Tallahassee Open Explained

Centel Classic
Location:Tallahassee, Florida
Establishment:1969
Course:Killearn Golf and Country Club
Par:72
Yardage:7098yd
Tour:PGA Tour
Format:Stroke play
Month Played:September/October
Aggregate:269 Chi-Chi Rodríguez (1979)
269 Jeff Sluman (1985)
To-Par:−19 as above
Final Year:1989
Final Champion: Bill Britton
Map:USA#USA Florida
Map Label:Killearn G&CC
Map Relief:yes
Map Size:200
Coordinates:30.525°N -84.213°W

The Tallahassee Open was a golf tournament on the PGA Tour from 1969 to 1989. It was played at Killearn Country Club in Tallahassee, Florida.

It was founded in 1969 as the Tallahassee Open Invitational. From 1983 to 1985, it was part of the PGA Tour's "Tournament Players Series", a "satellite tour". The purse for the 1989 tournament was $750,000 with 135,000 going to the winner.

The 1974 tournament featured the highest round scores in PGA history by a player who made the 36-hole cut. Mike Reasor severely injured himself horse riding between the second and third rounds. Needing to complete the tournament in order to gain an exemption for the Byron Nelson Classic, Reasor played the final two rounds using only a 5-iron and swinging using just one arm, recording scores of 123 and 114.[1]

From 1990 to 1992, Killearn Country Club hosted a LPGA Tour event by the same name.

Winners

YearTourWinnerScoreTo parMargin of
victory
Runner(s)-upRef.
Centel Classic
1989 PGAT200 −16 4 strokes Ronnie Black
1988 PGAT272 −16 2 strokes Tommy Armour III
1987 PGAT278 −10 1 stroke Bill Glasson
Billy Kratzert
Bob Lohr
Joey Sindelar
Tallahassee Open
1986 274 −10 1 stroke [2]
1985 TPS 269 −19 1 stroke [3]
1984 TPS 271 −17 Playoff [4]
1983 TPS 282 −6 Playoff [5] [6]
1982 PGAT272 −16 1 stroke
1981 PGAT271 −17 Playoff
1980 PGAT277 −11 1 stroke
1979 PGAT269 −19 3 strokes
1978 PGAT273 −15 Playoff
1977 PGAT276 −12 Playoff
1976 PGAT277 −11 1 stroke
1975 PGAT274 −14 2 strokes
1974 PGAT274 −14 1 stroke
1973 PGAT277 −11 1 stroke
1972 PGAT273 −15 2 strokes
Tallahassee Open Invitational
1971 PGAT273 −15 3 strokes
1970 PGAT277 −11 1 stroke
1969 PGAT282 −6 1 stroke

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Kelley . Brent . Mike Reasor, the PGA Tour Player Who Scored 93-Over Par . About.com . January 16, 2015.
  2. Web site: The Tour Book 1987. PGA Tour. 247.
  3. Web site: The Tour Book 1986. PGA Tour. 251.
  4. Web site: The Tour Book 1985. PGA Tour. 235.
  5. Web site: The Tour Book 1984. PGA Tour. 246.
  6. News: Browning. Al. June 6, 1986. Caddies live and die with pros. Chicago Tribune. Scripps Howard News Service. 2020-01-03.