El Paso Open (PGA Tour)

The El Paso Open was a golf tournament on the PGA Tour in the late 1920s and the 1950s. It was played at the El Paso Country Club in El Paso, Texas. In 1929, Bill Mehlhorn won with a score of 271, then a record for a 72-hole tournament.[1]

El Paso Open
Tournament information
LocationEl Paso, Texas
Established1927
Course(s)El Paso Country Club
Par72
Tour(s)PGA Tour
FormatStroke play
Prize fundUS$20,000
Month playedSeptember
Final year1959
Tournament record score
Aggregate269 Cary Middlecoff (1952)
To par–15 as above
Final champion
United States Marty Furgol
Location Map
El Paso CC is located in the United States
El Paso CC
El Paso CC
Location in the United States
El Paso CC is located in Texas
El Paso CC
El Paso CC
Location in Texas

Winners

YearWinnerScoreTo parMargin of
victory
Runner(s)-upRef.
1959United States Marty Furgol273−154 strokesUnited States Jay Hebert
United States Ernie Vossler
[2]
1954–1958: No tournament
1953United States Chandler Harper278−6PlayoffUnited States Ted Kroll[3]
1952United States Cary Middlecoff269−153 strokesUnited States Al Besselink[4]
1930–1951: No tournament
1929United States Bill Mehlhorn271−176 strokesScotland Bobby Cruickshank[1]
1928United States Larry Nabholtz2931 strokeScotland Macdonald Smith[5]
1927United States Tommy Armour288−44 strokesUnited States Johnny Golden
Australia Joe Kirkwood Sr.
[6]

See also

References

  1. "Mehlhorn Sets World Record". Youngstown Vindicator. Ohio. AP. January 21, 1929. p. 10. Retrieved April 27, 2011.
  2. "Furgol Fires 65 To Win In El Paso". The Modesto Bee. California. AP. September 21, 1959. p. B-4. Retrieved April 27, 2011.
  3. "Chandler Harper Wins Playoff From Ted Kroll". The Free Lance-Star. Fredericksburg, Virginia. AP. February 10, 1953. p. 7. Retrieved April 27, 2011.
  4. "Middlecoff First At El Paso". Eugene Register-Guard. Oregon. AP. February 11, 1952. p. 10. Retrieved April 27, 2011.
  5. "Nabholtz Wins El Paso Open; Smith Second". Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. Pennsylvania. United News. January 23, 1928. p. 14. Retrieved April 27, 2011.
  6. "Armour Takes El Paso Open". Youngstown Vindicator. Ohio. AP. January 24, 1927. p. 13. Retrieved April 27, 2011.


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