Tahiti Open

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Tahiti Open
Tournament information
Location Papeete, Tahiti, French Polynesia
Established1982
Course(s)Moorea Green Pearl GC (2017–)
Olivier Bréaud International GC
Organized byFederation Polynesienne de Golf
and PGA Tour of Australasia NSW/ACT Division [1]
Tour(s)Ladbrokes PGA Pro-Am Series
Format Stroke play
Prize fund$125,000
Month playedSeptember

The Tahiti Open is a professional golf tournament played in Tahiti, French Polynesia. [2]

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History

The Federation Polynesienne de Golf based in Papeete was founded in 1981 and launched the national open golf championship, the Tahiti Open, in 1982. The inaugural tournament was won by singer Danny Kaleikini from Hawaii. [3] The tournament then consisted of two rounds, raised to four by the second edition which was won by Kalua Makalena, also from Hawaii. The tournament then consisted of three rounds for eight years, before returning to a four-round format in 1992 when the organizers started collaborating with the PGA Tour of Australasia. [4] [5]

Australian and New Zealand players have dominated the tournament. [6] Grant Moorhead has won four times and Ryan Fox won both the 29th and 30th staging of the tournament, part of the Choice Hotels PGA Pro-Am Series. [7] By 2018 the purse was $125,000, the largest prize purse in the PGA Tour of Australasia's Ladbrokes PGA Pro-Am Series. [8]

Winners

YearWinnerScoreRef
2019 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Jamie Arnold 68-67-70-67=272−8 [9]
2018 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Tim Stewart 67-68-72-65=272−8 [10]
2017 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Dale Brandt-Richards 64-70-68-71=273−7 [11]
2016No tournament
2015 Flag of New Zealand.svg Callan O'Reilly 68-65-64-71=268−20 [12]
2014 Flag of New Zealand.svg Ryan Fox 66-66-67-69=268−20 [13]
2013No tournament
2012 Flag of New Zealand.svg Ryan Fox 66-69-62-68=265−23 [14]
2011 Flag of New Zealand.svg Grant Moorhead 65-69-64=198−18
2010 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Josh Lane 71-73-70-68=242−6
2009No tournament
2008 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Edward Stedman 69-66-70-69=274−14
2007 Flag of New Zealand.svg Josh Carmichael 66-70-65-66=267−21
2006 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Chris Downes 69-63-62-65=259−29
2005 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Andrew McKenzie 70-68-67-65=270−18
2003 Flag of New Zealand.svg Tony Christie 66-65-71-64=266−22
2002 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Jason Dawes 68-60-67-70=265−23
2001 Flag of New Zealand.svg Chris Gray 68-66-65-68=267−21
2000 Flag of Australia (converted).svg David Bransdon 71-63-66-69=269−19
1999 Flag of New Zealand.svg Stuart Thompson 70-66-68-69=273−15
1998 Flag of New Zealand.svg Tony Christie 68-68-72-70=278−10
1997 Flag of New Zealand.svg Dominic Barson 70-68-65-70=273−15
1996 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Steven Alker 65-68-69-70=272−16
1995 Flag of New Zealand.svg Grant Moorhead 69-68-67-70=274−14
1994 Flag of New Zealand.svg Grant Moorhead 71-67-71-71=280−8
1993 Flag of New Zealand.svg Grant Moorhead 70-72-69-72=283−5
1992 Flag of Australia (converted).svg John Clifford 72-70-69-71=282−6
1991 Flag of New Zealand.svg Simon Owen 69-74-68=211−5
1990 Flag of Chile.svg Roy McKenzie 70-70-70=210−6
1989 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Jason Deep 67-69-71=207−9
1988 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Jason Deep 70-73=143−1
1987 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Lee Hunter 69-69-74=212−4
1986 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Brett Ogle 69-69-69=207−9
1985 Flag of Australia (converted).svg John Clifford 69-71-70=210−6
1984 Flag of New Zealand.svg Barry Vivian 69-71-70=210−6
1983 Flag of the United States.svg Kalua Makalena 73-72-72-72=289+1
1982 Flag of the United States.svg Danny Kaleikini 72-65=137−7

Source: [4] [15]

References

  1. ↑ "2019 Tahiti Open" (PDF). PGA Tour of Australasia. Retrieved 29 July 2020.
  2. ↑ "2019 Tahiti International Open". PGA Tour of Australasia. Retrieved 29 July 2020.
  3. ↑ "Danny Kaleikini, Part 1 Long Story Short with Leslie Wilcox". PBS Hawaii. 15 September 2014. Retrieved 29 July 2020.
  4. 1 2 "2018 Tahiti Open Program: Past Winners 1982−2017". Federation Polynesienne de Golf. pp. 10–11. Retrieved 29 July 2020.
  5. ↑ "Open International de Tahiti 2019" (PDF). Federation Polynesienne de Golf. Retrieved 29 July 2020.
  6. ↑ "O'Reilly claims Tahiti Open". PGA Tour of Australasia. January 2015. Retrieved 29 July 2020.
  7. ↑ "Fox successfully defends Tahiti Open title". Golfgrinder. Retrieved 29 July 2020.
  8. ↑ "Brandt–Richards back to defend Tahiti International Open title". PGA Tour of Australasia. 18 May 2018. Retrieved 29 July 2020.
  9. ↑ "Ladbrokes Pro-Am Series Results: 2019 Tahiti International Open". PGA Tour of Australasia. Retrieved 29 July 2020.
  10. ↑ "Ladbrokes Pro-Am Series Results: 2018 Tahiti International Open". PGA Tour of Australasia. Retrieved 29 July 2020.
  11. ↑ "Ladbrokes Pro-Am Series Results: 2017 Tahiti International Open". PGA Tour of Australasia. Retrieved 29 July 2020.
  12. ↑ "Ladbrokes Pro-Am Series Results: 2015 Tahiti International Open". PGA Tour of Australasia. Retrieved 29 July 2020.
  13. ↑ "Choice Hotels PGA Pro-Am Series Results: 2014 Tahiti International Open". PGA Tour of Australasia. Retrieved 29 July 2020.
  14. ↑ "New Zealand golfer wins in Tahiti". RNZ . 9 July 2012. Retrieved 29 July 2020.
  15. ↑ List of winners 1982−2011

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