Costa Rica Open

Last updated
Kai Fieberg Costa Rica Open
Tournament information
Location San José, Costa Rica
Established2002
Course(s)Cariari Country Club
Par71
Length6,577 yards (6,014 m)
Tour(s) Tour de las Américas
Challenge Tour
Format Stroke play
Prize fund US$175,000
Month playedFebruary
Final year2007
Tournament record score
Aggregate275 Miguel Rodríguez (2007)
To par−9 as above
Final champion
Flag of Argentina.svg Miguel Rodríguez
Location Map
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Cariari CC
Location in Costa Rica

The Costa Rica Open is a men's professional golf tournament that was played annually in Costa Rica until 2007. It was an event on the Tour de las Americas from 2002 until its replacement by the Costa Rica Golf Classic in 2008, and was also co-sanctioned by the European Challenge Tour from 2003.

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The tournament was held at the Cariari Country Club near San José every year except in 2004 when it was played over the Valle del Sol Golf Course near Santa Ana. The 2006 event was renamed in order to pay tribute to the tournaments founder and promoter, Kai Fieberg, who had been killed in a car accident earlier in the year. [1]

In 1979 and 1980, Cariari hosted the PGA sponsored Friendship Cup, which is sometimes also referred to as the Costa Rica Open. These tournaments were won by Raymond Floyd and Larry Ziegler.

Winners

YearTour(s) [lower-alpha 1] WinnerScoreTo parMargin of
victory
Runner(s)-up
Kai Fieberg Costa Rica Open
2007 CHA, TLA Flag of Argentina.svg Miguel Rodríguez 275−91 stroke Flag of Argentina.svg Juan Abbate
Flag of Argentina.svg Gustavo Acosta
2006 CHA, TLA Flag of Sweden.svg Johan Axgren 277−7Playoff Flag of Sweden.svg Alex Norén
American Express Costa Rica Open
2005 CHA, TLA Flag of the United States.svg Kyle Dobbs 280−4Playoff Flag of Argentina.svg Sebastián Fernández
Costa Rica Open
2004 CHA, TLA Flag of Italy.svg Alessandro Tadini 278−6Playoff Flag of Spain.svg Carlos Quevedo
Credomatic MasterCard Costa Rica Open
2003 CHA, TLA Flag of Argentina.svg Sebastián Fernández 278−6Playoff Flag of Argentina.svg César Monasterio
American Express Costa Rica Open
2002TLA Flag of Argentina.svg Rafael Gómez 289+5Playoff Flag of Paraguay (1990-2013).svg Marco Ruiz

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References

  1. "Costa Rica Open 2006 Pays Posthumous Tribute to Kai Fieberg". insidecostarica.com. January 19, 2006. Retrieved 2008-12-09.