Argentine Open

Argentine Open

Tournament information
Location	Argentina
Established	1905
Tour(s)	Challenge Tour Tour de las Americas
Format	Stroke play
Prize fund	$200,000
Month played	April
Tournament record score
Aggregate	264 Miguel Fernández (1988)
Current champion
Antti Ahokas

The Argentine Open or Abierto de la República or Abierto de Argentina is one of the oldest national golf open championships. First played in 1905, it has featured numerous notable winners including major champions Jimmy Demaret (1941), Lloyd Mangrum (1946), Tom Weiskopf (1979), Craig Stadler (1992), Mark Calcavecchia (1993, 1995), Mark O'Meara (1994) and Jim Furyk (1997).

The championship is part of the Tour de las Americas, also featuring on the European Tour on one occasion, in 2001. In the subsequent years, the Argentine financial crisis later in 2001 resulted in substantially reduced prize-money. Since 2005, the tournament has been a fixture on the European Challenge Tour. In 2008 it was rescheduled to April, which meant that the Argentine Open appeared twice during the 2008 Challenge Tour season.

The record for most victories is held by 1967 British Open champion Roberto DeVicenzo, who won the title on nine occasions between 1944 and 1974. The next most successful players are Vicente Fernandez, with eight victories over 32 years between 1968 and 2000, the last coming in a play-off against fellow Argentine, Eduardo Romero, and Jose Jurado, who won seven times between the 1920 and 1931.

Winners

Year	Winner	Score	Runner(s)-up	Venue
2008	Antti Ahokas	270	Martin Monguzzi	Hurlingham GC
2007	Marco Ruiz	275	Daniel Vancsik	Buenos Aires GC
2006	Rafael Echenique	277	Ángel Cabrera, Ricardo González	Pilar GC
2005	Kevin Stadler	274	Ángel Cabrera	Jockey Club
2004	José Cóceres*	278	Eduardo Romero	Buenos Aires GC
2003	Rodolfo Gonzalez*	281	Clodomiro Carranza	Olivos GC
2002	Ángel Cabrera	269	José Cóceres	Hurlingham GC
2001	Ángel Cabrera	268	Carl Pettersson	Jockey Club
2000	Vicente Fernández*	277	Eduardo Romero	Jockey Club
1999	Scott Dunlap	272	Ian Woosnam, José Cóceres	Martindale GC
1998	Raúl Fretes	271	Sergio García, Ángel Cabrera, Gustavo Mendoza	Jockey Club
1997	Jim Furyk	275	Chris DiMarco, Mathias Grönberg, Tim Hegna	Jockey Club
1996	Pedro Martínez	272	Tim Herron	Olivos GC
1995	Mark Calcavecchia*	279	Andrew Magee	Jockey Club
1994	Mark O'Meara	278	John Cook, César Monasterio	Buenos Aires GC
1993	Mark Calcavecchia	270	Miguel Guzman	Jockey Club
1992	Craig Stadler*	276	Eduardo Romero	Olivos GC
1991	Jay Don Blake	273		GC Argentino
1990	Vicente Fernandez	268	Eduardo Romero	Mar del Plata GC
1989	Eduardo Romero	275		GC Argentino
1988	Miguel Fernández	264	Vicente Fernandez	Hurlingham GC
1987	Miguel Fernández	277	Eduardo Romero	Córdoba GC
1986	Vicente Fernández	278		San Isidro GC
1985	Vicente Fernández	283		Ranelagh GC
1984	Vicente Fernández	279		Olivos GC
1983	Adan Sowa	283		San Andrés GC
1982	Jorge Soto	283	Vicente Fernández	Olivos GC
1981	Vicente Fernandez	274	Jack Ferenz	Jockey Club
1980	Gary Hallberg	280	Vicente Fernández	Jockey Club
1979	Tom Weiskopf	289	Alberto Rivadeneira	Olivos GC
1978	Adan Sowa	283		Jockey Club
1977	Florentino Molina	278	Vicente Fernández	Olivos GC
1976	Florentino Molina	274	Vicente Fernández	Jockey Club
1975	Florentino Molina	281	Roberto DeVicenzo	Lomas Atletic Club
1974	Roberto DeVicenzo	273	Vicente Fernández	Mar del Plata GC
1973	Florentino Molina	272		Hurlingham GC
1972	Fidel de Luca	283		Córdoba GC
1971	Florentino Molina	275	Vicente Fernández	Hindú Club
1970	Roberto DeVicenzo	285		Río Cuarto GC
1969	Vicente Fernández	271		Ranelagh GC
1968	Vicente Fernández	279		GC Argentino
1967	Roberto DeVicenzo	282		San Andres GC
1966	Juan Catillo	277		Jockey Club
1965	Roberto DeVicenzo	277		Hurlingham GC
1964	Elcido Nari	283		San Isidro GC
1963	Jorge Ledesma	282	Roberto DeVicenzo	GC General San Martín
1962	Ángel Miguel	285		Ituzaingó GC
1961	Fidel de Luca	287		Lomas Atletic Club
1960	Fidel de Luca	274		Mar del Plata GC
1959	Leopoldo Ruiz	289		Hindú Club
1958	Roberto DeVicenzo	278		Rosario GC
1957	Leopoldo Ruiz	284		Ranelagh GC
1956	Antonio Cerdá	281		Córdoba GC
1955	Enrique Bertolino	273	Roberto DeVicenzo	Campos Argentinos
1954	Fidel de Luca*	281		Campos Argentinos
1953	Mario Gonzalez	280	Roberto DeVicenzo	Campos Argentinos
1952	Roberto DeVicenzo	287		San Andrés GC
1951	Roberto DeVicenzo	278		San Isidro GC
1950	Martín Pose*	283		Hurlingham GC
1949	Roberto DeVicenzo	270		Olivos GC
1948	Antonio Cerdá	286		Hindú Club
1947	Enrique Bertolino	279	Roberto DeVicenzo	GC Argentino
1946	Lloyd Mangrum*	271		Jockey Club
1945	No tournament
1944	Roberto DeVicenzo	288		Ituzaingo GC
1943	Marcos Churrio	288		San Andrés GC
1942	Manuel Martín	298		Olivos GC
1941	Jimmy Demaret	279		San Isidro GC
1940	Mario González	285		GC Argentino
1939	Martín Pose*	292		Ranelagh GC
1938	Paul Runyan	282		Ituzaingó GC
1937	Henry Picard	288		San Andrés GC
1936	John Cruickshank	290		Olivos GC
1935	John Cruickshank	295		GC Argentino
1934	Marcos Churrio	285		GC Argentino
1933	Martín Pose	292		Ituzaingó GC
1932	Andrés A Pérez	297		Ranelagh GC
1931	Jose Jurado	289		Jockey Club
1930	Tomás Genta	288		San Andrés GC
1929	Jose Jurado	292		Ituzaingó GC
1928	Jose Jurado	293		San Andrés GC
1927	Jose Jurado	298		Lomas Atletic Club
1926	Marcos Churrio	294		GC Argentino
1925	Jose Jurado	320		Lomas Atletic Club
1924	Jose Jurado	291		San Andrés GC
1923	Andrés A Pérez	302		San Andrés GC
1922	Andrés A Pérez	300		San Andrés GC
1921	Andrés A Pérez	303		GC Argentino
1920	Jose Jurado	307		San Andrés GC
1919	Raúl Castillo	307		GC Argentino
1918	Juan Eustace	328		San Andrés GC
1917	Lágrima González			Lomas Atletic Club
1916	Lágrima González			GC Argentino
1915	Lágrima González	305		GC Argentino
1914	Raúl Castillo	318		San Andrés GC
1913	Alex Philip	328		San Andrés GC
1912	Mungo Park	308		San Andrés GC
1911	Rodolfo Castillo	301		San Andrés GC
1910	Alex Philip	306		GC Argentino
1909	Raúl Castillo	317		San Andrés GC
1908	Frank Sutton	307		Buenos Aires GC
1907	Mungo Park	305		Buenos Aires GC
1906	J. Avery Wright	158		Buenos Aires GC
1905	Mungo Park	167		Buenos Aires GC

* - denotes victory following a play-off

External links

• Coverage on the Challenge Tour's official site
• Tour de las Americas - official site