Philippine Open (golf)

The Philippine Open is one of the world's longest running men's golf tournaments. First held in 1913, it is also Asia's oldest golf tournament and Asia's oldest national golf open. The most distinguished golfer who has won the tournament is five times British Open champion Peter Thomson of Australia.

The event has been held in a variety of different golf courses around the Philippines and has been an official money event on the Asian Tour since 1994. In March 2006 the National Golf Association of the Philippines granted all marketing rights for the tournament from 2006 to 2010 to the Asian Tour, which announced an aspiration to increase the prize fund from the 2006 level of US$200,000 to $1 million. [1] In 2014, the prize fund was $300,000.

Winners

Year	Venue	Champion	Country	Winning Score
2015	Luisita Golf Club	Miguel Tabuena	Philippines	202 (−14) rain shortened to 54 holes
2014	Wack Wack G&CC	Marcus Both	Australia	282 (−6)
2013	No tournament
2012	Wack Wack G&CC	Mardan Mamat	Singapore	280 (−8)
2011	Wack Wack G&CC	Berry Henson	United States	283 (−5)
2010	Valley Golf & Country Club	Artemio Murakami	Philippines	277 (−11)
2009	Mount Malarayat G&CC	Elmer Salvador	Philippines	271 (−17)
2008	Wack Wack G&CC	Angelo Que	Philippines	283 (−5)
2007	Wack Wack G&CC	Frankie Miñoza	Philippines	278 (−10)
2006	Wack Wack G&CC	Scott Strange	Australia	280 (−8)
2005	Mount Malayarat G&CC	Adam Le Vesconte	Australia	272 (−12)
2004	Riviera G&CC	Edward Michaels	United States	282 (−2)
2003	No tournament
2002	Wack Wack G&CC	Rick Gibson	Canada
2001	Wack Wack G&CC	Felix Casas	Philippines
2000	Riviera G&CC	Gerald Rosales	Philippines
1999	Manila Southwoods G&CC	Anthony Kang	South Korea	273
1998	Riviera G&CC	Frankie Miñoza	Philippines
1997		Kevin Wentworth	United States	259
1996	Manila Southwoods G&CC	Rob Whitlock	Australia	278
1995	Apo Golf and Country Club	Carlos Espinosa	Mexico	282
1994	Manila Southwoods G&CC	Carlos Franco	Paraguay	280
1993	Manila Southwoods G&CC	Yeh Chang-Ting	Taiwan
1992	Puerto Azul GC	Wang Ter-chang	Taiwan
1991	Valley Golf & Country Club	Dennis Paulson	United States
1990	Puerto Azul GC	Robert Pactolerin	Philippines
1989		Emlyn Aubrey	United States
1988		Hsieh Chin Seng	Taiwan
1987	Wack Wack G & CC	Brian Tennyson	United States
1986	Villamor Golf Club	Mario Manubay	Philippines	280 (−8)
1985		Mark Aebli	United States
1984		Rudy Labares	Philippines
1983	Valley Golf & Country Club	Lu Hsi-chuen	Taiwan
1982		Hsieh Min-Nan	Taiwan
1981	Valley Golf & Country Club	Tom Sieckmann	United States
1980	Wack Wack G&CC	Lu Hsi-chuen	Taiwan
1979	Wack Wack G&CC	Ben Arda	Philippines
1978	Wack Wack G&CC	Lu Liang-Huan	Taiwan
1977	Wack Wack G&CC	Hsieh Yung-yo	Taiwan
1976	Wack Wack G&CC	Qiuntin Mancao	Philippines
1975	Valley Golf & Country Club	Kuo Chie-Hsiung	Taiwan
1974	Wack Wack G&CC	Lu Liang-Huan	Taiwan
1973	Wack Wack G&CC	King Seung Hak	South Korea
1972	Wack Wack G&CC	Hideyo Sugimoto	Japan
1971	Wack Wack G&CC	Chen Chieng Chung	Taiwan
1970	Wack Wack G&CC	Hsieh Yung-yo	Taiwan
1969	Wack Wack G&CC	Haruo Yasuda	Japan
1968	Wack Wack G&CC	Hsu Chi San	Taiwan
1967	Wack Wack G&CC	Hsu Sheng-san (a)	Taiwan
1966	Wack Wack G&CC	Luis Silverio (a)	Philippines
1965	Wack Wack G&CC	Lu Liang-Huan	Taiwan
1964	Wack Wack G&CC	Peter Thomson	Australia
1963	Wack Wack G&CC	Ben Arda	Philippines
1962	Wack Wack G&CC	Celestino Tugot	Philippines
1961	Wack Wack G&CC	Ben Arda	Philippines
1960	Wack Wack G&CC	Frank Phillips	Australia
1959		Bruce Crampton	Australia
1958		Celestino Tugot	Philippines
1957		Celestino Tugot	Philippines
1956		Celestino Tugot	Philippines
1955		Celestino Tugot	Philippines
1954		Larry Montes	Philippines
1953		Larry Montes	Philippines
1952		Lloyd Mangrum	United States
1951		Larry Montes	Philippines
1950		Ed Oliver	United States
1949		Celestino Tugot	Philippines
1948		Larry Montes	Philippines
1945-47	No tournament
1944		Larry Montes	Philippines
1943		Larry Montes	Philippines
1942		Larry Montes	Philippines
1941		Larry Montes	Philippines
1940		Harold "Jug" McSpaden	United States
1939		Norman Von Nida	Australia
1938		Norman Von Nida	Australia
1937		Larry Montes	Philippines
1936		Larry Montes	Philippines
1935		Guillermo A. Navaja	Philippines
1934	Manila GC	Casiano Decena	Philippines
1933	Manila GC	Sidney Baxter	United States
1932	Manila GC	Larry Montes	Philippines
1930-31	No tournament
1929	Manila GC	Larry Montes	Philippines
1928	Manila GC	J.S. Moore (a)	United States
1927	Manila GC	J.R.H. Mason (a)	United States
1926	Manila GC	E.L. Benedict (a)	United States
1925	Manila GC	W.J. Jameson (a)	United States
1924	Manila GC	G.M. Ivory (a)	United States
1923	Manila GC	E.A. Noyes (a)	United States
1922	Manila GC	Walter Z. Smith (a)	United States
1921	Manila GC	J.R.H. Mason (a)	United States
1920	Manila GC	Ian Collier Trotter MacGregor (a)	Scotland
1919	Manila GC	Ian Collier Trotter MacGregor (a)	Scotland
1918	Manila GC	J.R.H. Mason (a)	United States
1917	Manila GC	W. Young (a)	United States
1916	Manila GC	Johnny Grieve (a)	United States
1915	Manila GC	W.J. Adams (a)	United States
1914	Manila GC	J.R.H. Mason (a)	United States
1913	Manila GC	J.R.H. Mason (a)	United States

Multiple winners

The players who have won the Philippine Open more than once are the following:

• 12 wins
  • Larry Montes (1929, 1932, 1936, 1937, 1941-1944, 1948, 1951, 1953, 1954)
• 6 wins
  • Celestino Tugot (1949, 1955-1958, 1962)
• 5 wins
  • J.R.H. Mason (a) (1913, 1914, 1918, 1921, 1927)
• 3 wins
  • Lu Liang-Huan (1965, 1974, 1978)
  • Ben Arda (1961, 1963, 1979)
• 2 wins
  • Ian Collier Trotter MacGregor (a) (1919, 1920)
  • Norman Von Nida (1938, 1939)
  • Hsieh Yung-yo (1970, 1977)
  • Lu Hsi-chuen (1980, 1983)
  • Frankie Miñoza (1998, 2007)

External links

• Coverage on the Asian Tour's official site
• Golf Today