Tournament information | |
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Location | Baton Rouge, Louisiana |
Established | 1990 |
Course(s) | The Country Club of Louisiana |
Par | 72 |
Tour(s) | Ben Hogan Tour |
Format | Stroke play |
Prize fund | US$100,000 |
Month played | March |
Final year | 1990 |
Tournament record score | |
Aggregate | 209 Dicky Thompson (1990) |
To par | −7 as above |
Final champion | |
Dicky Thompson | |
Location Map | |
Location in the United States Location in Louisiana |
The Baton Rouge Open was a golf tournament on the Ben Hogan Tour. It was played only in 1990, at The Country Club of Louisiana in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. [1]
Year | Winner | Score | To par | Margin of victory | Runners-up |
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1990 | Dicky Thompson | 209 | −7 | 2 strokes | Carl Cooper Dick Mast Jim McGovern Greg Whisman |
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