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(1944, 1949, 1951, 1952,1958, 1965, 1967, 1970, 1974) Tom Weiskopf (1979), Craig Stadler (1992), Mark Calcavecchia (1993, 1995), Mark O'Meara (1994), Jim Furyk (1997) and Ángel Cabrera (2001, 2002, 2012).

History

The championship is part of

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, also featuring on the European Tour on one occasion, in 2001. In the subsequent years, the Argentine financial crisis later in 2001 resulted in substantially reduced prize money. From 2005 to 2008 the tournament was a fixture on the European Challenge Tour. In 2008 it was rescheduled to April, which meant that the Argentine Open appeared twice during the 2008 Challenge Tour season. The record for most victories is held by 1967

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champion

, who won the title on nine occasions between 1944 and 1974. The next most successful players are

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, with eight victories over a 32 years span between 1968 and 2000 and

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, who won seven times between the 1920 and 1931. The first championship, held in 1905, was won by

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(son of

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and brother of

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). The low amateur is presented with the Pereyra Iraola Cup. Starting in 2016, the event gave the winner an exemption into

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Winners

Notes

References

External links

Coverage on PGA Tour Latinoamérica's official siteCoverage on the European Tour's official site
(2001)
Coverage on the Challenge Tour's official site
(2005–2008) {{Former European Tour Events Golf tournaments in Argentina PGA Tour Latinoamérica events Former European Tour events Former Challenge Tour events Former Tour de las Américas events Recurring sporting events established in 1905 1905 establishments in Argentina