The Massachusetts Open is the
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 organized by Mass Golf (formerly the Massachusetts Golf Association). It has been played annually since 1905 (except for war years and 2020) at a variety of courses around the state. It was considered a
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 ...
event from 1916 to 1937. Past winners include
World Golf Hall of Fame
The World Golf Hall of Fame is located at World Golf Village near St. Augustine, Florida, in the United States, and it is unusual among sports halls of fame in that a single site honors both men and women. It is supported by a consortium of 26 go ...
players
Donald Ross,
Walter Hagen
Walter Charles Hagen (December 21, 1892 – October 6, 1969) was an American professional golfer and a major figure in golf in the first half of the 20th century. His tally of 11 professional majors is third behind Jack Nicklaus (18) and Tiger ...
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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 ...
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Francis Ouimet
Francis DeSales Ouimet () (May 8, 1893 – September 2, 1967) was an American amateur golfer who is frequently referred to as the "father of amateur golf" in the United States. He won the U.S. Open in 1913 and was the first non-Briton elected ...
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Gene Sarazen
Gene Sarazen (; born Eugenio Saraceni, February 27, 1902 – May 13, 1999) was an American professional golfer, one of the world's top players in the 1920s and 1930s, and the winner of seven major championships. He is one of five players (along ...
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Byron Nelson
John Byron Nelson Jr. (February 4, 1912 – September 26, 2006) was an American professional golfer between 1935 and 1946, widely considered one of the greatest golfers of all time.
Nelson and two other legendary champions of the time, Ben Hog ...
,
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 ...
, and
Julius Boros
Julius Nicholas Boros (March 3, 1920 – May 28, 1994) was an American professional golfer noted for his effortless-looking swing and strong record on difficult golf courses, particularly at the U.S. Open.
Early years
Born in Fairfield, Connecti ...
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In 2008 and 2009, two future PGA Tour players won the event.
Jim Renner
Jim Renner (born October 31, 1983) is an American professional golfer.
Renner attended Bishop Feehan High School in Attleboro, Massachusetts, the University of Oklahoma and Johnson & Wales University (Florida), where he won the 2005 NAIA Champio ...
won the event in 2008 at Stockbridge Golf Club and
Rob Oppenheim
Rob Oppenheim (born January 12, 1980) is an American professional golfer.
Early and personal life
Born in Salem, Massachusetts, his parents are Jim and Karen Oppenheim. Oppenheim played for the Andover High School golf team, where he made the ...
won the event in 2009 at Belmont Country Club.
Winners
Clubs to host three or more times
References
External links
Mass Golf
{{State Open Championships (golf)
1905 establishments in Massachusetts
Former PGA Tour events
Golf in Massachusetts
Recurring sporting events established in 1905
Sports competitions in Massachusetts
State Open golf tournaments