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Colombian Open

Tournament information
Location	Pereira, Colombia
Established	1945
Course(s)	Club Campestre de Medellín
Par	72
Length	6,640 yards (6,070 m)
Tour(s)	PGA Tour Latinoamérica Tour de las Américas Colombian Tour
Format	Stroke play
Prize fund	COL$200,000,000
Month played	July
Tournament record score
Aggregate	262 Jerry Pate (1981) 262 Gustavo Mendoza (1997)
To par	–26 as above
Current champion
Alexandre Rocha
Location map
Club Campestre de PereiraLocation in Colombia

The Colombian Open, or Abierto de Colombia, is a golf tournament on the Colombian Tour and PGA Tour Latinoamérica that was first played in 1945. It has also on occasion been an event on the Tour de las Américas.

In 2001, Camilo Villegas won a record fifth consecutive amateur prize, at the same time becoming only the second amateur to take the overall title.

Winners

Year	Tour	Winner	Score	To par	Margin of victory	Runner(s)-up	Venue
Abierto de Colombia
2024	COL	Alexandre Rocha	276	−12	6 strokes	Iván Camilo Ramírez	Club Campestre de Medellín
2023	COL	José de Jesús Rodríguez (2)	268	−16	4 strokes	Ómar Beltrán Julián Périco	Club Campestre de Pereira
2022	COL	Camilo Aguado	275	−9	5 strokes	Juan Sebastián Roa	Club Campestre de Cali
2021	COL	Jesús Amaya (4)	278	−10	2 strokes	David Vanegas	Lagos de Caujaral
2020: No tournament
Cartagena-Karibana Colombian Open
2019	COL	Augusto Núñez	266	−22	3 strokes	Alejandro Tosti	TPC Cartagena
2018	COL	Marcelo Rozo	200	−16	1 stroke	Nico Echavarría	TPC Cartagena
Avianca Colombia Open
2017	PGATLA	José de Jesús Rodríguez	269	−15	2 strokes	Nico Echavarría	Club Campestre Guaymaral
2016	PGATLA	Justin Hueber	267	−21	5 strokes	Mito Pereira	Club Campestre de Medellín
2015	PGATLA	Diego Velásquez	266	−18	6 strokes	Alex Moon	Los Lagartos
Arturo Calle Colombian Open
2014	PGATLA	David Vanegas	263	−17	3 strokes	Rick Cochran III Andrés Echavarría	Ruitoque
2013	PGATLA	Timothy O'Neal	268	−16	2 strokes	Óscar Serna	Club Campestre de Pereira
2012	PGATLA	Matías O'Curry	279	−9	8 strokes	Andrés Echavarría Nelson Ledesma	El Rincón de Cajicá
Colombian Open
2011		Álvaro Arizabaleta	275	−9	1 stroke	Manuel Villegas	Club Campestre de Cali
Abierto de Colombia
2010	TLA	Julián Etulain	267	−21	3 strokes	Rodolfo González David Vanegas	Club Campestre Guaymaral
Colombian Open
2009		Daniel Barbetti	279	−9		Paulo Pinto	Barranquilla
2008		Manuel Villegas	272	−8		Rafael Gómez Clodomiro Carranza	Los Lagartos
2007		Diego Vanegas	292	+4	Playoff	José Manuel Garrido	El Rincón de Cajicá
2006	TLA	Manuel Merizalde	280	−4	2 strokes	Alvaro Pinedo	Club Campestre de Cali
2005		Jesús Amaya (3)	282	−6		Luis Zapata	Club Campestre de Guaymaral
2004		Jesús Amaya (2)	203	−13		Ángel Romero	Lagos de Caujaral
2003		Mario Julián Hurtado	277	−11		Jesús Amaya Gustavo Mendoza	Pueblo Viejo
2002		Gustavo Mendoza (2)	275	−13	Playoff	Jesús Amaya	Club Campestre de Guaymaral
2001		Camilo Villegas (a)	270	−14		Jesús Amaya	Club Campestre de Pereira
2000		Rafael Romero	279	−9			Country Club de Bogotá
1999		Rigoberto Velásquez (2)	286	−2			Club Farallones
1998		Miguel Guzmán	271	−17		Ángel Franco Rafael Gómez	Hato Grande
1997		Gustavo Mendoza	262	−26			Club Campestre de Bucaramanga
1996		Arden Knoll	272	−16	Playoff		San Andrés
1995		José Lisandro Gómez (2)	287	+3			Club Campestre de Cali
1994		Ángel Romero	276	−8			La Sabana
1993		Jesús Amaya	276	−12			El Rodeo
1992		Armando Saavedra	278	−10			Country Club de Bogotá
1991		Roy Mackenzie	290	+2			Condominio Campestre El Peñón
1990		Miguel Tola	285	−3			Barranquilla
1989		Luis Alfredo Puerto (2)	288	E			El Rincón de Cajicá
1988		Liborio Zapata	285	+1			Club Campestre de Cali
1987		José Lisandro Gómez	286	−2			San Andrés
1986		Rigoberto Velásquez	284	−4			Club Campestre de Bucaramanga
1985		Luis Alfredo Puerto	277	−3			Carmel Club
1984		Rogelio González (5)	290	−2			Club Farallones
1983		Víctor Blanco	205	−11			Los Lagartos
1982: No tournament
1981		Jerry Pate	262	−26	21 strokes	Luis Arevalo	Los Lagartos
1980		Bernhard Langer	279	−9	6 strokes	Jaime Gonzalez Mike White John Morgan	Country Club de Bogotá
1979		Sam Torrance	273	−11	3 strokes	Ray Carrasco	Club Campestre de Cali
1978		Alberto Rivadeneira (2)	275	−13			Los Arrayanes
1977		Phil Hancock	272	−16			El Rodeo Macarena
1976		Rogelio González (4)	283	−5			Los Lagartos
1975		Peter Butler	291	+3			Lagos de Cuajaral
1974		Heraclio Valenzuela	279				Club Campestre de Pereira
1973		Alfonso Bohórquez	274				Carmel Club
1972		Diego Correa (a)	281				El Rodeo
1971		Bert Greene	274				Country Club de Bogotá
1970		Alberto Rivadeneira	288				Club Campestre de Cali
1969		Rogelio González (3)	281				San Andrés
1968		Rogelio González (2)	283				Club Campestre de Bucaramanga
1967		Rogelio González	285				Country Club de Bogotá
1966		Pedro P. García	295				Barranquilla
1964–65: No tournament
1963		Chi-Chi Rodríguez	287				Barranquilla
1962		Miguel Sala (2)	280				El Rodeo
1961		Roberto De Vicenzo	277				El Rodeo
1960		Bob Watson	285				Club Campestre de Cali
1959		Pete Cooper	283				Club Campestre de Cali
1958		Leopoldo Ruiz	287				Country Club de Bogotá
1957		Doug Sanders	269				San Andrés
1956		Arnold Palmer	280				Club Campestre de Cali
1955		Esteban Sorolla	284				Los Lagartos
1954		Pablo Molina	286				Los Lagartos
1953		Miguel Sala	287				Country Club de Bogotá
1952		Al Besselink	281				Country Club de Bogotá
1951		Raúl Posse (3)	286				Club Campestre de Cali
1950		Raúl Posse (2)	296				Barranquilla
1949		Alberto Serra	301				San Andrés
1948		Pedro Valdi (2)	275				Medellín
1947		Pedro Valdi	282				Country Club de Bogotá
1946		Raúl Posse	284				Club Campestre de Cali
1945		Guillermo Felice	397				Country Club de Bogotá

See also

• Open golf tournament

Notes

1. COL − Colombian Tour; PGATLA − PGA Tour Latinoamérica; TLA − Tour de las Américas.
2. Shortened to 54 holes due to weather.

References

1. "Historia - Abierto de Colombia". Federación Colombiana de Golf. Archived from the original on 2007-08-20. Retrieved 2009-01-27.
2. "Noticias del Abierto de Colombia - Cuadro de Campeones". Federación Colombiana de Golf. Archived from the original on 2011-07-10. Retrieved 2009-02-04.

External links

• Federación Colombiana de Golf – official site
• Coverage on the PGA Tour Latinoamérica site

• Golf tournaments in Colombia
• PGA Tour Latinoamérica events
• Former Tour de las Américas events
• Recurring sporting events established in 1945
• 1945 establishments in Colombia