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Golf tournament
The Brazil Open or Aberto do Brasil is an annual golf tournament held in Brazil . It was founded in 1945, and was an event on the Tour de las Américas on several occasions, most recently in 2005. It is now an event on PGA Tour Latinoamérica .
Until the early 1980s, the tournament was a popular stop for many of the worlds top professionals , and can boast major winners Sam Snead , Billy Casper , Gary Player , Raymond Floyd , Jerry Pate and Hale Irwin in addition to superstars of South American golf, Roberto de Vicenzo and Ángel Cabrera , amongst its list of champions.
The most successful player remains Mário Gonzalez , who won a total of eight titles, including seven out of nine between 1946 and 1955 (no tournament was held in 1947).
As part of the celebrations of the 500 year anniversary of the discovery of Brazil by Pedro Álvares Cabral , in 2000 the European Tour included the São Paulo and the Rio de Janeiro 500 Year Opens on their schedule. The following year the São Paulo event was again included on the European calendar, and somewhat confusingly titled the São Paulo Brazil Open .
Winners
Year
Winner[ 1]
Score
Runner(s)-up
Amateur winner
2016
Jorge Fernández-Valdés
280 (−4)
Corey Conners , Brad Hopfinger , Guillermo Pereira
2015
Alexandre Rocha
267 (−17)
Kent Bulle , Keith Mitchell
2014
Rafael Becker
262 (−14)
Ariel Cañete , Joel Dahmen
2013
Ryan Blaum
265 (−11)
Alan Wagner
Luis Thiele
2012
Clodomiro Carranza
269
José de Jesús Rodríguez
Leonardo Conrado
2011
Óscar Álvarez
275
César Costilla , Sebastián Fernández
Pepe Costa Lima
2010
Marco Ruiz
269
Felipe Navarro
Felipe Navarro
2009
No tournament
2008
Rafael Barcellos
280
Alessandro Fabietti
Guilherme Oda
2006–07
No tournament
2005
Miguel Guzmán
275 (−13)
Mauricio Molina, Eduardo Argiro
Joakim Thrane
2004
Philippe Gasnier
278
2003
Carlos Franco *
281 (−3)
Eduardo Argiro
Ivo Leao
2002
No tournament
2001
Carlos Franco
273 (−11)
Miguel Guzmán
Rodrigo Lacerda
2000
Jesús Amaya
274 (−6)
Shannon Sykora
Philippe Gasnier
1999
Ángel Cabrera
1998
Ángel Cabrera
(−19)
Eduardo Romero
1997
No tournament
1996
Ruberlei Felizardo
1995
Eduardo Pesenti (Am)
Eduardo Pesenti
1994
No tournament
1993
Eduardo Caballero
1992
Ricardo Mechereffe
1991
Ángel Franco
1990
Bruce Fleisher
tied
Pedro Martínez
1989
No tournament
1988
Carlos Larrain (Am)
Vicente Fernández , Pedro Martínez
Carlos Larrain
1987
No tournament
1986
Eduardo Caballero
277
Phil Harrison
1985
Robert Lee
272
Eduardo Romero , Ronan Rafferty , Miguel Ángel Martín , Adan Sowa , Horacio Carbonetti
1984
Vicente Fernández
277
Jeff Hart
1983
Vicente Fernández
275
Mark James
1982
Hale Irwin
265
Curtis Strange , Manuel Calero
1981
Tom Sieckmann
284
Jaime Gonzalez
1980
Jerry Pate
274
Manuel Piñero
1979
Fidel de Luca *
270
Roberto de Vicenzo
1978
Raymond Floyd
277
Vicente Fernández , Steve Martin
1977
Vicente Fernández
274
Lou Graham , Manuel Piñero
1976
Juan Quinteros *
279
Roberto de Vicenzo
1975
Priscillo Diniz * (Am)
274
Lanny Wadkins
Priscillo Diniz
1974
Gary Player
267
Mark Hayes
1973
Roberto de Vicenzo
279
Dale Hayes
1972
Gary Player
270
Steve Melnyk
1971
Bruce Fleisher *
280
Jaime Gonzalez Jr (Am)
Jaime Gonzalez Jr
1970
Bert Greene
276
Florentino Molina , Roberto de Vicenzo , Bruce Stanton
1969
Mário Gonzalez
280
Roberto de Vicenzo
Roberto Monguzzi
1968
Takashi Kono
282
K. Hoseichi, Hugh Baiocchi (Am)
Hugh Baiocchi
1967
Raul Travieso
281
Jorge Ledesma (Am)
Jorge Ledesma
1966
Rex Baxter
277
Ramón Sota
Bobby Cole
1965
Ramón Sota
tied
Gene Littler
R. Falkenburg
1964
Roberto de Vicenzo *
285
Elcido Nari
N. Sozio
1963
Roberto de Vicenzo
279
Dave Thomas
R. Falkenburg
1962
Bernard Hunt
273
Dave Thomas
M. Stanovich
1961
Peter Alliss
272
Mário Gonzalez
C. Sozio
1960
Roberto de Vicenzo
271
Mike Souchak
Roberto Benito
1959
Billy Casper
268
Mário Gonzalez
Humberto Almeida
1958
Billy Casper
270
Leopoldo Ruiz
Roberto Benito
1957
Roberto de Vicenzo
281
Leopoldo Ruiz
Roberto Benito
1956
Fidel de Luca
278
Antonio Cerdá
Jaime Gonzalez
1955
Mário Gonzalez
275
Arturo Soto
Jaime Gonzalez
1954
Roberto de Vicenzo
277
Mário Gonzalez
Jaime Gonzalez
1953
Mário Gonzalez
270
Martin Pose
Jaime Gonzalez
1952
Sam Snead
267
Ricardo Rossi
Juan Segura*
1951
Mário Gonzalez
272
Roberto de Vicenzo
Julian Foster
1950
Mário Gonzalez
270
Roberto de Vicenzo
Jorge Simonsen
1949
Mário Gonzalez
269
Roberto de Vicenzo
S. Marvin
1948
Mário Gonzalez (Am)
270
Frank Stranahan (Am)
Mário Gonzalez
1947
No tournament
1946
Mário Gonzalez (Am)
274
Roberto de Vicenzo
Mário Gonzalez
1945
Martin Pose
275
Roberto de Vicenzo
Mário Gonzalez
(Am) – Amateur
References
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