 | 4 strokes | ![]() ![]() |
[6] |
See also
[edit]- El Paso Open (a Ben Hogan Tour event)
References
[edit]- ^ a b "Mehlhorn Sets World Record". Youngstown Vindicator. Ohio. AP. January 21, 1929. p. 10. Retrieved April 27, 2011.
- ^ "Furgol Fires 65 To Win In El Paso". The Modesto Bee. California. AP. September 21, 1959. p. B-4. Retrieved April 27, 2011.
- ^ "Chandler Harper Wins Playoff From Ted Kroll". The Free Lance-Star. Fredericksburg, Virginia. AP. February 10, 1953. p. 7. Retrieved April 27, 2011.
- ^ "Middlecoff First At El Paso". Eugene Register-Guard. Oregon. AP. February 11, 1952. p. 10. Retrieved April 27, 2011.
- ^ "Nabholtz Wins El Paso Open; Smith Second". Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. Pennsylvania. United News. January 23, 1928. p. 14. Retrieved April 27, 2011.
- ^ "Armour Takes El Paso Open". Youngstown Vindicator. Ohio. AP. January 24, 1927. p. 13. Retrieved April 27, 2011.
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