Brazil Open (golf)
| Tournament information | |
|---|---|
| Location |
 Brazil |
| Established | 1945 |
| Course(s) | Itanhangá Golf Club |
| Tour(s) | PGA Tour Latinoamérica |
| Format | Stroke play |
| Prize fund | US$175,000 |
| Month played | September |
| Current champion | |
 Jorge Fernández-Valdés | |
The Brazil Open or Aberto do Brasil is an annual golf tournament held in Brazil. It was founded in 1945, and was an event on the Tour de las Américas on several occasions, most recently in 2005. It is now an event on PGA Tour Latinoamérica.
Until the early 1980s, the tournament was a popular stop for many of the worlds top professionals, and can boast major winners Sam Snead, Billy Casper, Gary Player, Raymond Floyd, Jerry Pate and Hale Irwin in addition to superstars of South American golf, Roberto de Vicenzo and Ángel Cabrera, amongst its list of champions.
The most successful player remains Mário Gonzalez, who won a total of eight titles, including seven out of nine between 1946 and 1955 (no tournament was held in 1947).
As part of the celebrations of the 500 year anniversary of the discovery of Brazil by Pedro Álvares Cabral, in 2000 the European Tour included the São Paulo and the Rio de Janeiro 500 Year Opens on their schedule. The following year the São Paulo event was again included on the European calendar, and somewhat confusingly titled the São Paulo Brazil Open.
Winners
| Year | Winner[1] | Score | Runner(s)-up | Amateur winner |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 | Jorge Fernández-Valdés | 280 (−4) |  Corey Conners,  Brad Hopfinger,  Guillermo Pereira |  |
| 2015 | Alexandre Rocha | 267 (−17) | Kent Bulle, Keith Mitchell | |
| 2014 | Rafael Becker | 262 (−14) | Ariel Cañete, Joel Dahmen | |
| 2013 | Ryan Blaum | 265 (−11) | Alan Wagner | Luis Thiele |
| 2012 | Clodomiro Carranza | 269 |  José de Jesús Rodríguez | Leonardo Conrado |
| 2011 |  Óscar Álvarez | 275 | César Costilla, Sebastián Fernández | Pepe Costa Lima |
| 2010 |  Marco Ruiz | 269 | Felipe Navarro | Felipe Navarro |
| 2009 | No tournament | |||
| 2008 | Rafael Barcellos | 280 | Alessandro Fabietti | Guilherme Oda |
| 2006–07 | No tournament | |||
| 2005 | Miguel Guzmán | 275 (−13) | Mauricio Molina, Eduardo Argiro | Joakim Thrane |
| 2004 | Philippe Gasnier | 278 | ||
| 2003 | Carlos Franco* | 281 (−3) | Eduardo Argiro | Ivo Leao |
| 2002 | No tournament | |||
| 2001 | Carlos Franco | 273 (−11) | Miguel Guzmán | Rodrigo Lacerda |
| 2000 | Jesús Amaya | 274 (−6) | Shannon Sykora | Philippe Gasnier |
| 1999 | Ángel Cabrera | |||
| 1998 | Ángel Cabrera | (−19) | Eduardo Romero | |
| 1997 | No tournament | |||
| 1996 | Ruberlei Felizardo | |||
| 1995 | Eduardo Pesenti (Am) | Eduardo Pesenti | ||
| 1994 | No tournament | |||
| 1993 | Eduardo Caballero | |||
| 1992 | Ricardo Mechereffe | |||
| 1991 | Ángel Franco | |||
| 1990 | Bruce Fleisher | tied | Pedro Martínez | |
| 1989 | No tournament | |||
| 1988 |  Carlos Larrain (Am) | Vicente Fernández, Pedro Martínez | Carlos Larrain | |
| 1987 | No tournament | |||
| 1986 | Eduardo Caballero | 277 |  Phil Harrison | |
| 1985 | Robert Lee | 272 | Eduardo Romero,  Ronan Rafferty, Miguel Ángel Martín, Adan Sowa, Horacio Carbonetti | |
| 1984 | Vicente Fernández | 277 | Jeff Hart | |
| 1983 | Vicente Fernández | 275 | Mark James | |
| 1982 | Hale Irwin | 265 | Curtis Strange, Manuel Calero | |
| 1981 | Tom Sieckmann | 284 | Jaime Gonzalez | |
| 1980 | Jerry Pate | 274 | Manuel Piñero | |
| 1979 | Fidel de Luca* | 270 | Roberto de Vicenzo | |
| 1978 | Raymond Floyd | 277 | Vicente Fernández, Steve Martin | |
| 1977 | Vicente Fernández | 274 | Lou Graham, Manuel Piñero | |
| 1976 | Juan Quinteros* | 279 | Roberto de Vicenzo | |
| 1975 | Priscillo Diniz* (Am) | 274 | Lanny Wadkins | Priscillo Diniz |
| 1974 | .svg.png){kind=small} Gary Player | 267 | Mark Hayes | |
| 1973 | Roberto de Vicenzo | 279 | Dale Hayes | |
| 1972 | Gary Player | 270 | Steve Melnyk | |
| 1971 | Bruce Fleisher* | 280 | Jaime Gonzalez Jr (Am) | Jaime Gonzalez Jr |
| 1970 | Bert Greene | 276 | Florentino Molina, Roberto de Vicenzo, Bruce Stanton | |
| 1969 | Mário Gonzalez | 280 | Roberto de Vicenzo | Roberto Monguzzi |
| 1968 |  Takashi Kono | 282 | K. Hoseichi, Hugh Baiocchi (Am) | Hugh Baiocchi |
| 1967 | Raul Travieso | 281 | Jorge Ledesma (Am) | Jorge Ledesma |
| 1966 | Rex Baxter | 277 | Ramón Sota | Bobby Cole |
| 1965 | .svg.png){kind=small} Ramón Sota | tied | Gene Littler | R. Falkenburg |
| 1964 | Roberto de Vicenzo* | 285 | Elcido Nari | N. Sozio |
| 1963 | Roberto de Vicenzo | 279 |  Dave Thomas | R. Falkenburg |
| 1962 | Bernard Hunt | 273 | Dave Thomas | M. Stanovich |
| 1961 | Peter Alliss | 272 | Mário Gonzalez | C. Sozio |
| 1960 | Roberto de Vicenzo | 271 | Mike Souchak | Roberto Benito |
| 1959 |  Billy Casper | 268 | Mário Gonzalez | Humberto Almeida |
| 1958 | Billy Casper | 270 | Leopoldo Ruiz | Roberto Benito |
| 1957 | Roberto de Vicenzo | 281 | Leopoldo Ruiz | Roberto Benito |
| 1956 | Fidel de Luca | 278 | Antonio Cerdá | Jaime Gonzalez |
| 1955 | Mário Gonzalez | 275 | Arturo Soto | Jaime Gonzalez |
| 1954 | Roberto de Vicenzo | 277 | Mário Gonzalez | Jaime Gonzalez |
| 1953 | Mário Gonzalez | 270 | Martin Pose | Jaime Gonzalez |
| 1952 | Sam Snead | 267 | Ricardo Rossi | Juan Segura* |
| 1951 | Mário Gonzalez | 272 | Roberto de Vicenzo | Julian Foster |
| 1950 | Mário Gonzalez | 270 | Roberto de Vicenzo | Jorge Simonsen |
| 1949 | Mário Gonzalez | 269 | Roberto de Vicenzo | S. Marvin |
| 1948 | Mário Gonzalez (Am) | 270 | Frank Stranahan (Am) | Mário Gonzalez |
| 1947 | No tournament | |||
| 1946 | Mário Gonzalez (Am) | 274 | Roberto de Vicenzo | Mário Gonzalez |
| 1945 | Martin Pose | 275 | Roberto de Vicenzo | Mário Gonzalez |
(Am) – Amateur
References
- ↑ "Carlos Franco To Defend in Brazil". Tour de las Américas. Retrieved 2008-12-10.