South Open Explained

South Open
Location:Mar del Plata, Argentina
Establishment:1918
Course:Mar del Plata GC
Par:70
Tour:PGA Tour Latinoamérica Developmental Series
Format:Stroke play
Month Played:February
Aggregate:256 Miguel Ángel Martín
Current Champion: Estanislao Goya

The South Open, or Abierto del Sur, is one of the major regional open golf tournaments in Argentina, and is also one of the oldest, having been inaugurated 1918. It has always been held at the Mar del Plata Golf Club in Mar del Plata, Buenos Aires Province. The course plays to a par of 70, and the course record is 59, which was set by Miguel Ángel Martín in the 1987 Open.

The tournament was founded as the Abierto de Aficionados y Profesionales (the Professionals and Amateurs Open), and was renamed as the Abierto de Mar del Plata (Mar del Plata Open) in 1925, before being given its current title in 1939.

Winners

YearWinnerScoreRunner-upAmateur winner
2019 265
2018 260
2017 Marcos Monttenegro (a) 264
2016 270
2015 269
2014 268
2013 272
2012 196
2011 263
2010
2009 Rodolfo González271 Gonzalo Ramacciotti
2008 271 Esteban Martinez
2007 266 Carlos Cardeza Ary Rodriguez
2006 Luciano Giometti 278 Juan I. Gil
2005 Rodolfo González280 Alan Wagner
2004 270 Tomas Argonz
2003 274 Armando Saavedra, Gustavo Rojas, C. Machado, F. Montovia Emilio Domínguez
2002 No tournament Luciano Giometti
2001 Juan Pablo Abbate* 276 Alberto Gianone Nicasio Dominguez
2000 Fabian Montovia 266 Nicolas Sedler
1999 276 Gonzalo Ramaciotti
1998 279 Ernesto Rivas
1997 269 Francisco Aleman
1996 Francisco Aleman
1995 Daniel Lobos Francisco Aleman
1994 Martin Travella
1993 268 Gustavo Piovano
1992 Jorge Bollini
1991 Fernando Chiesa
1990 Fernando Chiesa
1989 Fernando Chiesa
1988 Fernando Chiesa
1987 256 Diego Ventureira
1986 272 Carlos Melara
1985 266 Carlos Melara
1984 Norberto Fuentes 275 Luis Carbonetti
1983 276 Miguel Prado (amateur) Miguel Prado
1982
1981 Carlos Melara
1980 No tournament Carlos Melara
1979 No tournament Carlos Melara
1978 Roberto De Vicenzo213 Luis Daneri
1977 Juan Carlos Cabrera
1976 Juan Quinteros
1975 279 Juan Carlos Devoto
1974 277 Roberto Benito
1973 268 Juan Carlos Devoto
1972 270 Jorge Ledesma
1971 Orlando Tudino 273 Roberto Monguzzi
1970 273 Jorge Ledesma
1969 Juan Carlos Nuñez 276 Horacio Berthe
1968 Orlando Tudino 280 Jorge Ledesma
1967 272 Alfredo Vercelli
1966 273 Roberto Hume
1965 Elcido Nari* 275 Juan Querelos Roberto Hume
1964 Juan Querelos 281 Jorge Ledesma
1963 284 Juan Martinez Jorge Ledesma
1962 271 Roberto Hume
1961 Juan Martinez 281 Jose Maria Gonzalez Jorge Ledesma
1960 273 Jorge Ledesma
1959 Esteban Sorolla 275 Roberto Hume
1958 Juan Querelos 278 Roberto Benito
1957 271 Carlos Brachts
1956 Enrique Bertolino278 Martin Pose, Leopoldo Ruiz, Juan Martinez Jorge Ledesma
1955 271 Jorge Ledesma
1954 276 Juan Martinez Juan Segura
1953 278 Juan Segura
1952 Juan Segura (amateur) 275 Juan Segura
1951 273 Roberto Hume
1950 273 Roberto Hume
1949 274 Carlos Brachts
1948 Arturo Soto* 283 Aurelio Castañon Pedro Ledesma
1947 276 Alberto Texier
1946 273 Carlos Menditegui
1945 272 A.R. Raggio
1944 279 Alberto Anchorena
1943 Eduardo Blasi 272 Pedro Ledesma
1942 283 Pedro Ledesma
1941 Emilio Serra 274 M. Ayesa
1940 271 Pedro Ledesma
1939 Juan Martinez 281 Alberto Anchorena
1938 270 A. Gainza Paz
1937 John Cruickshank 279 Hector Villamil
1936 John Cruickshank 283 Garnet Dunsmure (amateur) Garnet Dunsmure
1935 275 Carlos Mugica
1934 277 Alberto Anchorena
1933 281 Hector Villamil
1932 277 Aurelio Castañon Hector Villamil
1931 276 Hector Villamil
1930 287 A. Gainza Paz
1929 285 Enrique Echague
1928 292 T. Sanderson
1927 282 Mariano Demaria Sala
1926 Andres Perez 279 Mariano Demaria Sala
1925 288 J.A. Brown
1924 A. Gainza Paz
1923 Pedro Churio No tournament
1922 Tomas Ockenden No tournament
1921 Pedro Churio No tournament
1920 Pedro Churio No tournament
1919 Lagrima Goznalez 293 No tournament
1918 Juan Dentone 289 Juan Eustace J. Brown, John May

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