The Costa Rica Open is a men's professional
golf
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Golf, unlike most ball games, cannot and does not use a standa ...
tournament that was played annually in
Costa Rica
Costa Rica, officially the Republic of Costa Rica, is a country in Central America. It borders Nicaragua to the north, the Caribbean Sea to the northeast, Panama to the southeast, and the Pacific Ocean to the southwest, as well as Maritime bo ...
until 2007. It was an event on the
Tour de las Americas from 2002 until its replacement by the
Costa Rica Golf Classic in 2008, and was also co-sanctioned by the European
Challenge Tour
The Challenge Tour, currently titled as the HotelPlanner Tour for sponsorship reasons and also sometimes referred to as the European Challenge Tour, is the second-tier men's professional golf tour in Europe. It is operated by the PGA European To ...
from 2003.
The tournament was held at the Cariari Country Club near
San José every year except in 2004 when it was played over the Valle del Sol Golf Course near
Santa Ana. The 2006 event was renamed in order to pay tribute to the tournaments founder and promoter, Kai Fieberg, who had been killed in a car accident earlier in the year.
In 1979 and 1980, Cariari hosted the
PGA sponsored Friendship Cup, which is sometimes also referred to as the Costa Rica Open. These tournaments were won by
Raymond Floyd
Raymond Loran Floyd (born September 4, 1942) is an American retired professional golfer who has won numerous tournaments on both the PGA Tour and Senior PGA Tour, including four majors and four senior majors. He was inducted into the World ...
and
Larry Ziegler
Larry Ziegler (born August 12, 1939) is an American professional golfer who played on the PGA Tour and the Champions Tour.
Early life
Ziegler was born in St. Louis and grew up in Creve Coeur, Missouri. He was one of 14 children; he had seve ...
.
Winners
See also
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Open golf tournament
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Notes
References
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External links
Official coverage on the Challenge Tour's official site
Golf tournaments in Costa Rica
Former Challenge Tour events
Former Tour de las Américas events