Costa Rica Open Explained

Kai Fieberg Costa Rica Open
Location:San José, Costa Rica
Establishment:2002
Course:Cariari Country Club
Par:71
Yardage:6577yd
Tour:Tour de las Américas
Challenge Tour
Format:Stroke play
Month Played:February
Final Year:2007
Aggregate:275 Miguel Rodríguez (2007)
To-Par:−9 as above
Final Champion: Miguel Rodríguez
Coordinates:9.974°N -84.156°W
Map:Costa Rica
Map Label:Cariari CC
Map Relief:yes
Map Size:200

The Costa Rica Open is a men's professional golf tournament that was played annually in Costa Rica until 2007. It was an event on the Tour de las Americas from 2002 until its replacement by the Costa Rica Golf Classic in 2008, and was also co-sanctioned by the European Challenge Tour from 2003.

The tournament was held at the Cariari Country Club near San José every year except in 2004 when it was played over the Valle del Sol Golf Course near Santa Ana. The 2006 event was renamed in order to pay tribute to the tournaments founder and promoter, Kai Fieberg, who had been killed in a car accident earlier in the year.[1]

In 1979 and 1980, Cariari hosted the PGA sponsored Friendship Cup, which is sometimes also referred to as the Costa Rica Open. These tournaments were won by Raymond Floyd and Larry Ziegler.

Winners

YearTour(s)WinnerScoreTo parMargin of
victory
Runner(s)-up
Kai Fieberg Costa Rica Open
2007 275 −9 1 stroke Juan Abbate
Gustavo Acosta
2006 277 −7 Playoff Alex Norén
American Express Costa Rica Open
2005 280 −4 Playoff Sebastián Fernández
Costa Rica Open
2004 278 −6 Playoff Carlos Quevedo
Credomatic MasterCard Costa Rica Open
2003 278 −6 Playoff César Monasterio
American Express Costa Rica Open
2002 289 +5 Playoff Marco Ruiz

External links

Notes and References

  1. News: Costa Rica Open 2006 Pays Posthumous Tribute to Kai Fieberg . insidecostarica.com . January 19, 2006 . 2008-12-09.