Mexican Open

Mexican Open

Tournament information
Location	Mexico
Established	1944
Course(s)	El Bosque Golf Club
Tour(s)	Nationwide Tour
Format	Stroke play
Prize fund	$700,000
Month played	June
Tournament record score
Aggregate	264 Billy Maxwell (1956)
Current champion
Erik Compton

The Mexican Open or Abierto Mexicano de Golf is the national open golf tournament of Mexico. It was first played in 1944 at the Club de Golf Chapultepec. It was an event on the Tour de las Americas between 2003 and 2006, being co-sanctioned by the European Challenge Tour from 2004. It became a Nationwide Tour event in 2008, 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.^[1][2]

Winners

Year	Venue	Winner	Score	Runner(s)-up
2011	El Bosque Golf Club León	Erik Compton	271 (-17)	Richard H. Lee
2010	El Bosque Golf Club León	Jamie Lovemark	276 (-12)	B. J. Staten
2009	El Bosque Golf Club León	Troy Merritt	273 (-15)	Adam Bland
2008	Tres Marias	Jarrod Lyle	267 (-17)	Matt Every
2007	No tournament due to rescheduling from December to January
2006	La Hacienda	Fabrizio Zanotti	275 (-9)	Daniel De Leon
2005	La Hacienda	Antonio Maldonado	275 (-9)	Rafael Gómez, Mickael Dieu
2004	La Hacienda	Rafael Gómez	270 (-14)	Eduardo Herrera
2003	Moon Palace Resort	Eduardo Herrera	278 (-10)	Jeff Burns, Eduardo Argiro
2002	La Hacienda	Pablo Fernandez	273	David Howser
2001	No tournament
2000	México	Esteban Toledo	271	Robin Freeman
1999	México	Stewart Cink	271	Oscar Serna
1998	México	Eduardo Romero	269	Scott Simpson
1997	México	Frank Nobilo	273
1996	México	Stewart Cink	272	Bob Tway
1995	México	John Cook	273	Bob Tway
1994	México	Chris Perry	274
1993	La Hacienda	Fred Funk	268	Donnie Hammond
1992	La Hacienda	Tom Sieckmann	268	John Cook
1991	Chapultepec	Jay Haas	277	Ed Fiori
1990	La Hacienda	Bob Lohr	269
1985–89	No tournament
1984	Tijuana	Danny Mijovic	278
1983	Tijuana	Tommy Armour III	280
1982	No tournament
1981	Chapultepec	Ben Crenshaw	281
1980	Bellavista	David Graham	279	Jerry Pate
1978–79	No tournament
1977	Chiluca	Billy Casper	286	Seve Ballesteros
1976	La Hacienda	Ernesto Perez Acosta	273	Victor Regalado
1975	La Hacienda	Lee Trevino	275	Larry Ziegler, Ernesto Perez Acosta
1974	Chapultepec	Ed Byman	280	Lee Trevino
1973	Bellavista	Lee Trevino	281
1972	No tournament
1971	México	Ángel Gallardo	275	Lee Trevino
1970	Bellavista	Ernesto Perez Acosta	280
1967–69	No tournament
1966	Monterrey	Bob McCallister	278
1965	Bellavista	Homero Blancas	284
1964	México	Art Wall	276
1963	La Hacienda	Al Balding	279
1962	La Hacienda	Tony Lema	281
1961	México	Tony Lema	280
1960	Chapultepec	Howie Johnson	273
1959	Chapultepec	Ángel Miguel	273
1958	Chapultepec	Antonio Cerdá	279	Roberto De Vicenzo
1957	Chapultepec	Bob Rosburg	272
1956	Chapultepec	Billy Maxwell	264
1955	Chapultepec	Roberto De Vicenzo	271	Tony Holguin
1954	México	Johnny Palmer	286	Roberto De Vicenzo
1953	Chapultepec	Roberto De Vicenzo	267
1952	Campestre de Mexicali	Bobby Locke	275	Jimmy Demaret, Roberto De Vicenzo
1951	Chapultepec	Roberto De Vicenzo	267	Al Besselink
1950	Chapultepec	Tony Holguin	280	Antonio Pedroza, Juan Neri
1949	Chapultepec	Tony Holguin	200	Sam Snead, Jimmy Demaret
1948	No tournament
1947	Chapultepec	Al Espinosa	292	Carlos Belmont (am), Amado Martinez
1946	Chapultepec	Al Espinosa	286	Felix Lopez
1945	Chapultepec	Al Espinosa	290	Antonio Pedroza
1944	Chapultepec	Al Espinosa	281	Percey Clifford (am)

References

1. ^ Mexico Open rescheduled due to swine flu
2. ^ Mexico Open rescheduled for first week of September

External links

• Official site (Spanish)
• List of winners
• Coverage on the European Tour's official site (2004-06)
• Coverage on the PGA Tour's official site
• Mexico Open joins Nationwide Tour schedule in 2008, article on pgatour.com