Tallahassee Open

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.

This article is about the former PGA Tour event. For the former Nike Tour event, see Nike Tallahassee Open. For the former LPGA Tour event, see Centel Classic (LPGA Tour).

Centel Classic
Tournament information
LocationTallahassee, Florida
Established1969
Course(s)Killearn Golf and Country Club
Par72
Length7,098 yards (6,490 m)
Tour(s)PGA Tour
FormatStroke play
Prize fundUS$750,000
Month playedSeptember/October
Final year1989
Tournament record score
Aggregate269 Chi-Chi Rodríguez (1979)
269 Jeff Sluman (1985)
To par−19 as above
Final champion
United States Bill Britton
Location Map
Killearn G&CC is located in the United States
Killearn G&CC
Killearn G&CC
Location in the United States
Killearn G&CC is located in Florida
Killearn G&CC
Killearn G&CC
Location in 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
Year Tour[lower-alpha 1]WinnerScoreTo parMargin of
victory		Runner(s)-up Ref.
Centel Classic
1989 PGATUnited States Bill Britton200[lower-alpha 2]−164 strokesUnited States Ronnie Black
1988 PGATUnited States Bill Glasson272−162 strokesUnited States Tommy Armour III
1987 PGATUnited States Keith Clearwater278−101 strokeUnited States Bill Glasson
United States Billy Kratzert
United States Bob Lohr
United States Joey Sindelar
Tallahassee Open
1986United States Mark Hayes274−101 strokeUnited States Russ Cochran[2]
1985TPSUnited States Jeff Sluman269−191 strokeUnited States Kenny Knox
South Africa Gary Player		[3]
1984TPSUnited States Kermit Zarley271−17PlayoffZimbabwe Denis Watson[4]
1983TPSNew Zealand Bob Charles282−6PlayoffUnited States Greg Powers[5][6]
1982 PGATAustralia Bob Shearer272−161 strokeUnited States Hal Sutton
Zimbabwe Denis Watson
1981 PGATUnited States Dave Eichelberger271−17PlayoffUnited States Bob Murphy
United States Mark O'Meara
1980 PGATUnited States Mark Pfeil277−111 strokeUnited States Mark Lye
United States Bill Rogers
1979 PGATUnited States Chi-Chi Rodríguez269−193 strokesUnited States Lindy Miller
1978 PGATUnited States Barry Jaeckel273−15PlayoffUnited States Bruce Lietzke
1977 PGATUnited States Ed Sneed276−12PlayoffUnited States Lon Hinkle
1976 PGATUnited States Gary Koch277−111 strokeUnited States John Mahaffey
1975 PGATUnited States Rik Massengale274−142 strokesUnited States Spike Kelley
United States Bert Yancey
1974 PGATUnited States Allen Miller274−141 strokeUnited States Joe Inman
United States Eddie Pearce
United States Dan Sikes
1973 PGATUnited States Hubert Green277−111 strokeUnited States Jim Simons
1972 PGATAustralia Bob Shaw273−152 strokesUnited States Leonard Thompson
Tallahassee Open Invitational
1971 PGATUnited States Lee Trevino273−153 strokesUnited States Jim Wiechers
1970 PGATSouth Africa Harold Henning277−111 strokeUnited States Rives McBee
1969 PGATUnited States Chuck Courtney282−61 strokeUnited States Jacky Cupit
United States Bert Greene
Australia Bob Shaw

Notes
  1. PGAT − PGA Tour; TPS − Tournament Players Series.
  2. Shortened to 54 holes due to rain.

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


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