El Paso Open (PGA Tour)

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El Paso Open
Tournament information
Location El Paso, Texas
Established1927
Course(s)El Paso Country Club
Par72
Tour(s) PGA Tour
Format Stroke play
Prize fund US$20,000
Month playedSeptember
Final year1959
Tournament record score
Aggregate269 Cary Middlecoff (1952)
To par–15 as above
Final champion
Flag of the United States.svg Marty Furgol
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El Paso CC
Location in the United States
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El Paso CC
Location in Texas

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]

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Winners

YearWinnerScoreTo parMargin of
victory		Runner(s)-upRef.
1959 Flag of the United States.svg Marty Furgol 273−154 strokes Flag of the United States.svg Jay Hebert
Flag of the United States.svg Ernie Vossler 		[2]
1954–1958: No tournament
1953 Flag of the United States.svg Chandler Harper 278−6Playoff Flag of the United States.svg Ted Kroll [3]
1952 Flag of the United States.svg Cary Middlecoff 269−153 strokes Flag of the United States.svg Al Besselink [4]
1930–1951: No tournament
1929 Flag of the United States.svg Bill Mehlhorn 271−176 strokes Flag of Scotland.svg Bobby Cruickshank [1]
1928 Flag of the United States.svg Larry Nabholtz 2931 stroke Flag of Scotland.svg Macdonald Smith [5]
1927 Flag of the United States.svg Tommy Armour 288−44 strokes Flag of the United States.svg Johnny Golden
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Joe Kirkwood Sr. 		[6]

See also

References

  1. 1 2 "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.[ permanent dead link ]
  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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