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
The Asian Tour is the principal men's professional golf tour in Asia except for Japan, which has its own Japan Golf Tour, which is also a full member of the International Federation of PGA Tours. Official money events on the tour count for Wo ...
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 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$
The United States dollar (symbol: $; code: USD; also abbreviated US$ or U.S. Dollar, to distinguish it from other dollar-denominated currencies; referred to as the dollar, U.S. dollar, American dollar, or colloquially buck) is the official ...
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 (1949, 1955–1958, 1962)
*5 wins
**J.R.H. Mason (a) (1913, 1914, 1918, 1921, 1927)
*3 wins
**
Lu Liang-Huan
Lu Liang-Huan (, 10 December 1936 – 15 March 2022), also known as Mister Lu (Mr Lu) to British golf fans, was a successful Taiwanese golfer who won several important tournaments on the Asian and European circuits between 1959 and 1987.
Earl ...
(1965, 1974, 1978)
**
Ben Arda (1961, 1963, 1979)
*2 wins
**Ian Collier Trotter MacGregor (a) (1919, 1920)
**
Norman Von Nida
Norman Guy Von Nida (14 February 1914 – 20 May 2007) was an Australian professional golfer.
Von Nida was born in Strathfield and grew up in Brisbane. He turned professional in 1933, after attracting attention by winning the 1932 Queensland ...
(1938, 1939)
**
Hsieh Yung-yo
Hsieh Yung-yo (, born 23 October 1934) is a Taiwanese professional golfer.
Hsieh had great success playing throughout Asia, winning 16 national opens. Most of those victories were on the Far East Circuit, later known as the Asia Golf Circuit, w ...
(1970, 1977)
**
Lu Hsi-chuen (1980, 1983)
**
Frankie Miñoza (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