Abierto_del_Centro
The Center Open, or Abierto del Centro, is one of the major regional open golf tournaments in Argentina. Founded in 1927, it has always been held at the Córdoba Golf Club in Córdoba.
Quick Facts Tournament information, Location ...
| Tournament information | |
|---|---|
| Location | Córdoba, Argentina |
| Established | 1927 |
| Course(s) | Córdoba Golf Club |
| Par | 71 |
| Length | 6,878 yards (6,289 m) |
| Tour(s) | Challenge Tour PGA Tour Latinoamérica Tour de las Américas TPG Tour |
| Format | Stroke play |
| Prize fund | Arg$8,000,000 |
| Month played | April |
| Tournament record score | |
| Aggregate | 270 Ángel Franco (1992) 270 Ángel Cabrera (2001) 270 Tom Whitney (2019) |
| To par | −14 Tom Whitney (2019) |
| Current champion | |
 Nelson Ledesma | |
| Location map | |
Location in Argentina | |
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In 2001, Ángel Cabrera set the course record of 60 in the final round, and also equalled the tournament record aggregate score of 270, set by Ángel Franco in 1992. Roberto De Vicenzo won seven titles between 1943 and 1974.
The 2022 event, played on PGA Tour Latinoamérica in April, was renamed in memory of Eduardo Romero; who had died in February earlier that year.[1]
More information Year, Tour(s) ...
| Year | Tour(s)[lower-alpha 1] | Winner | Score | To par | Margin of victory | Runner(s)-up |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Abierto del Centro | ||||||
| 2023 | TPG | Nelson Ledesma | 270 | −14 | 1 stroke | Ignacio Marino |
| 2022 | PGATLA | Alejandro Tosti | 274 | −10 | 8 strokes | Clodomiro Carranza |
| Abierto OSDE del Centro | ||||||
| 2021 | TPG | César Costilla (2) | 274 | −10 | 4 strokes | Nelson Ledesma |
| 2020 | PGATLA | No tournament due to the COVID-19 pandemic | ||||
| 2019 | PGATLA |  Tom Whitney | 270 | −14 | 1 stroke | Nicolo Galletti |
| 2018 | PGATLA |  Cristóbal del Solar | 272 | −12 | 5 strokes | M. J. Maguire Marcelo Rozo |
| 2017 | PGATLA | Nelson Ledesma | 275 | −9 | 3 strokes | Hank Lebioda Paulo Pinto |
| 2016 | PGATLA | Anthony Paolucci | 276 | −8 | 4 strokes | Joe Affrunti Case Cochran John Kim Charlie Saxon Eric Steger Felipe Velazquez |
| 2015 | PGATLA | Tommy Cocha | 275 | −9 | 4 strokes | Ángel Cabrera Steven Fox |
| 2014 | PGATLA | William Kropp | 276 | −8 | 1 stroke | Ángel Cabrera |
| 2013 | PGATLA | Ángel Cabrera (8) | 284 | E | Playoff | Rafael Gómez |
| 2012 | TLA, TPG | César Costilla | 280 | −4 | 1 stroke | César Monasterio |
| 2011 | TLA, TPG |  Héctor Céspedes | 279 | −5 | Playoff | Joaquín Estévez |
| Abierto del Centro | ||||||
| 2010 | TLA, TPG | Andrés Romero | 274 | −10 | 4 strokes | Ángel Cabrera |
| 2009 | TLA, TPG | Fabián Gómez | 273 | −11 | 4 strokes | Ricardo González |
| Abierto Visa del Centro | ||||||
| 2008 | CHA, TLA, TPG | Estanislao Goya | 272 | −12 | Playoff |  Gary Boyd |
| 2007 | TLA, TPG | Ángel Cabrera (7) | 279 | −5 | 2 strokes |  Raúl Fretes |
| 2006 | ARG, TLA | Ángel Cabrera (6) | 275 | −9 | Playoff | Eduardo Romero |
| Abierto del Centro | ||||||
| 2005 | Ángel Cabrera (5) | 276 | −8 | Andrés Romero | ||
| 2004 | Carlos Franco | 273 | −11 | Andrés Romero | ||
| 2003 | Ariel Cañete | 273 | −11 | Daniel Vancsik | ||
| 2002: No tournament | ||||||
| 2001 | Ángel Cabrera (4) | 270 | Eduardo Romero | |||
| 2000 | Ángel Cabrera (3) | 275 | Ricardo González Rafael Gómez | |||
| 1999 | Eduardo Romero (7) | 272 |  Henrik Stenson | |||
| 1998 | Joakim Haeggman | 276 | Dudley Hart | |||
| 1997 | Ángel Cabrera (2) | 272 | Eduardo Romero | |||
| 1996 | Eduardo Romero (6) | 204 | Ángel Cabrera | |||
| 1995 | Eduardo Romero (5) | 279 | ||||
| 1994 | Ángel Cabrera | 277 | Eduardo Romero Armando Saavedra | |||
| 1993 | Jorge Berendt | 272 | Ángel Cabrera Kirk Triplett | |||
| 1992 | Ángel Franco | 270 | ||||
| 1991 | Eduardo Romero (4) | 280 | Jorge Soto | |||
| 1990 | Eduardo Romero (3) | 279 | ||||
| 1989 | Jorge Soto | 279 | José Cóceres | |||
| 1988 | Eduardo Romero (2) | 274 | Adan Sowa | |||
| 1987 | Miguel Fernández | 278 | Luis Carbonetti | |||
| 1986 | Luis Carbonetti (3) | 285 | ||||
| 1985 | Luis Carbonetti (2) | 281 | Armando Saavedra | |||
| 1984 | Eduardo Romero | 276 | Armando Saavedra | |||
| 1983 | Luis Carbonetti (a) | 282 | Eduardo Romero | |||
| 1982 | Adan Sowa | 284 | Florentino Molina | |||
| 1981 | Florentino Molina (2) | 286 | ||||
| 1980 | Andy North | 277 | Luis Carbonetti (a) | |||
| 1978–79: No tournament | ||||||
| 1977 | Juan Carlos Molina (2) | 291 | Juan Quinteros Roberto Monguzzi (a) | |||
| 1976: No tournament | ||||||
| 1975 | Juan Carlos Molina | 284 | Jorge Soto | |||
| 1974 | Roberto De Vicenzo (7) | 280 | Jorge Soto | |||
| 1973 | Roberto De Vicenzo (6) | 284 | ||||
| 1972 | Roberto De Vicenzo (5) | 285 | ||||
| 1971 | Florentino Molina | 280 | Juan Carlos Cabrera | |||
| 1970 | Vicente Fernández | 277 | ||||
| 1969 | Orlando Tudino | 284 | Carlos Ordoñes | |||
| 1968 | Fidel de Luca (2) | 277 | Roberto Monguzzi (a) | |||
| 1967 | Roberto De Vicenzo (4) | 283 | ||||
| 1966 | Leopoldo Ruiz (4) | 283 | ||||
| 1965 | Roberto De Vicenzo (3) | 283 | ||||
| 1964 | Leopoldo Ruiz (3) | 293 | ||||
| 1963 | Juan Quinteros | 288 | ||||
| 1962 | Roberto De Vicenzo (2) | 290 | Angel Monguzzi (a) | |||
| 1961 | Leopoldo Ruiz (2) | 279 | ||||
| 1960 | Leopoldo Ruiz | 287 | ||||
| 1959 | Enrique Bertolino (3) | 282 | ||||
| 1958 | Fidel de Luca | 279 | ||||
| 1957 | Juan Das Neves | 291 | ||||
| 1956 | Martin Pose (8) | 284 | Leopoldo Ruiz | |||
| 1955 | Antonio Cerdá (3) | 288 | Arturo Soto | |||
| 1954 | Martin Pose (7) | 280 | Roberto De Vicenzo | |||
| 1953 | Antonio Cerdá (2) | 278 | Juan Segura (a) | |||
| 1952 | Antonio Cerdá | 288 | Enrique Bertolino | |||
| 1951 | Enrique Bertolino (3) | 282 | Sebastian Nicolosi | |||
| 1950 | Martin Pose (6) | 287 | Antonio Cerdá | |||
| 1949 | Enrique Bertolino (2) | 287 | Juan Anzaldo | |||
| 1948 | Eduardo Blasi (2) | 295 | Arturo Soto | |||
| 1947 | Martin Pose (5) | 283 | Leonardo Nicolosi | |||
| 1946 | Martin Pose (4) | 288 | ||||
| 1945 | Leonardo Nicolosi | 283 | ||||
| 1944 | Martin Pose (3) | 290 | ||||
| 1943 | Roberto De Vicenzo | 285 | ||||
| 1942 | Eduardo Blasi | 288 | ||||
| 1941 | Sam Snead | 280 | Jimmy Demaret | |||
| 1940 | Ernesto Caserio | 288 | ||||
| 1939 | Martin Pose (2) | 276 | ||||
| 1938 | Juan Martínez | 286 | ||||
| 1937 | Emilio Dunazet | 292 | ||||
| 1936 | José Jurado | 282 | ||||
| 1935 | Emilio Serra (3) | 284 | ||||
| 1934 | Emilio Serra (2) | 289 | Marcos Churio | |||
| 1933 | Martin Pose | 282 | Marcos Churio | |||
| 1932 | Emilio Serra | 289 | Armando Blasi | |||
| 1931 | Marcos Churio | 277 | ||||
| 1930 |  Fred Robertson | 294 | Hector Bozzachi | |||
| 1929 | José Jurado | 284 | George Gadd Pedro Churio | |||
| 1928: No tournament | ||||||
| 1927 | Hector Bozzachi | 300 | José Jurado | |||
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- ARG − PGA of Argentina Tour; CHA − Challenge Tour; PGATLA − PGA Tour Latinoamérica; TLA − Tour de las Américas; TPG − TPG Tour.
- Villalobos, Gregory (30 March 2022). "Abierto del Centro returns in memory of local icon Eduardo Romero". PGA Tour. Retrieved 20 April 2022.