El Paso Open
Tournament information
LocationEl Paso, Texas
Established1927
Course(s)El Paso Country Club
Par72
Tour(s)PGA Tour
FormatStroke play
Prize fundUS$20,000
Month playedSeptember
Final year1959
Tournament record score
Aggregate269 Cary Middlecoff (1952)
To par–15 as above
Final champion
United States Marty Furgol
Location Map
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Location in the United States
El Paso CC is located in Texas
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Location in Texas

The El Paso Open was a golf tournament on the PGA Tour in the late 1920s and the 1950s. It was played at the El Paso Country Club in El Paso, Texas. In 1929, Bill Mehlhorn won with a score of 271, then a record for a 72-hole tournament.[1]

Winners

Year Winner Score To par Margin of
victory		 Runner(s)-up Ref.
1959 United States Marty Furgol 273 −15 4 strokes United States Jay Hebert
United States Ernie Vossler		 [2]
1954–1958: No tournament
1953 United States Chandler Harper 278 −6 Playoff United States Ted Kroll [3]
1952 United States Cary Middlecoff 269 −15 3 strokes United States Al Besselink [4]
1930–1951: No tournament
1929 United States Bill Mehlhorn 271 −17 6 strokes Scotland Bobby Cruickshank [1]
1928 United States Larry Nabholtz 293 1 stroke Scotland Macdonald Smith [5]
1927 United States Tommy Armour 288 −4 4 strokes United States Johnny Golden
Australia Joe Kirkwood Sr.		 [6]

See also

References

  1. ^ a b "Mehlhorn Sets World Record". Youngstown Vindicator. Ohio. AP. January 21, 1929. p. 10. Retrieved April 27, 2011.
  2. ^ "Furgol Fires 65 To Win In El Paso". The Modesto Bee. California. AP. September 21, 1959. p. B-4. Retrieved April 27, 2011.
  3. ^ "Chandler Harper Wins Playoff From Ted Kroll". The Free Lance-Star. Fredericksburg, Virginia. AP. February 10, 1953. p. 7. Retrieved April 27, 2011.
  4. ^ "Middlecoff First At El Paso". Eugene Register-Guard. Oregon. AP. February 11, 1952. p. 10. Retrieved April 27, 2011.
  5. ^ "Nabholtz Wins El Paso Open; Smith Second". Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. Pennsylvania. United News. January 23, 1928. p. 14. Retrieved April 27, 2011.
  6. ^ "Armour Takes El Paso Open". Youngstown Vindicator. Ohio. AP. January 24, 1927. p. 13. Retrieved April 27, 2011.


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