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Panasonic Panama Open
Tournament information
LocationColoncito, Panama
Established1938
Course(s)Coronado Beach and Golf Resort
Par72
Tour(s)Tour de las Américas
Challenge Tour
Canadian Tour
FormatStroke play
Prize fundUS$200,000
Month playedDecember
Final year2004
Tournament record score
Aggregate265 Roberto De Vicenzo (1973)
To par−23 as above
Final champion
England Richard McEvoy
Location map
Coronado Beach & Golf Resort is located in Panama
Coronado Beach & Golf Resort
Coronado Beach & Golf Resort
Location in Panama

The Panama Open was a golf tournament played from 1938 to 1982, during which time it was won by some of the biggest names in professional golf, including Sam Snead and Arnold Palmer. It was an event on the PGA-sponsored Caribbean Tour between 1958 and 1974.[1] Following the demise of the Caribbean Tour the tournament was not played for several years, until there was a brief revival between 1979 and 1982.

The Panama Open was revived in 1996, when it was an unofficial event on the Canadian Tour; it became an official tournament in 2001 and 2002.[2] In 2003, it was an event on the Tour de las Américas, and the following year, it was co-sanctioned by the European Challenge Tour (2005 season).

Winners

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Year Tour(s)[a] Winner Score To par Margin of
victory		 Runner(s)-up Ref.
Panasonic Panama Open
2004 CHA, TLA England Richard McEvoy 277 −11 1 stroke Paraguay Marco Ruiz [3]
Samsung Panama Open
2003 TLA United States Charles Warren 284 −4 1 stroke United States Ken Duke [4]
Panasonic Panama Open
2002 CAN[b] United States Mario Tiziani 273 −15 Playoff United States David Kirkpatrick
United States Chad Wright		 [5]
2001 CAN United States Steve Runge 272 −16 2 strokes United States Jonathan Byrd [6]
Panama Open
2000 United States Steve Haskins
1999 Colombia Gustavo Mendoza Playoff United States Sonny Skinner
1998 United States Bob Friend 281 −7 Playoff Canada Rick Todd [7]
1997 United States Garrett Willis Playoff United States Clark Dennis [8]
1996 United States Jaime Gomez 210[c] −6 Playoff Mexico Rafael Alarcón
United States Joe Cioe		 [9]
1983–1995: No tournament
1982 United States George Burns 275 [10]
1981 United States Curtis Strange 204[c] [10]
1980 United States Bruce Fleisher 267 [10]
1979 United States Butch Baird (3)
United States Chi-Chi Rodríguez		 267 Title shared[d] [10]
1975–1978: No tournament
1974 Argentina Roberto De Vicenzo (5) 265 −23 7 strokes Argentina Florentino Molina [11]
1973 Argentina Roberto De Vicenzo (4) 271 −17 8 strokes England Peter Oosterhuis [12]
1972 Taiwan Lu Liang-Huan 279 −9 2 strokes Colombia Rogelio González
Brazil Luis Carlos Pinto		 [13]
1971 Argentina Roberto De Vicenzo (3) 273 −15 4 strokes England Peter Townsend [14]
1970 United States Herb Hooper 275 −13 2 strokes United States Jay Dolan [15]
1969 United States Butch Baird (2) 276 −12 Playoff Colombia Rogelio González
United States Bob Ross		 [16]
1968 United States Butch Baird 267 −21 11 strokes United States Wes Ellis
Argentina Vicente Fernández		 [17]
1967 United States Bert Weaver 274 −14 3 strokes United States Art Wall Jr. [18]
1966 Canada Wilf Homenuik 283 −5 1 stroke United States Stan Mosel [19]
1965 United States Art Wall Jr. 277 −11 4 strokes United States Wes Ellis [20]
1964: No tournament
1963 Canada George Knudson 280 −8 4 strokes United States Joe Jimenez
United States Ernie Vossler		 [21]
1962 United States Jim Ferree 277 −11 1 stroke United States Billy Maxwell [22]
1961 United States Pete Cooper (2) 273 −15 5 strokes United States Ernie Vossler [23]
1960 United States Ernie Vossler 269 −19 3 strokes United States Dow Finsterwald [24]
1959 United States Pete Cooper 274 −14 3 strokes United States Don January [25]
1958 United States Bob Watson 271 −17 1 stroke United States Art Wall Jr. [26]
1957 United States Doug Ford 277 −11 2 strokes United States Dow Finsterwald [27]
1956 United States Arnold Palmer 283 −5 Playoff United States Sam Snead [28]
1955 Argentina Antonio Cerdá 273 −15 1 stroke Argentina Roberto De Vicenzo
United States Arnold Palmer		 [29]
1954 United States Sam Snead 271 −17 6 strokes Argentina Roberto De Vicenzo [30]
1953 Argentina Roberto De Vicenzo (2) 274 −14 3 strokes United States Charlie Harper
United States Clayton Heafner
United States Sam Snead		 [31]
1952 Argentina Roberto De Vicenzo 282 −6 3 strokes United States Sam Snead [32]
1951 United States Johnny MacMurray (a) (4) 284 −4 3 strokes Colombia Raúl Posse
United States Gene Kunes
United States Harvey Breaux (a)		 [33]
1950 Colombia Raúl Posse 284 [10]
1949 United States Johnny MacMurray (a) (3) 288 [10]
1948 United States Johnny MacMurray (a) (2) 283 [34]
1947 United States Herb Mitten (a) 293 [10]
1946 United States Charlie Grant 299 [10]
1945 United States Tony Tiso (2) 291 [10]
1944 United States Marion Reid (a) 299 [10]
1943 United States Tony Tiso (2) 291 [10]
1942 United States Lou Barbaro 297 [10]
1941 United States Al Escalante 298 [10]
1940 United States Johnny MacMurray (a) 301 [10]
1939 United States Jimmy Vincent (2) 301 [10]
1939 United States Jimmy Vincent 304 [10]

See also

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Notes

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  1. ^ CAN − Canadian Tour; CHA − Challenge Tour; TLA − Tour de las Américas.
  2. ^ In 2002, the event was sanctioned by the Canadian Tour, but did not count towards the Order of Merit.
  3. ^ a b Shortened to 54 holes due to weather.
  4. ^ Title shared when darkness ended play with Baird and Rodríguez still tied after two holes of a sudden-death playoff.

References

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  19. ^ "Little Wilfie Wins Panama". The Spokesman-Review. Spokane, Washington. AP. 21 February 1966. p. 10. Retrieved 6 May 2020 – via Google News Archive.
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  21. ^ "Knudson Victor In Panama Open". Youngstown Vindicator. Youngstown, Ohio. AP. 11 February 1963. p. 13. Retrieved 6 May 2020 – via Google News Archive.
  22. ^ "Jim Ferree Gains Title". Youngstown Vindicator. Youngstown, Ohio. AP. 12 February 1962. p. 20. Retrieved 6 May 2020 – via Google News Archive.
  23. ^ "Cooper Captures Panama Tourney". Youngstown Vindicator. Youngstown, Ohio. AP. 13 February 1961. p. 11. Retrieved 6 May 2020 – via Google News Archive.
  24. ^ "Vossler Wins Panama Open". Daytona Beach Morning Journal. Daytona Beach, Florida. AP. 15 February 1960. p. 13. Retrieved 6 May 2020 – via Google News Archive.
  25. ^ "Pete Cooper Golf Winner". Youngstown Vindicator. Youngstown, Ohio. AP. 2 February 1959. p. 19. Retrieved 6 May 2020 – via Google News Archive.
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  28. ^ "Arnold Palmer Beats Snead in Sudden Death". Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. AP. 16 January 1956. p. 16. Retrieved 6 May 2020 – via Google News Archive.
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  30. ^ "Sam Snead Cops Panama Open Golf". Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. AP. 18 January 1954. p. 19. Retrieved 6 May 2020 – via Google News Archive.
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  34. ^ "Mississippi golfer breaks Panama Open record". The Journal Times. Racine, Wisconsin. UP. 1 June 1948. p. 13. Retrieved 15 May 2020 – via Newspapers.com.
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