Mexican Open (golf)

Mexico Open
Tournament information
Location	Vallarta, Mexico
Established	1944
Course(s)	Vidanta Vallarta
Tour(s)	PGA Tour; PGA Tour Latinoamérica; Web.com Tour; Challenge Tour; Tour de las Américas
Format	Stroke play
Prize fund	US$7,300,000
Month played	April/May
Tournament record score
Aggregate	262 Austin Smotherman (2018)
To par	−23 (2015); −23 Álvaro Ortiz (2021)
Current champion
	Álvaro Ortiz
Location Map
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The Mexican Open (Spanish: Abierto Mexicano de Golf), also known as the Mexico Open and Abierto Mexicano de Golf, is the national open golf tournament of Mexico.

History[]

It was first played in 1944 at the Club de Golf Chapultepec. It was an event on the Tour de las Américas between 2003 and 2006, being co-sanctioned by the European Challenge Tour from 2004 to 2006. It became a Nationwide Tour event in 2008,^[1] and was rescheduled from December to January, which resulted in no tournament in 2007. In 2009, due to the outbreak of swine flu, the Mexican Open was rescheduled from May to September.^[2]^[3] In 2013, the tournament was moved to March and became an official event for PGA Tour Latinoamérica. The tournament would also be moved to Club de Golf Mexico. In 2022, the event will become part of the PGA Tour, with a purse of $7.3 million, and awarding 500 FedEx Cup points to the winner.^[4]

Winners[]

Year	Tour(s)^[a]	Winner	Score	To par	Margin of victory	Runner(s)-up	Venue
Mexico Open
2022	PGAT						Vidanta Vallarta
Abierto Mexicano de Golf
2021	PTLA	Álvaro Ortiz	265	−23	3 strokes		Estrella del Mar
2020	PTLA	No tournament due to the COVID-19 pandemic
2019	PTLA		263	−17	2 strokes		Tijuana
2018	PTLA	Austin Smotherman	262	−18	4 strokes		Tijuana
2017: No tournament
Mexico Open
2016	PTLA	Sebastián Vázquez	268	−16	Playoff	Augusto Núñez	Aguascalientes
2015	PTLA		265	−23	1 stroke		Aguascalientes
TransAmerican Power Products CRV Mexico Open
2014	PTLA	Óscar David Álvarez	271	−17	1 stroke	Nelson Ledesma	Chapultepec
Abierto Mexicano de Golf
2013	PTLA	Ted Purdy	281	−7	1 stroke	David Vanegas	Mexico
Mexico Open
2012	WEB	Lee Williams	274	−14	1 stroke	Paul Haley II	León
2011	NWT	Erik Compton	271	−17	2 strokes	Richard H. Lee	León
Mexico Open Bicentenary
2010	NWT	Jamie Lovemark	276	−12	Playoff		León
Mexico Open
2009	NWT	Troy Merritt	273	−15	Playoff	Adam Bland	León
2008	NWT	Jarrod Lyle	267	−17	4 strokes	Matt Every	Tres Marias
2007: No tournament
Abierto Mexicano Corona
2006	CHA, TLA	Fabrizio Zanotti	275	−9	1 stroke		La Hacienda
2005	CHA, TLA		275	−9	1 stroke	Rafael Gómez	La Hacienda
Abierto Mexicano de Golf
2004	CHA, TLA	Rafael Gómez	270	−14	2 strokes	Eduardo Herrera	La Hacienda
Mexican Open
2003	TLA	Eduardo Herrera	278	−10			Moon Palace
2002			273	−11	1 stroke		La Hacienda
2001: No tournament
2000		Esteban Toledo	271			Robin Freeman	México
1999		Stewart Cink (2)	271				México
1998		Eduardo Romero	269			Scott Simpson	México
1997		Frank Nobilo	273				México
1996		Stewart Cink	272			Bob Tway	México
1995		John Cook	273			Scott Verplank	México
1994		Chris Perry	274			Bob Tway	México
1993		Fred Funk	268			Donnie Hammond	La Hacienda
1992		Tom Sieckmann	268			Steve Elkington	La Hacienda
1991		Jay Haas	277			Ed Fiori	Chapultepec
1990		Bob Lohr	269	−19	4 strokes		La Hacienda
1985–1989: No tournament
1984			274			Tommy Armour III Rick Cramer	Tijuana
1983		Tommy Armour III	280				Tijuana
1982: No tournament
1981		Ben Crenshaw	273			Raymond Floyd	Chapultepec
1980		David Graham	279			Jerry Pate	Bellavista
1978–79: No tournament
1977		Billy Casper	274	−6	3 strokes	Gay Brewer	Chiluca
1976		Ernesto Pérez Acosta (2)	273			Victor Regalado	La Hacienda
1975		Lee Trevino (2)	275			Ernesto Pérez Acosta Larry Ziegler	La Hacienda
1974			280			Lee Trevino	Chapultepec
1973		Lee Trevino	281			Victor Regalado	Bellavista
1972: No tournament
1971		Ángel Gallardo	275			Billy Maxwell	México
1970		Ernesto Pérez Acosta	280				Bellavista
1967–69: No tournament
1966		Bob McCallister	278			Dudley Wysong	Monterrey
1965		Homero Blancas	284			Lee Trevino	Bellavista
1964		Art Wall Jr.	276			Roberto De Vicenzo	México
1963		Al Balding	279			Richard Crawford Billy Maxwell	La Hacienda
1962		Tony Lema (2)	281				La Hacienda
1961		Tony Lema	280			Antonio Cerdá	México
1960		Howie Johnson	273			Billy Maxwell	Chapultepec
1959		Ángel Miguel	273			Tommy Jacobs	Chapultepec
1958		Antonio Cerdá	279			Roberto De Vicenzo	Chapultepec
1957		Bob Rosburg	272			George Bayer	Chapultepec
1956		Billy Maxwell	264			Roberto De Vicenzo	Chapultepec
1955		Roberto De Vicenzo (3)	271			Tony Holguin	Chapultepec
1954		Johnny Palmer	286			Roberto De Vicenzo	México
1953		Roberto De Vicenzo (2)	267			Cary Middlecoff	Chapultepec
1952		Bobby Locke	275			Roberto De Vicenzo Jimmy Demaret	Mexicali
1951		Roberto De Vicenzo	267			Al Besselink	Chapultepec
1950		Tony Holguin (2)	280				Chapultepec
1949		Tony Holguin	200			Jimmy Demaret Sam Snead	Chapultepec
1948: No tournament
1947		Al Espinosa (4)	292			(a)	Chapultepec
1946		Al Espinosa (3)	286				Chapultepec
1945		Al Espinosa (2)	290				Chapultepec
1944		Al Espinosa	281			(a)	Chapultepec

^ CHA − Challenge Tour; NWT/WEB − Nationwide Tour/Web.com Tour; PGAT − PGA Tour; PTLA − PGA Tour Latinoamérica; TLA − Tour de las Américas.

References[]

^ "Mexico Open joins Nationwide Tour schedule in 2008". PGA Tour. October 5, 2007. Retrieved March 12, 2013.
^ "Mexico Open rescheduled due to swine flu". PGA Tour. April 29, 2009. Retrieved March 12, 2013.
^ "Mexico Open rescheduled for first week of September". PGA Tour. May 22, 2009. Retrieved March 12, 2013.
^ "Vidanta Vallarta in Vallarta, México to host Mexico Open". PGA Tour. 8 November 2021. Retrieved 8 November 2021.

External links[]

[5] CHA − Challenge Tour; NWT/WEB − Nationwide Tour/Web.com Tour; PGAT − PGA Tour; PTLA − PGA Tour Latinoamérica; TLA − Tour de las Américas.

[1] "Mexico Open joins Nationwide Tour schedule in 2008". PGA Tour. October 5, 2007. Retrieved March 12, 2013.

[2] "Mexico Open rescheduled due to swine flu". PGA Tour. April 29, 2009. Retrieved March 12, 2013.

[3] "Mexico Open rescheduled for first week of September". PGA Tour. May 22, 2009. Retrieved March 12, 2013.

[PGATour2022Announcement-4] "Vidanta Vallarta in Vallarta, México to host Mexico Open". PGA Tour. 8 November 2021. Retrieved 8 November 2021.

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