Tallahassee Open
The Tallahassee Open was a golf tournament on the PGA Tour from 1969 to 1989. It was played at Killearn Country Club in Tallahassee, Florida.
It was founded in 1969 as the Tallahassee Open Invitational. From 1983 to 1985, it was part of the PGA Tour's "Tournament Players Series", a "satellite tour". The purse for the 1989 tournament was $750,000 with 135,000 going to the winner.
The 1974 tournament featured the highest round scores in PGA history by a player who made the 36-hole cut. Mike Reasor severely injured himself horse riding between the second and third rounds. Needing to complete the tournament in order to gain an exemption for the Byron Nelson Classic, Reasor played the final two rounds using only a 5-iron and swinging using just one arm, recording scores of 123 and 114.[1]
From 1990 to 1992, Killearn Country Club hosted a LPGA Tour event by the same name.
Year | Tour[a] | Winner | Score | To par | Margin of victory | Runner(s)-up | Ref. |
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Centel Classic | |||||||
1989 | PGAT | Bill Britton | 200[b] | −16 | 4 strokes | Ronnie Black | |
1988 | PGAT | Bill Glasson | 272 | −16 | 2 strokes | Tommy Armour III | |
1987 | PGAT | Keith Clearwater | 278 | −10 | 1 stroke | Bill Glasson Billy Kratzert Bob Lohr Joey Sindelar | |
Tallahassee Open | |||||||
1986 | Mark Hayes | 274 | −10 | 1 stroke | Russ Cochran | [2] | |
1985 | TPS | Jeff Sluman | 269 | −19 | 1 stroke | Kenny Knox Gary Player | [3] |
1984 | TPS | Kermit Zarley | 271 | −17 | Playoff | Denis Watson | [4] |
1983 | TPS | Bob Charles | 282 | −6 | Playoff | Greg Powers | [5][6] |
1982 | PGAT | Bob Shearer | 272 | −16 | 1 stroke | Hal Sutton Denis Watson | |
1981 | PGAT | Dave Eichelberger | 271 | −17 | Playoff | Bob Murphy Mark O'Meara | |
1980 | PGAT | Mark Pfeil | 277 | −11 | 1 stroke | Mark Lye Bill Rogers | |
1979 | PGAT | Chi-Chi Rodríguez | 269 | −19 | 3 strokes | Lindy Miller | |
1978 | PGAT | Barry Jaeckel | 273 | −15 | Playoff | Bruce Lietzke | |
1977 | PGAT | Ed Sneed | 276 | −12 | Playoff | Lon Hinkle | |
1976 | PGAT | Gary Koch | 277 | −11 | 1 stroke | John Mahaffey | |
1975 | PGAT | Rik Massengale | 274 | −14 | 2 strokes | Spike Kelley Bert Yancey | |
1974 | PGAT | Allen Miller | 274 | −14 | 1 stroke | Joe Inman Eddie Pearce Dan Sikes | |
1973 | PGAT | Hubert Green | 277 | −11 | 1 stroke | Jim Simons | |
1972 | PGAT | Bob Shaw | 273 | −15 | 2 strokes | Leonard Thompson | |
Tallahassee Open Invitational | |||||||
1971 | PGAT | Lee Trevino | 273 | −15 | 3 strokes | Jim Wiechers | |
1970 | PGAT | Harold Henning | 277 | −11 | 1 stroke | Rives McBee | |
1969 | PGAT | Chuck Courtney | 282 | −6 | 1 stroke | Jacky Cupit Bert Greene Bob Shaw |
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