Bahamas National Open Explained

Bahamas National Open
Location:Freeport, Bahamas
Establishment:1970
Course:Lucayan Country Club
Par:71
Tour:PGA Tour
Format:Stroke play
Month Played:December
Final Year:1971
Aggregate:272 Chris Blocker (1970)
272 Doug Sanders (1970)
To-Par:−16 as above
Final Champion: Bob Goalby
Coordinates:26.512°N -78.649°W
Map:Bahamas
Map Label:Lucayan CC
Map Relief:yes
Map Size:240

The Bahamas National Open was a professional golf tournament on the PGA Tour in 1970 and 1971. It replaced the West End Classic, which had been a satellite Latin-American Tour stop, as the PGA's tournament in the Bahamas.[1]

In 1970, the tournament was played as the Bahama Islands Open over the Emerald Course at Kings Inn & Golf Club in Freeport, Bahamas and won by Doug Sanders in a playoff.[2] The following year, it was hosted at Lucayan Country Club in Freeport, Bahamas and won by Bob Goalby.[3] The tournament appeared on the tour schedule again in 1972, but was cancelled.[4]

Winners

YearWinnerScoreTo parMargin of
victory
Runner-upVenueRef.
Bahamas National Open
Cancelled due to lack of funding
275 −9 1 stroke Lucayan
Bahama Islands Open
272 −16 Playoff Kings
(Emerald)

Notes and References

  1. News: Bahama Islands Open added to golf tour . AP . The Record . Hackensack, New Jersey . July 2, 1970 . D–3 . May 10, 2020 . Newspapers.com . subscription.
  2. News: Sanders wins after play-off . The Glasgow Herald . Glasgow, Scotland . December 14, 1970 . May 10, 2020 . Google News Archive.
  3. News: Goalby wins by 1, doubles his earnings . UPI . The Los Angeles Times . Los Angeles, California . December 13, 1971 . 7 (Sport) . May 10, 2020 . Newspapers.com . subscription.
  4. News: Bahamas tournament cancelled . The Gazette . Montreal, Quebec, Canada . April 25, 1972 . May 10, 2020 . Google News Archive.