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