The Philippine Open is an annual men's professional golf tournament, currently played on the

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History

The Philippine Open was first held in

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in 1913 and was sponsored by the

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. It was moved to the

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in 1935. In the late 1980s, the National Golf Association of the Philippines (NGAP) took over the organization of the tournament and held it in other courses in the country. The event was held in a variety of different golf courses around the

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and was an official money event on the

from 1999 to 2015, having previously been a founding tournament on the

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. In March 2006 the NGAP 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

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200,000 to $1 million. 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. Tugot is widely regarded as one of the best, if not the best golfers the Philippines has produced, and the first Filipino athlete to step into th ...

(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 Ben Arda (13 June 1929 – 20 December 2006) was a Filipino professional golfer. Professional career Arda, known as ''Bantam Ben'' and ''the Toy Tiger'' because of his small stature, was one of Asia's leading golfers during the 1960s and 1970s ...

(1961, 1963, 1979) *2 wins **Ian Collier Trotter MacGregor (a) (1919, 1920) **

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(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, wh ...

(1970, 1977) **

Lu Hsi-chuen Lu Hsi-chuen (, born 10 December 1953) is a Taiwanese professional golfer. Lu had considerable success on the Asia Golf Circuit from 1979 through to the late 1980s, winning ten tournaments, including nine national opens, and capturing the circui ...

(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)

Notes

References

External links

Coverage on the Asian Tour's official site
{{Asian Tour Events Asia Golf Circuit events 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