Philippine Open (golf)

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.

Smart Infinity Philippine Open

Tournament information
Location	Manila, Philippines
Established	1913
Course(s)	Manila Southwoods Golf and Country Club
Par	70
Length	7,138 yards (6,527 m)
Tour(s)	Asian Tour Asia Golf Circuit OneAsia Tour Philippine Golf Tour PGT Asia
Format	Stroke play
Prize fund	US$500,000
Month played	January
Tournament record score
Aggregate	259 Kevin Wentworth (1997)
To par	−17 Elmer Salvador (2009)
Current champion
Julien Sale
Location map
Manila Southwoods G&CC Location in the Philippines

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 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 million. In 2014, the prize fund was $300,000.

The 1967 event included a full-field of 160 players.^[1]

Venues

The following venues have been used since the founding of the Philippine Open in 1913.

Venue	Location	First	Last	Times
Manila Golf and Country Club	Manila	1913	1934	20
Iloilo Golf and Country Club	Iloilo	1935	1959	24
Wack Wack Golf and Country Club	Mandaluyong	1956	2014	33
Valley Golf and Country Club	Rizal	1975	2010	5
Villamor Golf Club	Manila	1984	1986	2
Puerto Azul Golf and Country Club	Luzon	1989	1992	3
Manila Southwoods Golf and Country Club	Manila	1993	2025	5
Apo Golf and Country Club	Davao	1995	1995	1
Camp John Hay Golf Club	Baguio	1997	1997	1
Riviera Golf and Country Club	Cavite	1998	2000	3
Mount Malarayat Golf and Country Club	Batangas	2005	2009	2
Luisita Golf and Country Club	Tarlac	2015	2015	1
The Country Club	Laguna	2017	2019	3

Winners

Year	Tour(s)[a]	Winner	Score	To par	Margin of victory	Runner(s)-up	Venue	Ref.
Smart Infinity Philippine Open
2025	ASA	Julien Sale	269	−11	1 stroke	Tomoyo Ikemura Sadom Kaewkanjana	Manila Southwoods	[2]
2020–2024: No tournament
Solaire Philippine Open
2019	PGTA	Clyde Mondilla	290	+2	2 strokes	Nicolas Paez	Country Club	[3]
2018	ONE, PGTA	Miguel Tabuena (2)	289	+1	Playoff	Prom Meesawat	Country Club
2017	PHI	Steve Lewton	287	−1	Playoff	Johannes Veerman	Country Club
2016: No tournament
Philippine Open
2015	ASA	Miguel Tabuena	202[b]	−14	1 stroke	Scott Barr	Luisita
ICTSI Philippine Open
2014	ASA	Marcus Both	282	−6	2 strokes	Jay Bayron Nathan Holman Antonio Lascuña Siddikur Rahman Arnond Vongvanij	Wack Wack
2013: No tournament
2012	ASA	Mardan Mamat	280	−8	5 strokes	Mo Joong-kyung	Wack Wack
2011	ASA	Berry Henson	283	−5	1 stroke	Jay Bayron	Wack Wack
Philippine Open
2010		Artemio Murakami	277	−11	2 strokes	Elmer Salvador	Valley
2009		Elmer Salvador	271	−17	3 strokes	Guido van der Valk	Mount Malarayat
2008	ASA	Angelo Que	283	−5	1 stroke	Danny Chia	Wack Wack
2007	ASA	Frankie Miñoza (2)	278	−10	2 strokes	Gerald Rosales	Wack Wack
2006	ASA	Scott Strange	280	−8	5 strokes	Park Jun-won	Wack Wack
2005	ASA	Adam Le Vesconte	272	−12	4 strokes	Gerald Rosales	Mount Malarayat
DHL Philippine Open
2004	ASA	Edward Michaels	282	−2	3 strokes	Juvic Pagunsan (a)	Riviera
2003: No tournament
Casino Filipino Philippine Open
2002	ASA	Rick Gibson	283	−5	4 strokes	Robert Jacobson	Wack Wack
Philippine Open
2001		Felix Casas	282	−6	5 strokes	Danny Zarate	Wack Wack
2000		Gerald Rosales	293	+9	2 strokes	Antonio Lascuña Rey Pagunsan	Riviera
Casino Filipino Philippine Open
1999	ASA	Anthony Kang	273	−15	1 stroke	James Kingston Kazuyoshi Yonekura	Manila Southwoods
Philippine Open
1998	AGC	Frankie Miñoza	278	−10	2 strokes	Christian Chernock	Riviera	[4]
1997	AGC	Kevin Wentworth	259	−13	3 strokes	Larry Barber Mars Pucay Tim Straub	Camp John Hay	[5]
U-Bix Philippine Open
1996	AGC	Rob Whitlock	278	−10	Playoff	Tim Straub	Manila Southwoods
Dole Casino Filipino Philippine Open
1995	AGC	Carlos Espinosa	282	−6	2 strokes	Olle Nordberg	Apo
Manila Southwoods Philippine Open
1994	AGC	Carlos Franco	280	−8	Playoff	Choi Sang-ho	Manila Southwoods
Philippine Open
1993	AGC	Yeh Chang-ting	281	−7	1 stroke	Carlos Espinosa	Manila Southwoods
1992	AGC	Wang Ter-chang	289	+1	Playoff	Hsieh Chin-sheng	Puerto Azul	[6]
1991	AGC	Dennis Paulson	281	−7	Playoff	Chen Tze-chung	Valley
San Miguel/Coca-Cola Philippine Open
1990	AGC	Robert Pactolerin	287	−1	2 strokes	Chen Liang-hsi Lai Chung-jen Lee Porter	Puerto Azul
1989	AGC	Emlyn Aubrey	276	−8	2 strokes	Mario Siodina	Puerto Azul	[7][8]
Coca-Cola Philippine Open
1988	AGC	Hsieh Chin-sheng	283	−5	5 strokes	Steve Bowman	Wack Wack	[9]
San Miguel Philippine Open
1987	AGC	Brian Tennyson	288	E	1 stroke	Chen Tze-ming	Wack Wack	[10]
Philippine Open
1986	AGC[c]	Mario Manubay	280	−8		Michael Allen Tony Grimes	Villamor
1985	AGC[c]	Mark Aebli	290	+2	1 stroke	Frankie Miñoza	Wack Wack	[11]
1984	AGC[c]	Rudy Labares	272	−16	17 strokes	Mario Siodina	Villamor	[12]
1983	AGC	Lu Hsi-chuen (2)	277	−11	3 strokes	Ikuo Shirahama	Valley	[13]
1982	AGC	Hsieh Min-Nan	292	+4	Playoff	Hsu Sheng-san	Wack Wack	[14]
1981	AGC	Tom Sieckmann	287	−1	4 strokes	Lu Hsi-chuen	Valley	[15]
1980	AGC	Lu Hsi-chuen	287	−1	2 strokes	Rudy Labares Sam Torrance	Wack Wack	[16]
1979	AGC[c]	Ben Arda (3)	286	−2	3 strokes	Hsu Sheng-san Hung Fa	Wack Wack	[17]
1978	AGC	Lu Liang-Huan (3)	278	−9	7 strokes	Kuo Chie-Hsiung	Wack Wack	[18]
1977	AGC	Hsieh Yung-yo (2)	281	−7	5 strokes	Hsieh Min-Nan Kuo Chie-Hsiung	Wack Wack	[19]
1976	AGC	Qiuntin Mancao	281	−7	3 strokes	Hsu Chi-san Eleuterio Nival	Wack Wack	[20]
1975	AGC	Kuo Chie-Hsiung	276	−12	8 strokes	Ben Arda	Valley	[21]
1974	AGC	Lu Liang-Huan (2)	281	−11	Playoff	Hsu Sheng-san	Wack Wack	[22]
1973	AGC	Kim Seung-hack	289	+1	1 stroke	Chang Chun-fa Graham Marsh	Wack Wack	[23]
1972	AGC	Hideyo Sugimoto	286	−2	2 strokes	Hsieh Yung-yo	Wack Wack	[24][25]
1971	AGC	Chen Chien-chung	282	−6	3 strokes	Hsieh Yung-yo	Wack Wack	[26]
1970	AGC	Hsieh Yung-yo	282	−6	6 strokes	Eleuterio Nival Haruo Yasuda	Wack Wack	[27]
1969	AGC	Haruo Yasuda	279	−9	1 stroke	Ben Arda Hsieh Min-Nan	Wack Wack	[28]
1968	AGC	Hsu Chi-san	278	−10	8 strokes	Shigeru Uchida	Wack Wack	[29]
1967	FEC	Hsu Sheng-san (a)	283	−5	1 stroke	Celestino Tugot	Wack Wack	[30]
1966	FEC	Luis Silverio (a)	287	−1	1 stroke	Celestino Tugot	Wack Wack	[31]
1965	FEC	Lu Liang-Huan	288	E	2 strokes	Hsieh Yung-yo	Wack Wack	[32]
1964	FEC	Peter Thomson	285	−3	Playoff	Doug Sanders	Wack Wack	[33]
1963	FEC	Ben Arda (2)	289	+1	3 strokes	Teruo Sugihara	Wack Wack	[34]
1962	FEC	Celestino Tugot (6)	284	−4	1 stroke	Kel Nagle	Wack Wack	[35]
1961		Ben Arda	286	−2	2 strokes	Hsieh Yung-yo	Wack Wack
1960		Frank Phillips	287	−1	1 stroke	Hsieh Yung-yo	Wack Wack
1959		Bruce Crampton					Iloilo
1958		Celestino Tugot (5)					Iloilo
1957		Celestino Tugot (4)					Iloilo
1956		Celestino Tugot (3)					Wack Wack
1955		Celestino Tugot (2)	284				Iloilo
1954		Larry Montes (12)					Iloilo
1953		Larry Montes (11)	281	−7			Iloilo
1952		Lloyd Mangrum	295				Iloilo
1951		Larry Montes (10)					Iloilo
1950		Ed Oliver	285	−3	4 strokes	Norman Von Nida	Iloilo
1949		Celestino Tugot					Iloilo
1948		Larry Montes (9)					Iloilo
1945–1947: No tournament
1944		Larry Montes (8)					Iloilo
1943		Larry Montes (7)					Iloilo
1942		Larry Montes (6)					Iloilo
1941		Larry Montes (5)					Iloilo
1940		Jug McSpaden	287	−1	4 strokes	Emery Zimmerman	Iloilo	[36]
1939		Norman Von Nida (2)	292	+4	2 strokes	Rokuzo Asami Seisui Chin	Iloilo	[37]
1938		Norman Von Nida				Larry Montes	Iloilo	[38]
1937		Larry Montes (4)					Iloilo
1936		Larry Montes (3)					Iloilo
1935		Guillermo A. Navaja					Iloilo
1934		Casiano Decena					Manila
1933		Sidney Baxter					Manila
1932		Larry Montes (2)					Manila
1930–31: No tournament
1929		Larry Montes					Manila
1928		J. S. Moore (a)					Manila
1927		J. R .H. Mason (a) (5)					Manila
1926		E. L. Benedict (a)					Manila
1925		W. J. Jameson (a)					Manila
1924		G. M. Ivory (a)					Manila
1923		E. A. Noyes (a)					Manila
1922		Walter Z. Smith (a)					Manila
1921		J. R .H. Mason (a) (4)					Manila
1920		Ian Collier Trotter MacGregor (a) (2)					Manila
1919		Ian Collier Trotter MacGregor (a)					Manila
1918		J. R .H. Mason (a) (3)					Manila
1917		W. Young (a)					Manila
1916		Johnny Grieve (a)					Manila
1915		W. J. Adams (a)					Manila
1914		J. R .H. Mason (a) (2)					Manila
1913		J. R .H. Mason (a)					Manila

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 (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 (1998, 2007)

See also

• Open golf tournament

Notes

1. AGC/FEC − Asia Golf Circuit/Far East Circuit; ASA − Asian Tour; ONE − OneAsia Tour; PGTA − PGT Asia; PHI − Philippine Golf Tour.
2. Shortened to 54 holes due to rain.
3. In 1979 and between 1984 and 1986, the event was sanctioned by the Asia Golf Circuit, however it was an unofficial money event; therefore the win is considered unofficial on that tour.

References

1. "160 for Philippine open". The Canberra Times. 18 January 1967. p. 33. Retrieved 28 November 2020.
2. "Frenchman Julien Sale rules 2025 Philippine Open, Filipino Miguel Tabuena slides to 5th". Rappler. 26 January 2025. Retrieved 26 January 2025.
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6. Tournament Director
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31. "Silverio takes PI Open". The Straits Times. Singapore. 28 February 1966. p. 20. Retrieved 8 March 2020 – via National Library Board.
32. "Lu takes titla as Hsieh falters". The Straits Times. Singapore. 1 March 1965. p. 19. Retrieved 7 March 2020 – via National Library Board.
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37. "VON NIDA WINS PHILIPPINE OPEN". Evening News (Rockhampton, Qld. : 1924 - 1941). 10 January 1939. p. 12. Retrieved 28 November 2020.
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External links

• Coverage on the Asian Tour's official site