| Tournament information | |
|---|---|
| Location | Mar del Plata, Argentina |
| Established | 1918 |
| Course(s) | Mar del Plata GC |
| Par | 70 |
| Tour(s) | PGA Tour Latinoamérica Developmental Series |
| Format | Stroke play |
| Month played | February |
| Tournament record score | |
| Aggregate | 256 Miguel Ángel Martín |
| Current champion | |
 Julián Etulain | |
The South Open, or Abierto del Sur, is one of the major regional open golf tournaments in Argentina, and is also one of the oldest, having been inaugurated 1918. It has always been held at the Mar del Plata Golf Club in Mar del Plata, Buenos Aires Province. The course plays to a par of 70, and the course record is 59, which was set by Miguel Ángel Martín in the 1987 Open.
The tournament was founded as the Abierto de Aficionados y Profesionales (the Professionals and Amateurs Open), and was renamed as the Abierto de Mar del Plata (Mar del Plata Open) in 1925, before being given its current title in 1939.
Winners
| Year | Winner | Score | Runner-up | Amateur winner |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | Julián Etulain | 269 | Marcos Montenegro | |
| 2023 | Ricardo González | 269 | Jaime López Rivarola, Exequiel López | |
| 2022 | Franco Romero | 266 | Rafael Echenique | |
| 2021 | ||||
| 2020 | Jorge Fernández-Valdés | 266 | Paulo Pinto, Luciano Giometti | |
| 2019 | Estanislao Goya | 265 | Julio Zapata | |
| 2018 | Ricardo González | 260 | ||
| 2017 | Marcos Monttenegro (a) | 264 | Clodomiro Carranza | |
| 2016 | Francisco Bidé | 270 | Emilio Domínguez, Maximiliano Godoy | |
| 2015 | Francisco Bidé | 269 | Nelson Ledesma, Francisco Ojeda | |
| 2014 | Nelson Ledesma | 268 | Emilio Domínguez | |
| 2013 | Sebastián Saavedra | 272 | Niclas Johansson | |
| 2012 | Mauricio Molina | 196 | Rafael Echenique | |
| 2011 | Matías O'Curry | 263 | Clodomiro Carranza | |
| 2010 | ||||
| 2009 | Rodolfo González* | 271 | Sebastian Saavedra, Miguel Ángel Carballo | Gonzalo Ramacciotti |
| 2008 | Julio Zapata | 271 | Miguel Guzmán | Esteban Martinez |
| 2007 | Rafael Gómez | 266 | Carlos Cardeza | Ary Rodriguez |
| 2006 | Luciano Giometti | 278 | Andrés Romero | Juan I. Gil |
| 2005 | Rodolfo González* | 280 | Paulo Pinto, Daniel Barbetti | Alan Wagner |
| 2004 | Ángel Cabrera | 270 | Miguel Guzmán | Tomas Argonz |
| 2003 | Rubén Alvarez | 274 | Armando Saavedra, Gustavo Rojas, C. Machado, F. Montovia | Emilio Domínguez |
| 2002 | No tournament | Luciano Giometti | ||
| 2001 | Juan Pablo Abbate* | 276 | Alberto Gianone | Nicasio Dominguez |
| 2000 | Fabian Montovia | 266 | Raúl Fretes | Nicolas Sedler |
| 1999 | Rodolfo González | 276 | Jorge Berendt | Gonzalo Ramaciotti |
| 1998 | Miguel Guzmán | 279 | Luis Carbonetti, Sebastián Fernández | Ernesto Rivas |
| 1997 | Jorge Berendt | 269 | Sebastián Fernández | Francisco Aleman |
| 1996 | Ángel Cabrera | Mauricio Molina, Eduardo Romero | Francisco Aleman | |
| 1995 | Daniel Lobos | Eduardo Romero | Francisco Aleman | |
| 1994 | Ángel Cabrera | Antonio Ortiz, Luis Carbonetti | Martin Travella | |
| 1993 | Jorge Soto | 268 | Eduardo Romero, Luis Carbonetti | Gustavo Piovano |
| 1992 | Eduardo Romero | Jorge Bollini | ||
| 1991 | Rubén Alvarez | Fernando Chiesa | ||
| 1990 | Miguel Guzmán | Fernando Chiesa | ||
| 1989 | Miguel Guzmán | Fernando Chiesa | ||
| 1988 | Eduardo Romero | Fernando Chiesa | ||
| 1987 | Miguel Ángel Martín | 256 | Vicente Fernández, Eduardo Romero | Diego Ventureira |
| 1986 | Vicente Fernández | 272 | Roberto De Vicenzo | Carlos Melara |
| 1985 | Florentino Molina | 266 | Roberto De Vicenzo | Carlos Melara |
| 1984 | Norberto Fuentes | 275 | Armando Saavedra, Adan Sowa, Jorge Soto | Luis Carbonetti |
| 1983 | Jorge Soto | 276 | Miguel Prado (amateur) | Miguel Prado |
| 1982 | Armando Saavedra | Horacio Carbonetti | ||
| 1981 | Vicente Fernández | Florentino Molina, Armando Saavedra | Carlos Melara | |
| 1980 | No tournament | Carlos Melara | ||
| 1979 | No tournament | Carlos Melara | ||
| 1978 | Roberto De Vicenzo* | 213 | Fidel de Luca | Luis Daneri |
| 1977 | Roberto De Vicenzo | Juan Carlos Cabrera | ||
| 1976 | Juan Quinteros | Armando Saavedra | ||
| 1975 | Vicente Fernández | 279 | Juan Carlos Devoto | |
| 1974 | Fidel de Luca | 277 | Roberto Benito | |
| 1973 | Roberto De Vicenzo | 268 | Juan Carlos Devoto | |
| 1972 | Roberto De Vicenzo | 270 | Fidel de Luca | Jorge Ledesma |
| 1971 | Orlando Tudino | 273 | Roberto Monguzzi | |
| 1970 | Leopoldo Ruiz | 273 | Jorge Ledesma | |
| 1969 | Juan Carlos Nuñez | 276 | Horacio Berthe | |
| 1968 | Orlando Tudino | 280 | Jorge Ledesma | |
| 1967 | Roberto De Vicenzo | 272 | Alfredo Vercelli | |
| 1966 | Leopoldo Ruiz | 273 | Roberto Hume | |
| 1965 | Elcido Nari* | 275 | Juan Querelos | Roberto Hume |
| 1964 | Juan Querelos | 281 | Jorge Ledesma | |
| 1963 | Fidel de Luca | 284 | Juan Martinez | Jorge Ledesma |
| 1962 | Roberto De Vicenzo | 271 | Roberto Hume | |
| 1961 | Juan Martinez | 281 | Jose Maria Gonzalez | Jorge Ledesma |
| 1960 | Enrique Bertolino | 273 | Jorge Ledesma | |
| 1959 | Esteban Sorolla | 275 | Roberto Hume | |
| 1958 | Juan Querelos | 278 | Roberto Benito | |
| 1957 | Leopoldo Ruiz | 271 | Carlos Brachts | |
| 1956 | Enrique Bertolino* | 278 | Martin Pose, Leopoldo Ruiz, Juan Martinez | Jorge Ledesma |
| 1955 | Antonio Cerdá | 271 | Roberto De Vicenzo | Jorge Ledesma |
| 1954 | Mário Gonzalez | 276 | Juan Martinez | Juan Segura |
| 1953 | Enrique Bertolino | 278 | Martin Pose | Juan Segura |
| 1952 | Juan Segura (amateur) | 275 | Romualdo Barbieri | Juan Segura |
| 1951 | Enrique Bertolino | 273 | Aurelio Castañon, Martin Pose | Roberto Hume |
| 1950 | Antonio Cerdá | 273 | Martin Pose | Roberto Hume |
| 1949 | Martin Pose | 274 | Roberto De Vicenzo | Carlos Brachts |
| 1948 | Arturo Soto* | 283 | Aurelio Castañon | Pedro Ledesma |
| 1947 | Roberto De Vicenzo | 276 | Alberto Texier | |
| 1946 | Roberto De Vicenzo | 273 | Carlos Menditegui | |
| 1945 | Enrique Bertolino | 272 | A.R. Raggio | |
| 1944 | Enrique Bertolino | 279 | Alberto Anchorena | |
| 1943 | Eduardo Blasi | 272 | Pedro Ledesma | |
| 1942 | Marcos Churio | 283 | Pedro Ledesma | |
| 1941 | Emilio Serra | 274 | M. Ayesa | |
| 1940 | Martin Pose | 271 | Pedro Ledesma | |
| 1939 | Juan Martinez | 281 | Alberto Anchorena | |
| 1938 | Martin Pose | 270 | A. Gainza Paz | |
| 1937 | John Cruickshank | 279 | Hector Villamil | |
| 1936 | John Cruickshank | 283 | Garnet Dunsmure (amateur) | Garnet Dunsmure |
| 1935 | Martin Pose | 275 | Marcos Churio | Carlos Mugica |
| 1934 | Martin Pose | 277 | Marcos Churio | Alberto Anchorena |
| 1933 | José Jurado | 281 | Hector Villamil | |
| 1932 | José Jurado | 277 | Aurelio Castañon | Hector Villamil |
| 1931 | Marcos Churio | 276 | Hector Villamil | |
| 1930 | Henry Cotton | 287 | Aubrey Boomer | A. Gainza Paz |
| 1929 | Marcos Churio | 285 | Enrique Echague | |
| 1928 | Marcos Churio | 292 | T. Sanderson | |
| 1927 | Aubrey Boomer | 282 | José Jurado | Mariano Demaria Sala |
| 1926 | Andres Perez | 279 | Mariano Demaria Sala | |
| 1925 | José Jurado | 288 | J.A. Brown | |
| 1924 | José Jurado | A. Gainza Paz | ||
| 1923 | Pedro Churio | No tournament | ||
| 1922 | Tomas Ockenden | No tournament | ||
| 1921 | Pedro Churio | No tournament | ||
| 1920 | Pedro Churio | No tournament | ||
| 1919 | Lagrima Goznalez | 293 | No tournament | |
| 1918 | Juan Dentone | 289 | Juan Eustace | J. Brown, John May |
External links
- Tour de las Americas - official site
- TPG Tour - official site
- Mar del Plata Golf Club - official site