Nassau Open

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Nassau Open
Tournament information
Location Nassau, Bahamas
Established1934
Course(s)Bahamas Golf Club
Tour(s) PGA Tour
Format Stroke play
Final year1937
Final champion
Flag of the United States (1912-1959).svg Sam Snead

The Nassau Open was a golf tournament on the PGA Tour from 1934 to 1937. It was inaugurated as the British Colonial Open, and was played at the Bahamas Golf Club in Nassau, in The Bahamas. [1] Having been rescheduled, the fifth edition of the tournament was then cancelled shortly before it was due to be staged in January 1939. [2] [3]

The winner of the final event was Sam Snead. [4]

Winners

YearWinnerScoreRefs
Nassau Open
1939Tournament cancelled [3]
1938No tournament due to rescheduling [lower-alpha 1] [2]
1937 Flag of the United States (1912-1959).svg Sam Snead 276 (−4) [4]
1936 Flag of Scotland.svg Willie MacFarlane 266 (−6) [5]
British Colonial Open
1935 Flag of the United States (1912-1959).svg Leo Mallory 271 (−1) [6]
1934 Flag of Scotland.svg Bobby Cruickshank 267 (−5) [7]
  1. Earlier events were staged in December, but the fifth renewal was rescheduled to January 1939.

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References

  1. "$5,000 is added to winter golf list" . The Indianapolis News. Indianapolis, Indiana. AP. November 21, 1934. p. 2 (Sports). Retrieved May 11, 2020 via Newspapers.com.
  2. 1 2 "Nassau tourney to be held Jan. 27–29" . The Miami News. Miami, Florida. AP. January 13, 1939. p. 1–B. Retrieved May 11, 2020 via Newspapers.com.
  3. 1 2 "Nassau open golf cancelled". The Gazette. Montreal, Quebec, Canada. AP. January 18, 1939. p. 14. Retrieved May 11, 2020 via Google News Archive.
  4. 1 2 "Sam Snead staves off challengers to win Nassau Open golf tourney". The Spokesman-Review. Spokane, Washington. AP. December 21, 1937. p. 11. Retrieved May 11, 2020 via Google News Archive.
  5. "MacFarlane wins Nassau Open golf". Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. AP. December 15, 1936. p. 18. Retrieved May 11, 2020 via Google News Archive.
  6. "Leo Mallory finishes with par-smashing 67 to win British Colonial Open" . Hartford Courant. Hartford, Connecticut. AP. December 23, 1935. p. 17. Retrieved May 11, 2020 via Newspapers.com.
  7. "Cruickshank captures British Colonial Open" . Courier Post. Camden, New Jersey. December 21, 1934. p. 21. Retrieved May 11, 2020 via Newspapers.com.