Pensacola Open

Pensacola Open

Tournament information
Location	Gulf Breeze, Florida
Established	1956
CourseTemplate:Pluralize from text	Tiger Point Golf Club
Par	72
Length	7,033 yards (6,431 m)
TourTemplate:Pluralize from text	PGA Tour
Format	Stroke play
Prize fund	Template:Currency
Month played	October
Final year	1988
Tournament record score
Aggregate	262 Gay Brewer (1967)
To par	−26 as above
Final champion
Template:Flagicon Andrew Magee
Location map

The Pensacola Open was a golf tournament on the PGA Tour. The inaugural version of the tournament was played in 1956 and its last edition in 1988.

Tournament highlights

• 1960: Arnold Palmer birdies the 72nd hole to win by one shot over Doug Sanders. It is Palmer's third consecutive win in as many weeks.
• 1966: Defending champion Doug Sanders is ahead by four shots after 36 holes when he is disqualified for not signing his scorecard.
• 1967: Gay Brewer successfully defends his Pensacola Open. He shoots a then record 191 for 54 holes and wins by six shots over local pro Bob Keller.
• 1968: George Archer birdies the last three holes on Sunday on his way to a 65 and a one-shot win over Dave Marr and Tony Jacklin.
• 1972: Dave Hill wins for the first time in two years. He birdies the 72nd hole to beat Jerry Heard by one shot.
• 1974: Lee Elder birdies the 4th hole of a sudden death playoff to defeat Peter Oosterhuis and win for the first time ever on the PGA Tour. With the win, Elder becomes the first black golfer to qualify for the Masters Tournament.
• 1979: Future two-time U.S. Open champion Curtis Strange wins for the first time on the PGA Tour. He beats Billy Kratzert by one shot.
• 1981: Pensacola resident Jerry Pate wins by three shots over Steve Melnyk.
• 1982: Calvin Peete wins by seven shots over Hal Sutton and Dan Halldorson. It is Peete's 4th PGA Tour win for the year tying him for the most with Craig Stadler.
• 1986: As rain shortens the Pensacola Open to only 36 holes, Ernie Gonzalez becomes the first left-handed golfer to win on the PGA Tour since Bob Charles won the 1974 Greater Greensboro Open.
• 1988: Andrew Magee wins the last Pensacola Open. He beats Bruce Lietzke, Ken Green, and Tom Byrum by one shot.

Tournament hosts

This list is incomplete.

• 1988 Tiger Point Golf & Country Club in Gulf Breeze, Florida
• 1978–1987 Perdido Bay Country Club in Pensacola, Florida
• 1958–1977 Pensacola Country Club in Pensacola, Florida

Winners

Year	Winner	Score	To par	Margin of victory	Runner(s)-up
Pensacola Open
1988	Template:Flagicon Andrew Magee	271	−17	1 stroke	Template:Flagicon Tom Byrum Template:Flagicon Ken Green Template:Flagicon Bruce Lietzke
1987	Template:Flagicon Doug Tewell	269	−15	3 strokes	Template:Flagicon Phil Blackmar Template:Flagicon Danny Edwards
1986	Template:Flagicon Ernie Gonzalez	128	−14	1 stroke	Template:Flagicon Joey Sindelar
1985	Template:Flagicon Danny Edwards	269	−15	1 stroke	Template:Flagicon John Mahaffey Template:Flagicon Gil Morgan
1984	Template:Flagicon Billy Kratzert	270	−14	2 strokes	Template:Flagicon Ken Brown Template:Flagicon John Mahaffey
1983	Template:Flagicon Mark McCumber	266	−18	4 strokes	Template:Flagicon Lon Hinkle Template:Flagicon Mark Lye
1982	Template:Flagicon Calvin Peete	268	−16	7 strokes	Template:Flagicon Dan Halldorson Template:Flagicon Hal Sutton
1981	Template:Flagicon Jerry Pate	271	−17	3 strokes	Template:Flagicon Steve Melnyk
1980	Template:Flagicon Dan Halldorson	275	−13	2 strokes	Template:Flagicon Gary Hallberg Template:Flagicon Mike Sullivan
1979	Template:Flagicon Curtis Strange	271	−17	1 stroke	Template:Flagicon Billy Kratzert
1978	Template:Flagicon Mac McLendon	272	−16	Playoff	Template:Flagicon Mike Reid
1977	Template:Flagicon Leonard Thompson	268	−16	2 strokes	Template:Flagicon Curtis Strange
1976	Template:Flagicon Mark Hayes	275	−9	2 strokes	Template:Flagicon Lee Elder
1975	Template:Flagicon Jerry McGee	271	−13	2 strokes	Template:Flagicon Wally Armstrong
Monsanto Open
1974	Template:Flagicon Lee Elder	274	−10	Playoff	Template:Flagicon Peter Oosterhuis
1973	Template:Flagicon Homero Blancas	277	−11	1 stroke	Template:Flagicon Frank Beard
1972	Template:Flagicon Dave Hill	271	−13	1 stroke	Template:Flagicon Jerry Heard
1971	Template:Flagicon Gene Littler	276	−8	3 strokes	Template:Flagicon George Archer Template:Flagicon Pete Brown
1970	Template:Flagicon Dick Lotz	275	−9	3 strokes	Template:Flagicon Dave Stockton
Monsanto Open Invitational
1969	Template:Flagicon Jim Colbert	267	−17	2 strokes	Template:Flagicon Deane Beman
Pensacola Open Invitational
1968	Template:Flagicon George Archer	268	−20	1 stroke	Template:Flagicon Tony Jacklin Template:Flagicon Dave Marr
1967	Template:Flagicon Gay Brewer (2)	262	−26	6 strokes	Template:Flagicon Bob Keller
1966	Template:Flagicon Gay Brewer	272	−16	3 strokes	Template:Flagicon Bruce Devlin
1965	Template:Flagicon Doug Sanders (2)	277	−11	Playoff	Template:Flagicon Jack Nicklaus
1964	Template:Flagicon Gary Player	274	−14	Playoff	Template:Flagicon Miller Barber Template:Flagicon Arnold Palmer
1963	Template:Flagicon Arnold Palmer (2)	273	−15	2 strokes	Template:Flagicon Harold Kneece Template:Flagicon Gary Player
1962	Template:Flagicon Doug Sanders	270	−18	1 stroke	Template:Flagicon Don Fairfield
1961	Template:Flagicon Tommy Bolt	275	−13	2 strokes	Template:Flagicon Gary Player
1960	Template:Flagicon Arnold Palmer	273	−15	1 stroke	Template:Flagicon Doug Sanders
1959	Template:Flagicon Paul Harney	269	−19	3 strokes	Template:Flagicon Jay Hebert
1958	Template:Flagicon Doug Ford	278	−10	2 strokes	Template:Flagicon Ken Venturi Template:Flagicon Art Wall Jr.
1957	Template:Flagicon Art Wall Jr.	273	−15	2 strokes	Template:Flagicon Peter Thomson
1956	Template:Flagicon Don Fairfield	275	−13	2 strokes	Template:Flagicon Bo Wininger

External links

• Tournament results (1970-1988) at GolfObserver.com