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Mexico Open

Tournament information
Location	Vallarta, Mexico
Established	1944
Course(s)	Vidanta Vallarta
Par	71
Length	7,456 yards (6,818 m)
Tour(s)	PGA Tour Web.com Tour Challenge Tour PGA Tour Latinoamérica Tour de las Américas
Format	Stroke play
Prize fund	US$8,100,000
Month played	February
Tournament record score
Aggregate	260 Tony Finau (2023)
To par	−24 as above
Current champion
Jake Knapp
Location map
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The Mexican Open (Spanish: Abierto Mexicano de Golf), also known as the Mexico Open and Abierto Mexicano de Golf, is the national open golf tournament of Mexico.

History

First played 80 years ago in 1944 at the Club de Golf Chapultepec, it was an event on the Tour de las Américas between 2003 and 2006, being co-sanctioned by the European Challenge Tour from 2004 to 2006. It became a Nationwide Tour event in 2008, and was rescheduled from December to January, which resulted in no tournament in 2007. Due to the outbreak of swine flu in 2009, the Mexican Open was rescheduled from May to September. In 2013, the tournament was moved to March and became an official event for PGA Tour Latinoamérica. The tournament was also moved to Club de Golf Mexico.

In 2022, the tournament became an official event on the PGA Tour, with a purse of $7,300,000 and awarding 500 FedEx Cup points to the winner.

Winners

Year	Tour(s)	Winner	Score	To par	Margin of victory	Runner(s)-up	Venue
Mexico Open
2024	PGAT	Jake Knapp	265	−19	2 strokes	Sami Välimäki	Vidanta Vallarta
2023	PGAT	Tony Finau	260	−24	3 strokes	Jon Rahm	Vidanta Vallarta
2022	PGAT	Jon Rahm	267	−17	1 stroke	Tony Finau Kurt Kitayama Brandon Wu	Vidanta Vallarta
Abierto Mexicano de Golf
2021	PGATLA	Álvaro Ortiz	265	−23	3 strokes	Drew Nesbitt	Estrella del Mar
2020	PGATLA	No tournament due to the COVID-19 pandemic
2019	PGATLA	Drew Nesbitt	263	−17	2 strokes	Andreas Halvorsen Gustavo Silva	Tijuana
2018	PGATLA	Austin Smotherman	262	−18	4 strokes	Juan Pablo Hernández	Tijuana
2017: No tournament
Mexico Open
2016	PGATLA	Sebastián Vázquez	268	−16	Playoff	Augusto Núñez	Aguascalientes
2015	PGATLA	Justin Hueber	265	−23	1 stroke	Brad Gehl Maximiliano Godoy	Aguascalientes
TransAmerican Power Products CRV Mexico Open
2014	PGATLA	Óscar David Álvarez	271	−17	1 stroke	Nelson Ledesma	Chapultepec
Abierto Mexicano de Golf
2013	PGATLA	Ted Purdy	281	−7	1 stroke	David Vanegas	Mexico
Mexico Open
2012	WEB	Lee Williams	274	−14	1 stroke	Paul Haley II	León
2011	NWT	Erik Compton	271	−17	2 strokes	Richard H. Lee	León
Mexico Open Bicentenary
2010	NWT	Jamie Lovemark	276	−12	Playoff	B. J. Staten	León
Mexico Open
2009	NWT	Troy Merritt	273	−15	Playoff	Adam Bland	León
2008	NWT	Jarrod Lyle	267	−17	4 strokes	Matt Every	Tres Marias
2007: No tournament
Abierto Mexicano Corona
2006	CHA, TLA	Fabrizio Zanotti	275	−9	1 stroke	Daniel de León	La Hacienda
2005	CHA, TLA	Antonio Maldonado	275	−9	1 stroke	Mickaël Dieu Rafael Gómez	La Hacienda
Abierto Mexicano de Golf
2004	CHA, TLA	Rafael Gómez	270	−14	2 strokes	Eduardo Herrera	La Hacienda
Mexican Open
2003	TLA	Eduardo Herrera	278	−10	1 stroke	Eduardo Argiró Jeff Burns	Moon Palace
2002		Pablo Fernández	273	−11	1 stroke	David Howser	La Hacienda
2001: No tournament
2000		Esteban Toledo	271			Robin Freeman	México
1999		Stewart Cink (2)	271			Óscar Serna	México
1998		Eduardo Romero	269			Scott Simpson	México
1997		Frank Nobilo	273				México
1996		Stewart Cink	272			Bob Tway	México
1995		John Cook	273			Scott Verplank	México
1994		Chris Perry	274			Bob Tway	México
1993		Fred Funk	268		1 stroke	Donnie Hammond	La Hacienda
1992		Tom Sieckmann	268			Steve Elkington	La Hacienda
1991		Jay Haas	277			Ed Fiori	Chapultepec
1990		Bob Lohr	269	−19	4 strokes	Carlos Espinosa	La Hacienda
1985–1989: No tournament
1984		Danny Mijovic	274			Tommy Armour III Rick Cramer	Tijuana
1983		Tommy Armour III	280				Tijuana
1982: No tournament
1981		Ben Crenshaw	273			Raymond Floyd	Chapultepec
1980		David Graham	279			Jerry Pate	Bellavista
1978–79: No tournament
1977		Billy Casper	274	−6	3 strokes	Gay Brewer	Chiluca
1976		Ernesto Pérez Acosta (2)	273			Victor Regalado	La Hacienda
1975		Lee Trevino (2)	275			Ernesto Pérez Acosta Larry Ziegler	La Hacienda
1974		Ed Byman	280			Lee Trevino	Chapultepec
1973		Lee Trevino	281			Victor Regalado	Bellavista
1972: No tournament
1971		Ángel Gallardo	275			Billy Maxwell	México
1970		Ernesto Pérez Acosta	280				Bellavista
1967–69: No tournament
1966		Bob McCallister	278			Dudley Wysong	Monterrey
1965		Homero Blancas	284			Lee Trevino	Bellavista
1964		Art Wall Jr.	276			Roberto De Vicenzo	México
1963		Al Balding	279			Richard Crawford Billy Maxwell	La Hacienda
1962		Tony Lema (2)	281			Jackson Bradley	La Hacienda
1961		Tony Lema	280			Antonio Cerdá	México
1960		Howie Johnson	273			Billy Maxwell	Chapultepec
1959		Ángel Miguel	273			Tommy Jacobs	Chapultepec
1958		Antonio Cerdá	279			Roberto De Vicenzo	Chapultepec
1957		Bob Rosburg	272			George Bayer	Chapultepec
1956		Billy Maxwell	264			Roberto De Vicenzo	Chapultepec
1955		Roberto De Vicenzo (3)	271			Tony Holguin	Chapultepec
1954		Johnny Palmer	286			Roberto De Vicenzo	México
1953		Roberto De Vicenzo (2)	267			Cary Middlecoff	Chapultepec
1952		Bobby Locke	275			Roberto De Vicenzo Jimmy Demaret	Mexicali
1951		Roberto De Vicenzo	267			Al Besselink	Chapultepec
1950		Tony Holguin (2)	280			Antonio Pedroza Juan Neri	Chapultepec
1949		Tony Holguin	200			Jimmy Demaret Sam Snead	Chapultepec
1948: No tournament
1947		Al Espinosa (4)	292			Carlos Belmont (a) Amado Martinez	Chapultepec
1946		Al Espinosa (3)	286			Felix Lopez	Chapultepec
1945		Al Espinosa (2)	290			Antonio Pedroza	Chapultepec
1944		Al Espinosa	281			Percey Clifford (a)	Chapultepec

See also

• Open golf tournament

Notes

1. CHA − Challenge Tour; NWT/WEB − Nationwide Tour/Web.com Tour; PGAT − PGA Tour; PGATLA − PGA Tour Latinoamérica; TLA − Tour de las Américas.

References

1. "Mexico Open joins Nationwide Tour schedule in 2008". PGA Tour. October 5, 2007. Retrieved March 12, 2013.
2. "Mexico Open rescheduled due to swine flu". PGA Tour. April 29, 2009. Retrieved March 12, 2013.
3. "Mexico Open rescheduled for first week of September". PGA Tour. May 22, 2009. Retrieved March 12, 2013.
4. "Vidanta Vallarta in Vallarta, México to host Mexico Open". PGA Tour. 8 November 2021. Retrieved 8 November 2021.

External links

• Official website (in Spanish)
• List of winners
• Coverage on the European Tour's official site (2004–06)
• Coverage on the PGA Tour's official site

• Golf tournaments in Mexico
• PGA Tour Latinoamérica events
• Former Korn Ferry Tour events
• Former Challenge Tour events
• Former Tour de las Américas events
• Recurring sporting events established in 1944
• Spring (season) events in Mexico
• 1944 establishments in Mexico