Tournament information | |
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Location | El Paso, Texas |
Established | 1927 |
Course(s) | El Paso Country Club |
Par | 72 |
Tour(s) | PGA Tour |
Format | Stroke play |
Prize fund | US$20,000 |
Month played | September |
Final year | 1959 |
Tournament record score | |
Aggregate | 269 Cary Middlecoff (1952) |
To par | –15 as above |
Final champion | |
Marty Furgol | |
Location map | |
Location in the
United States Location in
Texas |
The El Paso Open was a golf tournament on the PGA Tour in the late 1920s and the 1950s. It was played at the El Paso Country Club in El Paso, Texas. In 1929, Bill Mehlhorn won with a score of 271, then a record for a 72-hole tournament. [1]
Year | Winner | Score | To par | Margin of victory |
Runner(s)-up | Ref. |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1959 | Marty Furgol | 273 | −15 | 4 strokes |
Jay Hebert Ernie Vossler |
[2] |
1954–1958: No tournament | ||||||
1953 | Chandler Harper | 278 | −6 | Playoff | Ted Kroll | [3] |
1952 | Cary Middlecoff | 269 | −15 | 3 strokes | Al Besselink | [4] |
1930–1951: No tournament | ||||||
1929 | Bill Mehlhorn | 271 | −17 | 6 strokes | Bobby Cruickshank | [1] |
1928 | Larry Nabholtz | 293 | 1 stroke | Macdonald Smith | [5] | |
1927 | Tommy Armour | 288 | −4 | 4 strokes |
Johnny Golden Joe Kirkwood Sr. |
[6] |
Tournament information | |
---|---|
Location | El Paso, Texas |
Established | 1927 |
Course(s) | El Paso Country Club |
Par | 72 |
Tour(s) | PGA Tour |
Format | Stroke play |
Prize fund | US$20,000 |
Month played | September |
Final year | 1959 |
Tournament record score | |
Aggregate | 269 Cary Middlecoff (1952) |
To par | –15 as above |
Final champion | |
Marty Furgol | |
Location map | |
Location in the
United States Location in
Texas |
The El Paso Open was a golf tournament on the PGA Tour in the late 1920s and the 1950s. It was played at the El Paso Country Club in El Paso, Texas. In 1929, Bill Mehlhorn won with a score of 271, then a record for a 72-hole tournament. [1]
Year | Winner | Score | To par | Margin of victory |
Runner(s)-up | Ref. |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1959 | Marty Furgol | 273 | −15 | 4 strokes |
Jay Hebert Ernie Vossler |
[2] |
1954–1958: No tournament | ||||||
1953 | Chandler Harper | 278 | −6 | Playoff | Ted Kroll | [3] |
1952 | Cary Middlecoff | 269 | −15 | 3 strokes | Al Besselink | [4] |
1930–1951: No tournament | ||||||
1929 | Bill Mehlhorn | 271 | −17 | 6 strokes | Bobby Cruickshank | [1] |
1928 | Larry Nabholtz | 293 | 1 stroke | Macdonald Smith | [5] | |
1927 | Tommy Armour | 288 | −4 | 4 strokes |
Johnny Golden Joe Kirkwood Sr. |
[6] |