Center Open

Abierto del Centro
Tournament information
LocationCórdoba, Argentina
Established1927
Course(s)Córdoba Golf Club
Par71
Length6,878 yards (6,289 m)
Tour(s)Challenge Tour
PGA Tour Latinoamérica
Tour de las Américas
TPG Tour
FormatStroke play
Prize fundAR$8,000,000
Month playedApril
Tournament record score
Aggregate270 Ángel Franco (1992)
270 Ángel Cabrera (2001)
270 Tom Whitney (2019)
To par−14 Tom Whitney (2019)
Current champion
Nelson Ledesma
Location map
Córdoba GC
Location in Argentina

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.

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.

Winners

Year Tour(s) 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

Notes

References

  1. ^ Villalobos, Gregory (30 March 2022). "Abierto del Centro returns in memory of local icon Eduardo Romero". PGA Tour. Retrieved 20 April 2022.