Maine Open

The Maine Open is the Maine state open golf tournament, open to both amateur and professional golfers. It is organized by the Maine State Golf Association. It has been played annually since 1918 at a variety of courses around the state.

History

The first tournament, in 1918, was won by Arthur H. Fenn, who is stated by some sources to be the first American-born golf professional. ^[1] The tournament is currently called The Maine Event. ^[2]

Winners

Year	Champion	Score	To par	Margin of victory	Runner(s)-up	Venue	Ref.
2025
2024
2023
2022	Shawn Warren					Augusta CC
2021	Not held due to COVID-19 pandemic
2020	Not held due to COVID-19 pandemic
2019	Jason Millard (Won on 4th playoff hole)				Matt Campbell Jason Thresher Shawn Warren	Augusta CC
2018	Matt Campbell				Peter French	Augusta CC
2017	James Dornes				Geoffrey Sisk	Augusta CC
2016	Ted Brown				Jon McLean Nicholas Pandelena	Augusta CC
2015	Matt Campbell				David Hilgers	Augusta CC
2014	Andrew Mason				Mark Purrington	Augusta CC
2013	Evan Harmeling	133	−7	1 stroke	Geoffrey Sisk Jesse Speirs	Augusta CC	[3]
2012	Dustin Cone				Jimmy Lytle	Augusta CC
2011	Michael Carbone				John Hickson Shawn Warren	Falmouth CC
2010	Dustin Cone				Robert Roylance Mark Stevens	Fox Ridge GC
2009	Jim Renner				John Elliott Rob Oppenheim	Fox Ridge GC
2008	John Hickson				Rich Parker	Fox Ridge GC
2007	Todd Westfall				Mark Baldwin Jerry Diphilippo Rich Parker	Fox Ridge GC
2006	Ricky Jones (a)				Mike Baker	Fox Ridge GC
2005	Kirk Hanefeld				John Connelly Rob Oppenheim	Riverside GC
2004	Shawn Warren (a)				Todd Westfall	Riverside GC
2003	Kirk Hanefeld				Mike Meehan	Riverside GC
2002	Ryan Ouellette				Eric Egloff	Riverside GC
2001	James Gilleon				Matthew Doyle	Portland CC Purpoodock Club Falmouth CC
2000	Benjamin Nicolay				Rich Parker	Woodlands Club Portland CC Purpoodock Club
1999	Kyle Gallo				John Connelly	Purpoodock Club Falmouth CC Woodlands Club
1998	Joe Cioe				David Gunas Jr.	Falmouth CC Woodlands Club Portland CC
1997	Rodney Butcher				Doug Johnson	Point Sebago Resort
1996	Geoffrey Sisk	206	−10	5 strokes	Eric Egloff	Point Sebago Resort	[4]
1995	Jerry Diphilippo				Doug Johnson	Riverside GC
1994	David Cummings				Kevin Giancola	Riverside GC
1993	Brian Quinn				Mark Fogg Jeff Lewis	Riverside GC
1992	Joe Clark Jr.				Jeff Julian	Riverside GC
1991	Mike San Filippo	195	−21	6 strokes	Jeff Grygiel	Riverside GC	[5]
1990	Pete Morgan				Jerry Diphillippo	Riverside GC
1989	Andy Morse				Jim Becker	Riverside GC
1988	Wilhelm Winsness				Jim Becker, Gus Ulrich	Riverside GC
1987	Mike Colandro	202	−14	2 strokes	Jeff Lewis Wilhelm Winsness	Riverside GC	[6] [7]
1986	Mike Colandro	209	−4	1 stroke	Charles Smith	Springbrook GC	[8]
1985	Jeff Lewis				Joe Browning Howie Johnson	Springbrook GC
1984	Dana Quigley	204	−9	6 strokes	Jeff Lewis	Springbrook GC	[9]
1983	David O'Kelly				Jeff Lewis	Gorham CC
1982	Charles Smith				Tim Angis Kirk Hanefeld	Riverside GC
1981	Don Robertson				Don Kalode	Gorham CC Riverside GC
1980	Don Brigham				Paul Moran	Riverside GC
1979	Jeff Lewis				Kirk Hanefeld Ron Smith	Riverside GC
1978	Charles Volpone				Jack Ferenz Kirk Hanefeld	Riverside GC
1977	Don Iverson				Rex Caldwell	Fairlawn G&CC Riverside GC
1976	Curt Madson	207		2 strokes	Bruce Dobie	Riverside GC	[10]
1975	Bob Menne				Wayne Levi	Riverside GC
1974	Paul Barkhouse				Joe Browning	Riverside GC
1973	Ralph Johnston				Paul Barkhouse Joe Browning	Fairlawn G&CC Martindale CC
1972	Paul Barkhouse				Rick Ambrose	Bangor Municipal GC
1971	Steve Robbins (a)				Jim Dent Paul Moran Lanny Wadkins	Riverside GC
1970	Ron Rief				Dave Eichelberger	Riverside GC Portland CC
1969	Jim Gillis				Barrie Bruce (a) Dick Stranahan Jim Veno	Riverside GC
1968	Bob Pacheco				John Mills (a)	Riverside GC
1967	Rich Bassett				Dave Marad	Riverside GC
1966	Ron Leclair				Charles Volpone	Riverside GC
1965	Jim Veno				Tony Loch	Riverside GC
1964	Ed Whalley				Bill Ezinicki Ed Rubis	Riverside GC
1963	Dan Keefe				Jay Dolan	Riverside GC
1962	Jim Veno (a)				Jim Browning	Riverside GC
1961	Charlie Shepard				Bob Crowley Don Hoenig	Riverside GC
1960	Bill Ezinicki				Bob Crowley	Penobscot Valley CC
1959	Bob Toski				Bobby Locke	Penobscot Valley CC
1958	Bob Crowley				Willie Goggin	Riverside GC
1957	Jim Browning				Dick Diversi (a) Bill Ezinicki	Riverside GC
1956	Art Butler (a)				Ed Oliver	Riverside GC
1955	Jim Browning				Andy Manero John Thoren	Riverside GC
1954	Phil Friel				Ray Lebel (a)	Portland CC
1953	Art Butler (a)				George Kinsman	Augusta CC
1952	Jerry Gianferante				Leo Hansberry John Thoren Joe Wells	Augusta CC
1951	Jim Browning				Jerry Gianferante	Riverside GC
1950	Charlie Shepard				Leo Hansberry	Riverside GC
1949	Charlie Shepard				Les Kennedy	Augusta CC
1948	Les Kennedy				Leo Hansberry	Augusta CC
1947	Ed Abbott (a)				Harold Wiley	Penobscot Valley CC
1946	Ed Abbott (a)				Jim Browning	Bath CC
1945	Leo Hansberry				Pete Moran	Bath CC
1944	Larry Leete (a)				Ernest Newnham	Riverside GC
1943	Not held due to World War II
1942	Jerry Gianferante				Roy Adams	Riverside GC
1941	Willie Wansa				Roy Adams	Augusta CC
1940	Eddie Bush				Joe Pino	Wawenock CC
1939	Roy Adams				Leo Hansberry	Mingo Springs Rangeley GC
1938	Jim Browning				Vic Overhamer	Riverside GC
1937	Larry Rowe				Andy Gray	Augusta CC
1936	Ernest Newnham				Eddie Bush	Portland CC
1935	Ernest Newnham				John Boyd (a)	Penobscot Valley C
1934	Ernest Newnham				Charlie Webber (a)	Augusta CC
1933	Ernest Newnham				Charlie Webber (a)	Summit Spring GC
1932	Ernest Newnham				Jack Leddy (a) Ernie Ryal	Old Orchard Beach CC
1931	Les Tate				Ernie Ryal	Wawenock CC
1930	Les Tate				Ernie Ryal	Penobscot Valley CC
1929	Alex Chisholm				George Dodge	Poland Spring GC
1928	Alex Chisholm				Sam Tirabassi	Webhannet GC
1927	Ernest Newnham				Sam Tirabassi	Penobscot Valley C
1926	Herb Lagerblade				George Dodge F. C. Tyson G. Voight (a)	Poland Spring GC
1925	J. M. Robbins (a)				Frank Gilman Ray Ouimet	Poland Spring GC
1924	Gilbert Nicholls				Alex Chisholm George Dodge F. A. Gilman	Poland Spring GC
1923	Willie Ogg				Herb Lagerblade	Poland Spring GC
1922	Ernest Ryall				George Dodge	Kebo Valley GC
1921	Charles L. Mothersele				Arthur H. Fenn	Poland Spring GC
1920	Charles L. Mothersele				Alex Chisholm W. C. Skelly	Poland Spring GC
1919	F. A. Gilman				Alex Chisholm	Kebo Valley GC
1918	Arthur H. Fenn				Alex Chisholm	Waterville Country Club

Source: ^[11]

References

1. Concannon, Joe (August 29, 1993). "Cup countdown: 3 to get ready". The Boston Globe . Archived from the original on March 25, 2016.
2. "2022 the Maine Event".
3. Oakes, Kalle (July 31, 2013). "Free as a Bird: Harmeling rallies to win tourney" . Sun-Journal. pp. C1 –C3. Retrieved January 31, 2024– via Newspapers.com.
4. Chard, Tom (August 10, 1996). "Sisk keeps lock on Maine Open" . Portland Press Herald. pp. 1D –2D. Retrieved January 28, 2024– via Newspapers.com.
5. Barber, Dave (August 17, 1991). "San Filippo charges to win". Bangor Daily News. p. 13. Retrieved November 13, 2021– via Newspapers.com.
6. Barber, Dave (August 15, 1987). "Colandro wins Main Open with 202 total". Bangor Daily News. p. 17. Retrieved October 12, 2021– via Newspapers.com.
7. Berlet, Bruce (August 15, 1987). "Colandro's 68 wins Maine Open by 2". The Hartford Courant. p. E2. Retrieved October 12, 2021– via Newspapers.com.
8. Barber, Dave (August 16, 1986). "Colandro captures Maine Open by one shot". Bangor Daily News. p. 19. Retrieved October 6, 2021– via Newspapers.com.
9. Barber, Dave (August 11, 1984). "Quigley romps to Maine Open title". Bangor Daily News. p. 10. Retrieved November 13, 2021– via Newspapers.com.
10. Cushman, George (August 14, 1976). "Madson hangs on to win Open". Bangor Daily News. p. 17. Retrieved November 13, 2021– via Newspapers.com.
11. "Maine Open". Maine State Golf Association. Retrieved November 13, 2021.

External links

• Maine State Golf Association
• List of winners