El Paso Open (PGA Tour)

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]

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
El Paso CC is located in the United States
El Paso CC
El Paso CC
Location in the United States
El Paso CC is located in Texas
El Paso CC
El Paso CC
Location in Texas

Winners

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

See also

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References

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  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.