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ECP Brazil Open

Tournament information
Location	Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Established	1945
Course(s)	Olympic Golf Course
Par	71
Length	7,126 yards (6,516 m)
Tour(s)	PGA Tour Americas PGA Tour Latinoamérica Tour de las Américas
Format	Stroke play
Prize fund	US$225,000
Month played	April
Tournament record score
Aggregate	262 Rafael Becker (2014)
To par	−21 Shad Tuten (2019)
Current champion
Matthew Anderson
Location map
Olympic Golf CourseLocation in Brazil

The Brazil Open or Aberto do Brasil is an annual golf tournament held in Brazil. It was founded in 1945 and was an event on the Tour de las Américas on several occasions, most recently in 2005. It is now an event on PGA Tour Americas.

History

Until the early 1980s, the tournament was a popular stop for many of the world's top professionals, and can boast major winners Sam Snead, Billy Casper, Gary Player, Raymond Floyd, Jerry Pate and Hale Irwin in addition to superstars of South American golf, Roberto De Vicenzo and Ángel Cabrera, amongst its list of champions.

The most successful player remains Mário Gonzalez, who won a total of eight titles, including seven out of nine between 1946 and 1955 (no tournament was held in 1947).

As part of the celebrations of the 500 year anniversary of the discovery of Brazil by Pedro Álvares Cabral, in 2000 the European Tour included the São Paulo and the Rio de Janeiro 500 Year Opens on their schedule. The following year the São Paulo event was again included on the European calendar, and somewhat confusingly titled the São Paulo Brazil Open.

Winners

Year	Tour	Winner	Score	To par	Margin of victory	Runner(s)-up	Venue	Ref.
ECP Brazil Open
2024	PGATAM	Matthew Anderson	197	−16	1 stroke	Conner Godsey Ollie Osborne	Campo Olímpico
JHSF Aberto do Brasil
2023	PGATLA	Charlie Hillier	265	−19	1 stroke	Davis Shore	Fazenda Boa Vista
2022	PGATLA	Jaime López Rivarola	264	−20	1 stroke	Rowin Caron	Fazenda Boa Vista
2020–21: No tournament
2019	PGATLA	Shad Tuten	263	−21	2 strokes	Patrick Flavin Patrick Newcomb	Fazenda Boa Vista
2018	PGATLA	Marcelo Rozo	264	−20	1 stroke	Harrison Endycott Chase Hanna	Fazenda Boa Vista
Aberto do Brasil
2017	PGATLA	Rodolfo Cazaubón	267	−17	6 strokes	Óscar Fraustro José de Jesús Rodríguez	Campo Olímpico
2016	PGATLA	Jorge Fernández-Valdés	280	−4	2 strokes	Corey Conners Brad Hopfinger Mito Pereira	Campo Olímpico
2015	PGATLA	Alexandre Rocha	267	−17	Playoff	Kent Bulle Keith Mitchell	Itanhangá
2014	PGATLA	Rafael Becker	262	−14	3 strokes	Ariel Cañete Joel Dahmen	Gavea
2013	PGATLA	Ryan Blaum	265	−11	Playoff	Alan Wagner	Gavea
2012	PGATLA	Clodomiro Carranza	269	−15	Playoff	José de Jesús Rodríguez	São Fernando
2011	TLA	Óscar David Álvarez	275	−9	1 stroke	César Costilla Sebastián Fernández	São Fernando
HSBC Aberto do Brasil
2010		Marco Ruiz	269	−19	3 strokes	Felipe Navarro (a)	Alphaville Graciosa
2009: No tournament
HSBC Premier Aberto do Brasil
2008		Rafael Barcellos	280			Alessandro Fabietti	Damha
2006–07: No tournament
MasterCard Brazil Open
2005	TLA	Miguel Guzmán	275	−13	7 strokes	Eduardo Argiró Mauricio Molina	Costa do Sauípe
Trump Aberto do Brasil
2004		Philippe Gasnier	278	−10	2 strokes	Rafael Barcellos	Costa do Sauípe
American Express Trump Brazil Open
2003	TLA	Carlos Franco (2)	281	−3	Playoff	Eduardo Argiró	São Fernando
2002: No tournament
Chevrolet Brazil Open
2001	TLA	Carlos Franco	273	−11	4 strokes	Miguel Guzmán	São Paulo
2000	TLA	Jesús Amaya	274	−6	Playoff	Shannon Sykora	Guarapiranga
Brazil Open
1999		Ángel Cabrera (2)	267	−17	Playoff	Eduardo Romero	São Paulo
1998		Ángel Cabrera	265	−19	7 strokes	Eduardo Romero	São Paulo
1997: No tournament
1996		Ruberlei Felizardo					Clube Curitibano
1995		Eduardo Pesenti (a)	273		6 strokes	Ruberlei Felizardo	São Paulo
1994: No tournament
1993		Eduardo Caballero (2)					São Paulo
1992		Ricardo Mechereffe					Clube Curitibano
1991		Ángel Franco	279	−9	1 stroke	Raúl Fretes	Itanhangá
1990		Pedro Martínez	271	−17	5 strokes	Carlos Franco	São Paulo
1989: No tournament
1988		Carlos Larraín (a)	266	−6	4 strokes	Vicente Fernández Pedro Martínez	Gavea
1987: No tournament
1986		Eduardo Caballero	277	−7	2 strokes	Phil Harrison	São Fernando
1985		Robert Lee	272	E	1 stroke	Horacio Carbonetti Miguel Ángel Martín Ronan Rafferty Eduardo Romero Adan Sowa	Gavea
1984		Vicente Fernández (3)	277	−11	4 strokes	Jeff Hart	Itanhangá
1983		Vicente Fernández (2)	275	−9	1 stroke	Mark James	São Paulo
1982		Hale Irwin	265	−7	2 strokes	Manuel Calero Curtis Strange	Gavea
1981		Tom Sieckmann	284	−4	1 stroke	Jaime Gonzalez	Itanhangá
1980		Jerry Pate	274	−10	Playoff	Manuel Piñero	São Fernando
1979		Fidel de Luca	270	−2	Playoff	Roberto De Vicenzo	Gavea
1978		Raymond Floyd	277	−7	5 strokes	Vicente Fernández Steve Martin	São Paulo
1977		Vicente Fernández	274	−10	3 strokes	Lou Graham Manuel Piñero	São Paulo
1976		Juan Quinteros	279	−1	Playoff	Roberto De Vicenzo	Porto Alegre
1975		Priscillo Diniz (a)	274	−10	Playoff	Lanny Wadkins	São Paulo
1974		Gary Player (2)	267	−9	5 strokes	Mark Hayes	Gavea
1973		Roberto De Vicenzo (6)	279	−1	4 strokes	Dale Hayes	São Fernando
1972		Gary Player	270	−6	10 strokes	Steve Melnyk	Gavea
1971		Bruce Fleisher	280	−4	Playoff	Jaime Gonzalez (a)	Itanhangá
1970		Bert Greene	276	−8	4 strokes	Roberto De Vicenzo Florentino Molina Bob Stanton	São Paulo
1969		Mário Gonzalez (8)	280	E	1 stroke	Roberto De Vicenzo	Porto Alegre
1968		Takaaki Kono	282	+2	5 strokes	Hugh Baiocchi Kenji Hosoishi	São Fernando
1967		Raúl Travieso	281	−7	5 strokes	Jorge Ledesma (a)	Itanhangá
1966		Rex Baxter	277	−7	5 strokes	Ramón Sota	São Paulo
1965		Ramón Sota	268	−4	Playoff	Gene Littler	Gavea
1964		Roberto De Vicenzo (5)	285	+5	Playoff	Elcido Nari	São Fernando
1963		Roberto De Vicenzo (4)	279	−9	5 strokes	Dave Thomas	Itanhangá
1962		Bernard Hunt	273	−11	5 strokes	Dave Thomas	São Paulo
1961		Peter Alliss	272	E	4 strokes	Mário Gonzalez	Gavea
1960		Roberto De Vicenzo (3)	271	−13	3 strokes	Mike Souchak	São Paulo
1959		Billy Casper (2)	268	−4	6 strokes	Mário Gonzalez	Gavea
1958		Billy Casper	270	−14	9 strokes	Leopoldo Ruiz	São Paulo
1957		Roberto De Vicenzo (2)	281		8 strokes	Leopoldo Ruiz	Itanhangá
1956		Fidel de Luca	278		2 strokes	Antonio Cerdá	São Paulo
1955		Mário Gonzalez (7)	275		6 strokes	Arturo Soto	Gavea
1954		Roberto De Vicenzo	277		4 strokes	Mário Gonzalez	São Paulo
1953		Mário Gonzalez (6)	270		4 strokes	Martin Pose	Gavea
1952		Sam Snead	267		12 strokes	Ricardo Rossi	São Paulo
1951		Mário Gonzalez (5)	272		3 strokes	Roberto De Vicenzo	Gavea
1950		Mário Gonzalez (4)	270			Roberto De Vicenzo	São Paulo
1949		Mário Gonzalez (3)	269			Roberto De Vicenzo	Gavea
1948		Mário Gonzalez (a) (2)	270		2 strokes	Frank Stranahan (a)	São Paulo
1947: No tournament
1946		Mário Gonzalez (a)	274		1 stroke	Roberto De Vicenzo	São Paulo
1945		Martin Pose	275		2 strokes	Roberto De Vicenzo	Gavea

See also

• Open golf tournament

Notes

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

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External links

• Coverage on the PGA Tour Latinoamérica's official site

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