Visa Open de Argentina

Tournament information
Location	Buenos Aires, Argentina
Established	1905
Course(s)	Nordelta Golf Club
Par	72
Length	7,233 yards (6,614 m)
Tour(s)	European Tour Challenge Tour PGA Tour Latinoamérica Tour de las Américas TPG Tour
Format	Stroke play
Prize fund	US$175,000
Month played	December
Tournament record score
Aggregate	264 Miguel Fernández (1988)
To par	−18 Ángel Cabrera (2012) −18 Emiliano Grillo (2014) −18 Isidro Benítez (2018) −18 Zack Fischer (2022)
Current champion
Zack Fischer
Location Map
Nordelta GC Location in Argentina

The Argentine Open or Abierto de la República or Abierto de Argentina is one of the oldest national golf open championships. First played in 1905, when it was called the Open Championship of the River Plate, it has featured numerous notable winners including eleven major champions Henry Picard (1937), Paul Runyan (1938), Jimmy Demaret (1941), Lloyd Mangrum (1946), Roberto De Vicenzo (1944, 1949, 1951, 1952,1958, 1965, 1967, 1970, 1974) Tom Weiskopf (1979), Craig Stadler (1992), Mark Calcavecchia (1993, 1995), Mark O'Meara (1994), Jim Furyk (1997) and Ángel Cabrera (2001, 2002, 2012).

History

The championship was formerly part of the PGA Tour Latinoamérica schedule, also featuring on the European Tour on one occasion, in 2001. In the subsequent years, the Argentine financial crisis later in 2001 resulted in substantially reduced prize money. From 2005 to 2008 the tournament was a fixture on the Challenge Tour. In 2008 it was rescheduled to April, which meant that the Argentine Open appeared twice during the 2008 Challenge Tour season.

The record for most victories is held by 1967 British Open champion Roberto De Vicenzo, who won the title on nine occasions between 1944 and 1974. The next most successful players are Vicente Fernández, with eight victories over a 32 years span between 1968 and 2000 and José Jurado, who won seven times between the 1920 and 1931.

The first championship, held in 1905, was won by Mungo Park Jr. (son of Willie Park Sr. and brother of Willie Park Jr.).

The low amateur is presented with the Pereyra Iraola Cup.

Starting in 2016, the event gave the winner an exemption into The Open Championship.

In July 2023, it was announced that the tournament would become part of the Korn Ferry Tour schedule until 2029.^[1]

Winners

Year	Tour(s)[lower-alpha 1]	Winner	Score	To par	Margin of victory	Runner(s)-up	Venue
Visa Open de Argentina
2023: No tournament due to rescheduling from December to March
2022	PTLA	Zack Fischer	270	−18	1 stroke	Linus Lilliedahl	Nordelta
2021	PTLA	Jorge Fernández-Valdés	277	−11	3 strokes	Cho Rak-hyun Jeremy Gandon	Nordelta
2020: No tournament
2019	PTLA	Ricardo Celia	269	−11	Playoff	Brandon Matthews	Jockey Club
2018	PTLA	Isidro Benítez	270	−18	3 strokes	Russell Budd Harry Higgs	Pilara
2017	PTLA	Brady Schnell	272	−8	Playoff	Matt Ryan Andreas Halvorsen	Jockey Club
2016	PTLA	Kent Bulle (2)	275	−9	Playoff	James Beck III Nate Lashley	Olivos
2015	PTLA	Kent Bulle	269	−11	1 stroke	Juan Álvarez (a)	Jockey Club
2014	PTLA	Emiliano Grillo	266	−18	6 strokes	Brad Hopfinger	Martindale
2013	PTLA	Marcelo Rozo	278	−10	2 strokes	Jeff Gove	Nordelta
2012	PTLA	Ángel Cabrera (3)	270	−18	4 strokes	Miguel Ángel Carballo Óscar Fraustro	Nordelta
2011	TLA, TPG	Maximiliano Godoy	278	−6	2 strokes	Guillermo Pumarol	Pilar
Abierto Visa de la República
2010	TLA, TPG	Jhonattan Vegas	270	−10	6 strokes	Andrés Romero	Jockey Club
2009	TLA, TPG	César Costilla	282	−6	1 stroke	Paulo Pinto Julio Zapata	Nordelta
2008	CHA, TLA, TPG	Antti Ahokas	270	−10	3 strokes	Martin Monguzzi	Hurlingham
2007	CHA, TLA, TPG	Marco Ruiz	275	−5	2 strokes	Daniel Vancsik	Buenos Aires
2006	CHA, TLA	Rafael Echenique	277	−7	1 stroke	Ángel Cabrera Ricardo González	Pilar
2005	CHA, TLA	Kevin Stadler	274	−6	2 strokes	Ángel Cabrera	Jockey Club
2004	ARG	José Cóceres	278	−2	Playoff	Eduardo Romero	Buenos Aires
2003	ARG	Rodolfo González	281	+1	Playoff	Clodomiro Carranza	Olivos
Abierto de la República
2002	ARG	Ángel Cabrera (2)	269	−11		José Cóceres	Hurlingham
Open de Argentina
2001	ARG, EUR	Ángel Cabrera	268	−12	2 strokes	Carl Pettersson	Jockey Club
Argentine Open
2000	ARG	Vicente Fernández (7)	277	−3	Playoff	Eduardo Romero	Jockey Club
Abierto de la República
1999		Scott Dunlap	272	−12	1 stroke	José Cóceres Ian Woosnam	Martindale
Argentine Open
1998		Raúl Fretes	271	−9		Ángel Cabrera Sergio García (a) Gustavo Mendoza	Jockey Club
1997		Jim Furyk	275	−5	3 strokes	Chris DiMarco Mathias Grönberg Tim Hegna	Jockey Club
1996		Pedro Martínez	272	−12		Tim Herron	Olivos
1995		Mark Calcavecchia (2)	279		Playoff	Andrew Magee	Jockey Club
1994		Mark O'Meara	278			John Cook César Monasterio	Buenos Aires
1993		Mark Calcavecchia	270			Miguel Guzmán	Jockey Club
1992		Craig Stadler	276		Playoff	Eduardo Romero	Olivos
1991		Jay Don Blake	273			Craig Stadler	Argentino
1990		Vicente Fernández (7)	268			Eduardo Romero	Mar del Plata
1989		Eduardo Romero	275			Luis Carbonetti	Argentino
1988		Miguel Fernández (2)	264			Vicente Fernández	Hurlingham
1987		Miguel Fernández	277			Miguel Ángel Martín Eduardo Romero	Córdoba
1986		Vicente Fernández (6)	278			Miguel Fernández	San Isidro
1985		Vicente Fernández (5)	283			Rafael Alarcón Antonio Ortiz Adan Sowa	Ranelagh
1984		Vicente Fernández (4)	279			Antonio Ortiz	Olivos
1983		Adan Sowa (2)	283			Antonio Ortiz	San Andrés
1982		Jorge Soto	283			Vicente Fernández	Olivos
1981		Vicente Fernández (3)	274			Jack Ferenz	Jockey Club
1980		Gary Hallberg	280			Vicente Fernández	Jockey Club
1979		Tom Weiskopf	289	+5	3 strokes	Alberto Rivadeneira	Olivos
1978		Adan Sowa	283			Sam Torrance	Jockey Club
1977		Florentino Molina (5)	278			Vicente Fernández	Olivos
1976		Florentino Molina (4)	274			Vicente Fernández	Jockey Club
1975		Florentino Molina (3)	281			Roberto De Vicenzo	Lomas
1974		Roberto De Vicenzo (9)	273			Vicente Fernández	Mar del Plata
1973		Florentino Molina (2)	272			Fidel de Luca Leopoldo Ruiz	Hurlingham
1972		Fidel de Luca (4)	283			Juan Quinteros Jorge Soto	Córdoba
1971		Florentino Molina	275			Vicente Fernández	Hindú
1970		Roberto De Vicenzo (8)	285			Fidel de Luca	Río Cuarto
1969		Vicente Fernández (2)	271			Fidel de Luca Orlando Tudino	Ranelagh
1968		Vicente Fernández	279			Fidel de Luca	Argentino
1967		Roberto De Vicenzo (7)	282			Alberto Rivadeneira	San Andres
1966		Juan Carlos Castillo	277			Sebastian Nicolosi	Jockey Club
1965		Roberto De Vicenzo (6)	277			Orlando Tudino	Hurlingham
1964		Elcido Nari	283			Juan Martínez	San Isidro
1963		Jorge Ledesma (a)	282			Roberto De Vicenzo	San Martín
1962		Ángel Miguel	285			Florentino Molina	Ituzaingó
1961		Fidel de Luca (3)	287			Esteban Sorolla	Lomas
1960		Fidel de Luca (2)	274			Leopoldo Ruiz	Mar del Plata
1959		Leopoldo Ruiz (2)	289			Eduardo Blasi	Hindú
1958		Roberto De Vicenzo (5)	278			Orlando Tudino	Rosario
1957		Leopoldo Ruiz	284			Juan Anzaldo Juan Martínez	Ranelagh
1956		Antonio Cerdá (2)	281			Fidel de Luca	Córdoba
1955		Enrique Bertolino (2)	273			Roberto De Vicenzo	Argentinos
1954		Fidel de Luca	281		Playoff	Arturo Soto	Argentinos
1953		Mário Gonzalez (2)	280			Roberto De Vicenzo	Argentinos
1952		Roberto De Vicenzo (4)	287			Juan Anzaldo	San Andrés
1951		Roberto De Vicenzo (3)	278			Antonio Cerdá	San Isidro
1950		Martin Pose (3)	283		Playoff	Enrique Bertolino	Hurlingham
1949		Roberto De Vicenzo (2)	270			Juan Anzaldo	Olivos
1948		Antonio Cerdá	286			Juan Anzaldo	Hindú
1947		Enrique Bertolino	279			Roberto De Vicenzo	Argentino
1946		Lloyd Mangrum	271		Playoff	Vic Ghezzi	Jockey Club
1945: No tournament
1944		Roberto De Vicenzo	288			Arturo Soto	Ituzaingo
1943		Marcos Churio (3)	288			Leonardo Nicolosi Emilio Serra	San Andrés
1942		Manuel Martín	298			Pedro Ledesma (a)	Olivos
1941		Jimmy Demaret	279		4 strokes	Eduardo Blasi Enrique Bertolino	San Isidro
1940		Mário Gonzalez (a)	285			Leonardo Nicolosi Emilio Serra	Argentino
1939		Martin Pose (2)	292		Playoff	Emilio Serra	Ranelagh
1938		Paul Runyan	282			Andrés A. Pérez Martin Pose	Ituzaingó
1937		Henry Picard	288			Marcos Churio Emilio Dunezat	San Andrés
1936		John Cruickshank (2)	290			Juan Martínez	San Olivos
1935		John Cruickshank	295			Marcos Churio	Argentino
1934		Marcos Churio (2)	285			Enrique Bertolino	Argentino
1933		Martin Pose	292			Tomas Genta	Ituzaingó
1932		Andrés A. Pérez (4)	297			Marcos Churio Hector Frecero	Ranelagh
1931		José Jurado (7)	289			John Cruickshank	Jockey Club
1930		Tomás Genta	288			John Cruickshank José Jurado	San Andrés
1929		José Jurado (6)	292			Marcos Churio	Ituzaingó
1928		José Jurado (5)	293			Marcos Churio	San Andrés
1927		José Jurado (4)	298			Juan Eustace Andrés A. Pérez	Lomas
1926		Marcos Churio	294			Lagrima Gonzalez	Argentino
1925		José Jurado (3)	320			Lagrima Gonzalez	Lomas
1924		José Jurado (2)	291			Ramon Rivarola	San Andrés
1923		Andrés A. Pérez (3)	302			José Jurado	San Andrés
1922		Andrés A. Pérez (2)	300			José Jurado	San Andrés
1921		Andrés A. Pérez	303			José Jurado	Argentino
1920		José Jurado	307			Andrés A. Pérez	San Andrés
1919		Raúl Castillo (3)	307			José Jurado	Argentino
1918		Juan Eustace	328			Raúl Castillo	San Andrés
1917		Lágrima González (3)	305			Raúl Castillo Juan Eustace	Lomas
1916		Lágrima González (2)	305			Raúl Castillo	Argentino
1915		Lágrima González	305			Alex Philp	Argentino
1914		Raúl Castillo (2)	318			Lágrima González	San Andrés
1913		Alex Philp (2)	328			Mungo Park Jr.	San Andrés
1912		Mungo Park Jr. (3)	308			Lágrima González Juan Eustace	San Andrés
1911		Rodolfo Castillo	301			Juan Eustace	San Andrés
1910		Alex Philp	306			Juan Eustace	Argentino
1909		Raúl Castillo	317			P. Aste (a) E. Donet (a)	San Andrés
1908		Frank Sutton (a)	307			Mungo Park Jr.	Buenos Aires
1907		Mungo Park Jr. (2)	305			Jack Park	Buenos Aires
1906		John Avery Wright (a)	158			Mungo Park Jr. Frank Sutton (a)	Buenos Aires
1905		Mungo Park Jr.	167			Juan Dentone H. Bucknall (a)	Buenos Aires

Notes

References

External links

• Coverage on PGA Tour Latinoamérica's official site
• Coverage on the European Tour's official site (2001)
• Coverage on the Challenge Tour's official site (2005–2008)