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The '''Agua Caliente Open''' was a [[golf]] tournament on the [[PGA Tour]] first played in 1930 in [[Tijuana, Mexico]]. The inaugural event, which was won by [[Gene Sarazen]], offered the largest purse to date — $25,000 with a $10,000 winner's share.<ref>{{cite web|title=1930 - The Year in Golf|url=http://golf.about.com/cs/historyofgolf/p/timeline1930.htm|accessdate=2009-05-16}}</ref> The tournament had a second incarnation briefly in the 1950s with the last two events played under the name '''Tijuana Open Invitational'''.<ref>{{cite book |editor=Sal Johnson and Dave Seanor |title=The USA Today Golfers Encyclopedia |year=2009 |publisher=[[Skyhorse Publishing]] |location=[[New York, New York]] |isbn= |
The '''Agua Caliente Open''' was a [[golf]] tournament on the [[PGA Tour]] first played in 1930 in [[Tijuana, Mexico]]. The inaugural event, which was won by [[Gene Sarazen]], offered the largest purse to date — $25,000 with a $10,000 winner's share.<ref>{{cite web |title=1930 - The Year in Golf |url=http://golf.about.com/cs/historyofgolf/p/timeline1930.htm |accessdate=2009-05-16}}</ref> The tournament had a second incarnation briefly in the 1950s with the last two events played under the name '''Tijuana Open Invitational'''.<ref>{{cite book |editor=Sal Johnson and Dave Seanor |title=The USA Today Golfers Encyclopedia |year=2009 |publisher=[[Skyhorse Publishing]] |location=[[New York, New York]] |isbn=978-1-60239-302-8 |pages=603, 610}}</ref><ref>[http://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=348&dat=19580117&id=wXUEAAAAIBAJ&sjid=MzEDAAAAIBAJ&pg=5195,1582943 Furgol, Souchak Head Field in Tijuana Open] - Rome News-Tribune (Rome Georgia), January 17, 1958</ref><ref>[http://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=860&dat=19590109&id=b3wKAAAAIBAJ&sjid=ZksDAAAAIBAJ&pg=4594,319599 Top golf pros move south to Tijuana] - Ellensburg Daily Record (Ellensburg, Washington), January 9, 1959</ref> |
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Revision as of 15:45, 9 May 2012
The Agua Caliente Open was a golf tournament on the PGA Tour first played in 1930 in Tijuana, Mexico. The inaugural event, which was won by Gene Sarazen, offered the largest purse to date — $25,000 with a $10,000 winner's share.[1] The tournament had a second incarnation briefly in the 1950s with the last two events played under the name Tijuana Open Invitational.[2][3][4]
Winners
Tijuana Open Invitational
- 1959 Ernie Vossler
- 1958 E.J. "Dutch" Harrison
Agua Caliente Open
- 1957 Ed Furgol
- 1956 Mike Souchak
- 1936-55 No tournament
- 1935 Henry Picard
- 1934 Wiffy Cox
- 1933 Paul Runyan
- 1932 Fred Morrison
- 1931 Johnny Golden
- 1930 Gene Sarazen
References
- ^ "1930 - The Year in Golf". Retrieved 2009-05-16.
- ^ Sal Johnson and Dave Seanor, ed. (2009). The USA Today Golfers Encyclopedia. New York, New York: Skyhorse Publishing. pp. 603, 610. ISBN 978-1-60239-302-8.
- ^ Furgol, Souchak Head Field in Tijuana Open - Rome News-Tribune (Rome Georgia), January 17, 1958
- ^ Top golf pros move south to Tijuana - Ellensburg Daily Record (Ellensburg, Washington), January 9, 1959
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