Pensacola Open Explained

Pensacola Open
Location:Gulf Breeze, Florida
Establishment:1956
Course:Tiger Point Golf Club
Par:72
Yardage:7033yd
Tour:PGA Tour
Format:Stroke play
Month Played:October
Aggregate:262 Gay Brewer (1967)
To-Par:−26 as above
Final Year:1988
Final Champion: Andrew Magee
Map:USA#USA Florida
Map Label:Tiger Point GC
Map Relief:yes
Map Size:200
Coordinates:30.383°N -87.079°W

The Pensacola Open was a golf tournament on the PGA Tour. The inaugural version[1] of the tournament was played in 1956 and its last edition in 1988.

Tournament highlights

Tournament hosts

This list is incomplete.

Winners

YearWinnerScoreTo parMargin of
victory
Runner(s)-up
Pensacola Open
271 −17 1 stroke Tom Byrum
Ken Green
Bruce Lietzke
269 −15 3 strokes Phil Blackmar
Danny Edwards
128 −14 1 stroke Joey Sindelar
269 −15 1 stroke John Mahaffey
Gil Morgan
270 −14 2 strokes Ken Brown
John Mahaffey
266 −18 4 strokes Lon Hinkle
Mark Lye
268 −16 7 strokes Dan Halldorson
Hal Sutton
271 −17 3 strokes Steve Melnyk
275 −13 2 strokes Gary Hallberg
Mike Sullivan
271 −17 1 stroke Billy Kratzert
272 −16 Playoff Mike Reid
268 −16 2 strokes Curtis Strange
275 −9 2 strokes Lee Elder
271 −13 2 strokes Wally Armstrong
Monsanto Open
274 −10 Playoff Peter Oosterhuis
277 −11 1 stroke Frank Beard
271 −13 1 stroke Jerry Heard
276 −8 3 strokes George Archer
Pete Brown
275 −9 3 strokes Dave Stockton
Monsanto Open Invitational
267 −17 2 strokes Deane Beman
Pensacola Open Invitational
268 −20 1 stroke Tony Jacklin
Dave Marr
Gay Brewer (2) 262 −26 6 strokes Bob Keller
272 −16 3 strokes Bruce Devlin
Doug Sanders (2) 277 −11 Playoff Jack Nicklaus
274 −14 Playoff Miller Barber
Arnold Palmer
Arnold Palmer (2) 273 −15 2 strokes Harold Kneece
Gary Player
270 −18 1 stroke Don Fairfield
275 −13 2 strokes Gary Player
273 −15 1 stroke Doug Sanders
269 −19 3 strokes Jay Hebert
278 −10 2 strokes Ken Venturi
Art Wall Jr.
1957 273 −15 2 strokes Peter Thomson
1956 275 −13 2 strokes Bo Wininger

External links

Notes and References

  1. https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=NXosAAAAIBAJ&sjid=P8wEAAAAIBAJ&pg=6785,1078374&dq=inaugural+golf+don+fairfield&hl=en Golf lead shared by three
  2. https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=Bbk0AAAAIBAJ&sjid=03IFAAAAIBAJ&pg=4007,1552037&dq=arnold+palmer+pensacola&hl=en Arnold Palmer Wins Pensacola Open Golf Play
  3. https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=qmkgAAAAIBAJ&sjid=3mYFAAAAIBAJ&pg=5685,633136&dq=doug+sanders+disqualified+pensacola&hl=en Pensacola Disqualification Bitter Blow To Doug Sanders
  4. https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=b2dAAAAAIBAJ&sjid=kVcMAAAAIBAJ&pg=7021,4529426&dq=gay+brewer+pensacola&hl=en Gay Brewer Wins Title At Pensacola Spewing Birdies
  5. https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=_YUsAAAAIBAJ&sjid=f4oFAAAAIBAJ&pg=5977,4247107&dq=george+archer+pensacola&hl=en George Archer Fires A 65 To Win Pensacola Tourney
  6. https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=EeZZAAAAIBAJ&sjid=p0oNAAAAIBAJ&pg=5461,4592164&dq=dave+hill+monsanto&hl=en Dave Hill Triumphs in Monsanto Tourney
  7. https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=oW1kAAAAIBAJ&sjid=R30NAAAAIBAJ&pg=3100,88696&dq=lee+elder+pensacola&hl=en Elder finally wins tourney
  8. https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=qhwsAAAAIBAJ&sjid=FMkEAAAAIBAJ&pg=4483,5103360&dq=curtis+strange+wins+pensacola&hl=en Strange wins Pensacola
  9. https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=7OBOAAAAIBAJ&sjid=HBQEAAAAIBAJ&pg=5216,4255730&dq=jerry+pate+pensacola&hl=en Jerry Pate captures Pensacola Open
  10. https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=oZZUAAAAIBAJ&sjid=T48DAAAAIBAJ&pg=4589,2298700&dq=calvin+peete+pensacola&hl=en Calvin Peete credits famous caddy for Pensacola Open tournament win
  11. News: Exemptions excite Lefty in Pensacola . Florida Today . Cocoa, Florida . Jim . Linette . 14 October 1986 . 19 . newspapers.com . subscription.
  12. https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=IN9GAAAAIBAJ&sjid=1jMNAAAAIBAJ&pg=3696,2253576&dq=andrew+magee+pensacola&hl=en Magee cops Pensacola Open crown