Philippine Open (golf)
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 and Asia's oldest national golf open. It was last played in 2018. The most distinguished golfer who has won the tournament is five-time British Open champion Peter Thomson of Australia.
| Tournament information | |
|---|---|
| Location |  |
| Established | 1913 |
| Course(s) | The Country Club, Santa Rosa, Laguna |
| Par | 72 |
| Tour(s) | Asian Tour (1999–2015) Asia Golf Circuit (1962–1998) |
| Format | Stroke play |
| Prize fund | US$500,000 |
| Month played | April |
| Current champion | |
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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. In 2014, the prize fund was $300,000.
Winners
| Year | Venue | Champion | Country | Winning score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019[1] | The Country Club | Clyde Mondilla | | 290 (+2) |
| 2018 | The Country Club | Miguel Tabuena | | 289 (+1) |
| 2017 | The Country Club | Steve Lewton |  | 287 (−1) |
| 2016 | No tournament | |||
| 2015 | Luisita Golf Club | Miguel Tabuena | | 202 (−14)^ |
| 2014 | Wack Wack G&CC | Marcus Both | .svg.png){kind=small} | 282 (−6) |
| 2013 | No tournament | |||
| 2012 | Wack Wack G&CC | Mardan Mamat |  | 280 (−8) |
| 2011 | Wack Wack G&CC | Berry Henson |  | 283 (−5) |
| 2010 | Valley Golf & Country Club | Artemio Murakami | | 277 (−11) |
| 2009 | Mount Malarayat G&CC | Elmer Salvador | | 271 (−17) |
| 2008 | Wack Wack G&CC | Angelo Que | | 283 (−5) |
| 2007 | Wack Wack G&CC | Frankie Miñoza | | 278 (−10) |
| 2006 | Wack Wack G&CC | Scott Strange | | 280 (−8) |
| 2005 | Mount Malayarat G&CC | Adam Le Vesconte | | 272 (−12) |
| 2004 | Riviera G&CC | Edward Michaels | | 282 (−2) |
| 2003 | No tournament | |||
| 2002 | Wack Wack G&CC | Rick Gibson | .svg.png){kind=small} | 283 (−5) |
| 2001 | Wack Wack G&CC | Felix Casas | | |
| 2000 | Riviera G&CC | Gerald Rosales | | |
| 1999 | Manila Southwoods G&CC | Anthony Kang |  | 273 |
| 1998 | Riviera G&CC | Frankie Miñoza | | 278[2] |
| 1997 | Camp John Hay GC | Kevin Wentworth | | 259 (−13)[3] |
| 1996 | Manila Southwoods G&CC | Rob Whitlock | | 278 |
| 1995 | Apo Golf and Country Club | Carlos Espinosa |  | 282 |
| 1994 | Manila Southwoods G&CC | Carlos Franco |  | 280 |
| 1993 | Manila Southwoods G&CC | Yeh Chang-Ting |  | 281 |
| 1992 | Puerto Azul GC[4] | Wang Ter-chang | | 289 |
| 1991 | Valley Golf & Country Club | Dennis Paulson | | 281 |
| 1990 | Puerto Azul GC | Robert Pactolerin | | 287 |
| 1989 | Puerto Azul GC | Emlyn Aubrey | | 276 |
| 1988 | Wack Wack G & CC | Hsieh Chin Seng | | 283 |
| 1987 | Wack Wack G & CC | Brian Tennyson | | 288 |
| 1986 | Villamor Golf Club | Mario Manubay | | 280 (−8) |
| 1985 | Mark Aebli | | 290 | |
| 1984 | Rudy Labares | | 272 | |
| 1983 | Valley Golf & Country Club | Lu Hsi-chuen | | 277 |
| 1982 | Wack Wack G&CC | Hsieh Min-Nan | | 292 |
| 1981 | Valley Golf & Country Club | Tom Sieckmann | | 287 |
| 1980 | Wack Wack G&CC | Lu Hsi-chuen | | 287 |
| 1979 | Wack Wack G&CC | Ben Arda | | 286 |
| 1978 | Wack Wack G&CC | Lu Liang-Huan | | 278 |
| 1977 | Wack Wack G&CC | Hsieh Yung-yo | | 281 |
| 1976 | Wack Wack G&CC | Qiuntin Mancao | | 281 |
| 1975 | Valley Golf & Country Club | Kuo Chie-Hsiung | | 276 |
| 1974 | Wack Wack G&CC | Lu Liang-Huan | | 281 |
| 1973 | Wack Wack G&CC | Kim Seung Hak | | 289 |
| 1972 | Wack Wack G&CC | Hideyo Sugimoto |  | 286 |
| 1971 | Wack Wack G&CC | Chen Chien Chung | | 282 |
| 1970 | Wack Wack G&CC | Hsieh Yung-yo | | 282 |
| 1969 | Wack Wack G&CC | Haruo Yasuda | | 283 |
| 1968 | Wack Wack G&CC | Hsu Chi San | | 278 |
| 1967 | Wack Wack G&CC | Hsu Sheng-san (a) | | 283 (−5) |
| 1966 | Wack Wack G&CC | Luis Silverio (a) | | 287 |
| 1965 | Wack Wack G&CC | Lu Liang-Huan | | 288 |
| 1964 | Wack Wack G&CC | Peter Thomson | | 285 |
| 1963 | Wack Wack G&CC | Ben Arda | | 289 |
| 1962 | Wack Wack G&CC | Celestino Tugot | | 284 |
| 1961 | Wack Wack G&CC | Ben Arda | | 286 |
| 1960 | Wack Wack G&CC | Frank Phillips | | 291 |
| 1959 | Iloilo GC | Bruce Crampton | | |
| 1958 | Iloilo GC | Celestino Tugot | | |
| 1957 | Iloilo GC | Celestino Tugot | | |
| 1956 | Wack Wack G&CC | Celestino Tugot | | |
| 1955 | Iloilo GC | Celestino Tugot | | 284 |
| 1954 | Iloilo GC | Larry Montes | | |
| 1953 | Iloilo GC | Larry Montes | | 281 |
| 1952 | Iloilo GC | Lloyd Mangrum | | |
| 1951 | Iloilo GC | Larry Montes | | |
| 1950 | Iloilo GC | Ed Oliver | | |
| 1949 | Iloilo GC | Celestino Tugot | | |
| 1948 | Iloilo GC | Larry Montes | | |
| 1945-47 | No tournament | |||
| 1944 | Iloilo GC | Larry Montes | | |
| 1943 | Iloilo GC | Larry Montes | | |
| 1942 | Iloilo GC | Larry Montes | | |
| 1941 | Iloilo GC | Larry Montes | | |
| 1940 | Iloilo GC | Harold "Jug" McSpaden | | 287[5] |
| 1939 | Iloilo GC | Norman Von Nida | | 292 |
| 1938 | Iloilo GC | Norman Von Nida | | |
| 1937 | Iloilo GC | Larry Montes | | |
| 1936 | Iloilo GC | Larry Montes | | |
| 1935 | Iloilo GC | Guillermo A. Navaja | | |
| 1934 | Manila GC | Casiano Decena | | |
| 1933 | Manila GC | Sidney Baxter | | |
| 1932 | Manila GC | Larry Montes | | |
| 1930-31 | No tournament | |||
| 1929 | Manila GC | Larry Montes | | |
| 1928 | Manila GC | J.S. Moore (a) | | |
| 1927 | Manila GC | J.R.H. Mason (a) | | |
| 1926 | Manila GC | E.L. Benedict (a) | | |
| 1925 | Manila GC | W.J. Jameson (a) | | |
| 1924 | Manila GC | G.M. Ivory (a) | | |
| 1923 | Manila GC | E.A. Noyes (a) | | |
| 1922 | Manila GC | Walter Z. Smith (a) | | |
| 1921 | Manila GC | J.R.H. Mason (a) | | |
| 1920 | Manila GC | Ian Collier Trotter MacGregor (a) |  | |
| 1919 | Manila GC | Ian Collier Trotter MacGregor (a) | | |
| 1918 | Manila GC | J.R.H. Mason (a) | | |
| 1917 | Manila GC | W. Young (a) | | |
| 1916 | Manila GC | Johnny Grieve (a) | | |
| 1915 | Manila GC | W.J. Adams (a) | | |
| 1914 | Manila GC | J.R.H. Mason (a) | | |
| 1913 | Manila GC | J.R.H. Mason (a) | | |
^ rain shortened to 54 holes[6]
Multiple winners
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)
References
- "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
- "'Jug' McSpaden wins Philippine Open title". The Morning Call. Allentown, Pennsylvania. 8 January 1940 – via Newspapers.com.
- "Tabuena seals emphatic win #PhilippineOpen". Asian Tour. 20 December 2015.
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