The Florida Open is the
Florida
Florida is a state located in the Southeastern region of the United States. Florida is bordered to the west by the Gulf of Mexico, to the northwest by Alabama, to the north by Georgia, to the east by the Bahamas and Atlantic Ocean, and to ...
state open
golf
Golf is a club-and-ball sport in which players use various clubs to hit balls into a series of holes on a course in as few strokes as possible.
Golf, unlike most ball games, cannot and does not use a standardized playing area, and coping wi ...
tournament, open to both amateur and professional golfers. It is now organized by the Florida State Golf Association (FSGA). It has been played annually since 1942 at a variety of courses around the state. There were earlier "Florida Open"s played in the 1920s and 1930s, not associated with the current version, that are considered official
PGA Tour
The PGA Tour (stylized in all capital letters as PGA TOUR by its officials) is the organizer of professional golf tours in the United States and North America. It organizes most of the events on the flagship annual series of tournaments also k ...
events.
Winners
*2022
Andy Pope
*2021
Connor Arendell
*2020
J. C. Deacon
*2019
Sean Dale
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*2018
Gabriel Lench (amateur)
*2017
J. C. Deacon
*2016
Caleb Johnson, Jr.
*2015
John Jonas (amateur)
*2014
Caleb Johnson, Jr.
*2013
Tyler McCumber
Mark Tyler McCumber (born April 4, 1991) is an American professional golfer who currently plays on the PGA Tour. He spent his first professional season on PGA Tour Latinoamérica. He is the son of professional golfer Mark McCumber, who was the 1 ...
*2012
Chase Seiffert
Chase Seiffert (born August 12, 1991) is an American professional golfer.
Seiffert played college golf at Florida State University, where he was a two-time All-ACC selection.
As an amateur, Seiffert became the first person in the history of the ...
(amateur)
*2011
Rod Perry
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*2010
Ben Vertz (amateur)
*2009
Thomas Murray (amateur)
*2008 ''No tournament''
*2007
Travis Hampshire
*2006
Camilo Benedetti
*2005
Colby Beckstrom
*2004 ''No tournament due to
Hurricanes Frances and
Jeanne''
*2003
Joe Alfieri
*2002 ''No tournament''
*2001
Duke Donahue
*1999–2000 ''No tournament''
*1998
Jimmy Stobs
*1997
Jay Townsend
*1996
Eric Brito
*1995
Rodney Butcher
*1994
Bart Bryant
Barton Holan Bryant (November 18, 1962 – May 31, 2022) was an American professional golfer who played on the PGA Tour and PGA Tour Champions.
Early life
Bryant was born in Gatesville, Texas, the son of a Baptist pastor. He attended New Mex ...
*1993
Jim Chancey
*1992
Ronnie McCann
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*"Ronnie," a song from the Metallica album '' Load''
*Ronnie Brunswijkstadion, an association football stadium ...
*1991
Joey Rassett
*1990
Dudley Hart
Howard Dudley Hart (born August 4, 1968) is an American professional golfer with two PGA Tour wins in an injury-riddled career.
Early years
Hart was born in Rochester, New York. He attended Archbishop Curley-Notre Dame High School in Miami, Flo ...
*1989
Jim Ragland
James Donald Ragland (November 12, 1940 – May 16, 2006) was an American football player and coach. He served as the head coach at Tennessee Technological University
Tennessee Technological University, commonly referred to as Tennessee Tech, ...
*1988
Bart Bryant
Barton Holan Bryant (November 18, 1962 – May 31, 2022) was an American professional golfer who played on the PGA Tour and PGA Tour Champions.
Early life
Bryant was born in Gatesville, Texas, the son of a Baptist pastor. He attended New Mex ...
*1987
Bruce Fleisher
Bruce Lee Fleisher (October 16, 1948 – September 23, 2021) was an American professional golfer.
Early years and amateur career
Fleisher was born in Union City, Tennessee, and was Jewish.
In 1950, the Fleisher family moved to Wilmington, Nort ...
*1986
Mitch Adcock
*1985
John Huston
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*1984
Ron Terry
*1983
Larry Mowry
Larry Mowry (born October 20, 1936) is an American professional golfer who played on the PGA Tour and Senior PGA Tour (now known as the Champions Tour).
Mowry was born in San Diego, California. He turned pro in 1959. Mowry spent most his regular ...
*1982
Donnie Hammond
*1981
Richard Blake
*1980
Bruce Fleisher
Bruce Lee Fleisher (October 16, 1948 – September 23, 2021) was an American professional golfer.
Early years and amateur career
Fleisher was born in Union City, Tennessee, and was Jewish.
In 1950, the Fleisher family moved to Wilmington, Nort ...
*1979
Larry Mowry
Larry Mowry (born October 20, 1936) is an American professional golfer who played on the PGA Tour and Senior PGA Tour (now known as the Champions Tour).
Mowry was born in San Diego, California. He turned pro in 1959. Mowry spent most his regular ...
*1978
Tony Valentine
*1977
Rich Bassett
*1976
Jim King
*1975
Lee Wykle
*1974
Charles Owens
*1973
Billy Maxwell
*1972
Ted Kroll
Ted J. Kroll (August 4, 1919 – April 23, 2002) was an American professional golfer.
Kroll was born in New Hartford, New York.
Kroll served in the United States Army during World War II and earned three Purple Hearts after being wounded four ti ...
*1971
Jim King
*1970
Eddie Pearce
Eddie Pearce (born March 16, 1952) is an American professional golfer.
Pearce was born in Fort Myers, Florida and grew up in Temple Terrace, Florida, where, as an infant, his first golf club was placed in his hands by the legendary Babe Didrikson ...
(amateur)
*1969
Gary Koch
Gary D. Koch (born November 21, 1952) is an American professional golfer, sportscaster and golf course designer, who formerly played on the PGA Tour, Nationwide Tour and Champions Tour.
Early years
Koch was born in Baton Rouge, Louisiana in ...
(amateur)
*1968
Joe Lopez
*1967
Bob Murphy Robert, Rob, Bob or Bobby Murphy may refer to:
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*Robert Ronald Murphy or Ron Murphy (1933–2014), Canadian ice hockey player
* Bob Murphy (ice hockey) (born 1951), Canadian retired professional ice hockey player
* Rob Murphy (ice ...
*1966
Pete Cooper
*1965
Tom Malone
*1964
Howell Fraser
*1963
J. C. Goosie
*1962
Don Bisplinghoff (amateur)
*1961
Don Bisplinghoff (amateur)
*1960
Dub Pagan
*1959
Howell Fraser (amateur)
*1958
Pete Cooper
*1957
Pete Cooper
*1956
Dave Ragan (amateur)
*1955
Don Bisplinghoff (amateur)
*1954
Jim McCoy (amateur)
*1953
Burl Bolesta
*1952
Gardner Dickinson
Gardner Edward Dickinson, Jr. (September 14, 1927 – April 19, 1998) was an American professional golfer.
Born in Dothan, Alabama, Dickinson was a student of Ben Hogan and crafted his swing in the Hogan tradition. He played college golf at Louis ...
*1951
Lloyd Wadkins
*1950
Pete Cooper
*1949
Pete Cooper
*1948
Pete Cooper
*1947
Charles Harper
*1946
Pete Cooper
*1945
Burl Bolesta
*1944
Pete Cooper
*1943
Willie Turnesa
William P. Turnesa (January 20, 1914 – June 16, 2001) was an American amateur golfer, best known for winning two U.S. Amateur titles and the British Amateur. He was one of seven famous golfing brothers; Phil (1896-1987), Frank (1898-1949), ...
(amateur)
*1942
Lou Broward (amateur)
''Previous tournaments under the same name''
*1931
Wiffy Cox
Wilfred Hiram "Wiffy" Cox (October 27, 1896 – February 20, 1969) was an American professional golfer who played on the PGA Tour in the 1930s.
Cox was born and grew up in a tough Irish-Italian section of Brooklyn, New York. He started in golf a ...
and
Joe Turnesa
Joseph R. Turnesa (January 31, 1901 – July 15, 1991) was an American professional golfer.
Early life
Turnesa was born in New York, New York.
He was one of seven famous golfing brothers: Phil (1896–1987), Frank (1898–1949), Joe (1901–1 ...
(tie)
*1929
Horton Smith
Horton Smith (May 22, 1908 – October 15, 1963) was an American professional golfer, best known as the winner of the first and third Masters Tournaments.
Tournament career
Born in Springfield, Missouri, Smith turned professional in 1926 and w ...
*1928
Henry Ciuci
Henry Ciuci (April 25, 1903 – January 1986) was an American professional golfer. He won six official PGA Tour events in the late 1920s and early 1930s, and was one of the Tour's most successful performers between 1928 and 1931.
His best finish ...
*1927
Billy Burke
*1926
Johnny Farrell
*1925
Leo Diegel
Leo Harvey Diegel (April 20, 1899 – May 5, 1951) was an American professional golfer of the 1920s and early 1930s. He captured consecutive PGA Championships, played on the first four Ryder Cup teams, and is a member of the World Golf Hall of Fa ...
*1922
George Kerrigan
*1921
Jim Barnes
James Martin Barnes (April 8, 1886 – May 24, 1966) was an English golfer and a leading figure in the early years of professional golf in the United States. He is one of three native Britons (with Tommy Armour and Rory McIlroy) to win three di ...
*1911
Gilbert Nicholls
*1906
Walter Travis
Walter J. Travis (January 10, 1862 – July 31, 1927) was an American amateur golfer during the early 1900s. He was also a noted golf journalist and publisher, an innovator in all aspects of golf, a teacher, and golf course architect.
Golfing ca ...
External links
Florida State Golf AssociationList of winners
{{State Open Championships (golf)
Former PGA Tour events
Golf in Florida
State Open golf tournaments
Recurring sporting events established in 1912
1912 establishments in Florida