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Panasonic Panama Open
Tournament information
LocationColoncito, Panama
Established1938
Course(s)Coronado Beach and Golf Resort
Par72
Tour(s)Tour de las Américas
Challenge Tour
Canadian Tour
FormatStroke play
Prize fundUS$200,000
Month playedDecember
Final year2004
Tournament record score
Aggregate265Roberto De Vicenzo(1973)
To par−23as above
Final champion
EnglandRichard McEvoy
Location map
Coronado Beach & Golf Resort is located in Panama
Coronado Beach & Golf Resort
Coronado Beach & Golf Resort
Location inPanama

ThePanama Openwas agolftournament played from 1938 to 1982, during which time it was won by some of the biggest names in professional golf, includingSam SneadandArnold Palmer.It was an event on thePGA-sponsored Caribbean Tour between 1958 and 1974.[1]Following the demise of the Caribbean Tour the tournament was not played for several years, until there was a brief revival between 1979 and 1982.

The Panama Open was revived in 1996, when it was an unofficial event on theCanadian Tour;it became an official tournament in 2001 and 2002.[2]In 2003, it was an event on theTour de las Américas,and the following year, it was co-sanctioned by the EuropeanChallenge Tour(2005 season).

Winners

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Year Tour(s)[a] Winner Score To par Margin of
victory		 Runner(s)-up Ref.
Panasonic Panama Open
2004 CHA,TLA EnglandRichard McEvoy 277 −11 1 stroke ParaguayMarco Ruiz [3]
Samsung Panama Open
2003 TLA United StatesCharles Warren 284 −4 1 stroke United StatesKen Duke [4]
Panasonic Panama Open
2002 CAN[b] United StatesMario Tiziani 273 −15 Playoff United StatesDavid Kirkpatrick
United StatesChad Wright		 [5]
2001 CAN United StatesSteve Runge 272 −16 2 strokes United StatesJonathan Byrd [6]
Panama Open
2000 United StatesSteve Haskins
1999 ColombiaGustavo Mendoza Playoff United StatesSonny Skinner
1998 United StatesBob Friend 281 −7 Playoff CanadaRick Todd [7]
1997 United StatesGarrett Willis Playoff United StatesClark Dennis [8]
1996 United StatesJaime Gomez 210[c] −6 Playoff MexicoRafael Alarcón
United StatesJoe Cioe		 [9]
1983–1995: No tournament
1982 United StatesGeorge Burns 275 [10]
1981 United StatesCurtis Strange 204[c] [10]
1980 United StatesBruce Fleisher 267 [10]
1979 United StatesButch Baird(3)
United StatesChi-Chi Rodríguez		 267 Title shared[d] [10]
1975–1978: No tournament
1974 ArgentinaRoberto De Vicenzo(5) 265 −23 7 strokes ArgentinaFlorentino Molina [11]
1973 ArgentinaRoberto De Vicenzo(4) 271 −17 8 strokes EnglandPeter Oosterhuis [12]
1972 TaiwanLu Liang-Huan 279 −9 2 strokes ColombiaRogelio González
BrazilLuis Carlos Pinto		 [13]
1971 ArgentinaRoberto De Vicenzo(3) 273 −15 4 strokes EnglandPeter Townsend [14]
1970 United StatesHerb Hooper 275 −13 2 strokes United StatesJay Dolan [15]
1969 United StatesButch Baird(2) 276 −12 Playoff ColombiaRogelio González
United StatesBob Ross		 [16]
1968 United StatesButch Baird 267 −21 11 strokes United StatesWes Ellis
ArgentinaVicente Fernández		 [17]
1967 United StatesBert Weaver 274 −14 3 strokes United StatesArt Wall Jr. [18]
1966 CanadaWilf Homenuik 283 −5 1 stroke United StatesStan Mosel [19]
1965 United StatesArt Wall Jr. 277 −11 4 strokes United StatesWes Ellis [20]
1964: No tournament
1963 CanadaGeorge Knudson 280 −8 4 strokes United StatesJoe Jimenez
United StatesErnie Vossler		 [21]
1962 United StatesJim Ferree 277 −11 1 stroke United StatesBilly Maxwell [22]
1961 United StatesPete Cooper(2) 273 −15 5 strokes United StatesErnie Vossler [23]
1960 United StatesErnie Vossler 269 −19 3 strokes United StatesDow Finsterwald [24]
1959 United StatesPete Cooper 274 −14 3 strokes United StatesDon January [25]
1958 United StatesBob Watson 271 −17 1 stroke United StatesArt Wall Jr. [26]
1957 United StatesDoug Ford 277 −11 2 strokes United StatesDow Finsterwald [27]
1956 United StatesArnold Palmer 283 −5 Playoff United StatesSam Snead [28]
1955 ArgentinaAntonio Cerdá 273 −15 1 stroke ArgentinaRoberto De Vicenzo
United StatesArnold Palmer		 [29]
1954 United StatesSam Snead 271 −17 6 strokes ArgentinaRoberto De Vicenzo [30]
1953 ArgentinaRoberto De Vicenzo(2) 274 −14 3 strokes United StatesCharlie Harper
United StatesClayton Heafner
United StatesSam Snead		 [31]
1952 ArgentinaRoberto De Vicenzo 282 −6 3 strokes United StatesSam Snead [32]
1951 United StatesJohnny MacMurray(a) (4) 284 −4 3 strokes ColombiaRaúl Posse
United StatesGene Kunes
United StatesHarvey Breaux(a)		 [33]
1950 ColombiaRaúl Posse 284 [10]
1949 United StatesJohnny MacMurray(a) (3) 288 [10]
1948 United StatesJohnny MacMurray(a) (2) 283 [34]
1947 United StatesHerb Mitten(a) 293 [10]
1946 United StatesCharlie Grant 299 [10]
1945 United StatesTony Tiso(2) 291 [10]
1944 United StatesMarion Reid(a) 299 [10]
1943 United StatesTony Tiso(2) 291 [10]
1942 United StatesLou Barbaro 297 [10]
1941 United StatesAl Escalante 298 [10]
1940 United StatesJohnny MacMurray(a) 301 [10]
1939 United StatesJimmy Vincent(2) 301 [10]
1939 United StatesJimmy Vincent 304 [10]

See also

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Notes

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  1. ^CAN −Canadian Tour;CHA −Challenge Tour;TLA −Tour de las Américas.
  2. ^In 2002, the event was sanctioned by the Canadian Tour, but did not count towards the Order of Merit.
  3. ^abShortened to 54 holes due to weather.
  4. ^Title shared when darkness ended play with Baird and Rodríguez still tied after two holes of a sudden-death playoff.

References

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  12. ^"Oosterhuis Second".The Glasgow Herald.Glasgow, Scotland. Reuter. 20 February 1973. p. 4.Retrieved6 May2020– via Google News Archive.
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