El Paso Open (PGA Tour)

The El Paso Open was a golf tournament on the PGA Tour in the late 1920s and the 1950s. It was played at the El Paso Country Club in El Paso, Texas. In 1929, Bill Mehlhorn won with a score of 271, then a record for a 72-hole tournament.^[1]

El Paso Open

Tournament information
Location	El Paso, Texas
Established	1927
Course(s)	El Paso Country Club
Par	72
Tour(s)	PGA Tour
Format	Stroke play
Prize fund	US$20,000
Month played	September
Final year	1959
Tournament record score
Aggregate	269 Cary Middlecoff (1952)
To par	–15 as above
Final champion
Marty Furgol
Location map
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Winners

Year	Winner	Score	To par	Margin of victory	Runner(s)-up	Ref.
1959	Marty Furgol	273	−15	4 strokes	Jay Hebert Ernie Vossler	[2]
1954–1958: No tournament
1953	Chandler Harper	278	−6	Playoff	Ted Kroll	[3]
1952	Cary Middlecoff	269	−15	3 strokes	Al Besselink	[4]
1930–1951: No tournament
1929	Bill Mehlhorn	271	−17	6 strokes	Bobby Cruickshank	[1]
1928	Larry Nabholtz	293		1 stroke	Macdonald Smith	[5]
1927	Tommy Armour	288	−4	4 strokes	Johnny Golden Joe Kirkwood Sr.	[6]

See also

• El Paso Open (a Ben Hogan Tour event)

References

1. "Mehlhorn Sets World Record". Youngstown Vindicator. Ohio. AP. January 21, 1929. p. 10. Retrieved April 27, 2011.
2. "Furgol Fires 65 To Win In El Paso". The Modesto Bee. California. AP. September 21, 1959. p. B-4. Retrieved April 27, 2011.
3. "Chandler Harper Wins Playoff From Ted Kroll". The Free Lance-Star. Fredericksburg, Virginia. AP. February 10, 1953. p. 7. Retrieved April 27, 2011.
4. "Middlecoff First At El Paso". Eugene Register-Guard. Oregon. AP. February 11, 1952. p. 10. Retrieved April 27, 2011.
5. "Nabholtz Wins El Paso Open; Smith Second". Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. Pennsylvania. United News. January 23, 1928. p. 14. Retrieved April 27, 2011.
6. "Armour Takes El Paso Open". Youngstown Vindicator. Ohio. AP. January 24, 1927. p. 13. Retrieved April 27, 2011.