The Philippine Open was one of the world's longest-running men's golf tournaments. First held in 1913, it is also Asia's oldest golf tournament.
History
The event was held in a variety of different golf courses around the
Philippines and was an official money event on the
Asian Tour from 1999 to 2015, having previously been a founding tournament on the
Asia Golf Circuit. In March 2006 the
National Golf Association of the Philippines
The National Golf Association of the Philippines (NGAP) is the governing body of golf in the Philippines. The NGAP is a member of the International Golf Federation.
The first golf association in the country, the Philippine Amateur Golf Associa ...
granted all marketing rights for the tournament from 2006 to 2010 to the Asian Tour, which announced an aspiration to increase the prize fund from the 2006 level of
US$200,000 to $1 millio
In 2014, the prize fund was $300,000.
The 1967 event included a full-field of 160 players.
Venues
The following venues have been used since the founding of the Philippine Open in 1913.
Winners
Multiple winners
The players who have won the Philippine Open more than once are the following:
*12 wins
**Larry Montes (1929, 1932, 1936, 1937, 1941–1944, 1948, 1951, 1953, 1954)
*6 wins
**
Celestino Tugot
Celestino "Tino" Mancao Tugot (6 April 1910 – 18 January 2010) was a Filipino professional golfer. A local golf legend, Tugot is widely regarded as one of the best, if not the best golfers the Philippines has produced, and the first Filipino ath ...
(1949, 1955–1958, 1962)
*5 wins
**J.R.H. Mason (a) (1913, 1914, 1918, 1921, 1927)
*3 wins
**
Lu Liang-Huan (1965, 1974, 1978)
**
Ben Arda (1961, 1963, 1979)
*2 wins
**Ian Collier Trotter MacGregor (a) (1919, 1920)
**
Norman Von Nida (1938, 1939)
**
Hsieh Yung-yo (1970, 1977)
**
Lu Hsi-chuen (1980, 1983)
**
Frankie Miñoza
Francisco "Frankie" Miñoza (born 29 December 1959) is a Filipino professional golfer.
Miñoza has played extensively in Asia, winning a number of tournaments on the leading Asian and Japanese tours in addition to many lesser events on the local ...
(1998, 2007)
References
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External links
Coverage on the Asian Tour's official site
Asia Golf Circuit events
Former Asian Tour events
Golf tournaments in the Philippines
Recurring sporting events established in 1913
Recurring sporting events disestablished in 2015
1913 establishments in the Philippines
2015 disestablishments in the Philippines