Tallahassee Open

This article is about the former PGA Tour event. For the former Nike Tour event, see Nike Tallahassee Open. For the former LPGA Tour event, see Centel Classic (LPGA Tour).

The Tallahassee Open was a golf tournament on the PGA Tour from 1969 to 1989. It was played at Killearn Country Club in Tallahassee, Florida.

Centel Classic

Tournament information
Location	Tallahassee, Florida
Established	1969
Course(s)	Killearn Golf and Country Club
Par	72
Length	7,098 yards (6,490 m)
Tour(s)	PGA Tour
Format	Stroke play
Prize fund	US$750,000
Month played	September/October
Final year	1989
Tournament record score
Aggregate	269 Chi-Chi Rodríguez (1979) 269 Jeff Sluman (1985)
To par	−19 as above
Final champion
Bill Britton
Location map
Killearn G&CC Location in the United States Show map of the United States Killearn G&CC Location in Florida Show map of Florida

It was founded in 1969 as the Tallahassee Open Invitational. From 1983 to 1985, it was part of the PGA Tour's "Tournament Players Series", a "satellite tour". The purse for the 1989 tournament was $750,000 with 135,000 going to the winner.

The 1974 tournament featured the highest round scores in PGA history by a player who made the 36-hole cut. Mike Reasor severely injured himself horse riding between the second and third rounds. Needing to complete the tournament in order to gain an exemption for the Byron Nelson Classic, Reasor played the final two rounds using only a 5-iron and swinging using just one arm, recording scores of 123 and 114.^[1]

From 1990 to 1992, Killearn Country Club hosted a LPGA Tour event by the same name.

Winners

Year	Tour[a]	Winner	Score	To par	Margin of victory	Runner(s)-up	Ref.
Centel Classic
1989	PGAT	Bill Britton	200[b]	−16	4 strokes	Ronnie Black
1988	PGAT	Bill Glasson	272	−16	2 strokes	Tommy Armour III
1987	PGAT	Keith Clearwater	278	−10	1 stroke	Bill Glasson Billy Kratzert Bob Lohr Joey Sindelar
Tallahassee Open
1986		Mark Hayes	274	−10	1 stroke	Russ Cochran	[2]
1985	TPS	Jeff Sluman	269	−19	1 stroke	Kenny Knox Gary Player	[3]
1984	TPS	Kermit Zarley	271	−17	Playoff	Denis Watson	[4]
1983	TPS	Bob Charles	282	−6	Playoff	Greg Powers	[5][6]
1982	PGAT	Bob Shearer	272	−16	1 stroke	Hal Sutton Denis Watson
1981	PGAT	Dave Eichelberger	271	−17	Playoff	Bob Murphy Mark O'Meara
1980	PGAT	Mark Pfeil	277	−11	1 stroke	Mark Lye Bill Rogers
1979	PGAT	Chi-Chi Rodríguez	269	−19	3 strokes	Lindy Miller
1978	PGAT	Barry Jaeckel	273	−15	Playoff	Bruce Lietzke
1977	PGAT	Ed Sneed	276	−12	Playoff	Lon Hinkle
1976	PGAT	Gary Koch	277	−11	1 stroke	John Mahaffey
1975	PGAT	Rik Massengale	274	−14	2 strokes	Spike Kelley Bert Yancey
1974	PGAT	Allen Miller	274	−14	1 stroke	Joe Inman Eddie Pearce Dan Sikes
1973	PGAT	Hubert Green	277	−11	1 stroke	Jim Simons
1972	PGAT	Bob Shaw	273	−15	2 strokes	Leonard Thompson
Tallahassee Open Invitational
1971	PGAT	Lee Trevino	273	−15	3 strokes	Jim Wiechers
1970	PGAT	Harold Henning	277	−11	1 stroke	Rives McBee
1969	PGAT	Chuck Courtney	282	−6	1 stroke	Jacky Cupit Bert Greene Bob Shaw

Notes

1. PGAT − PGA Tour; TPS − Tournament Players Series.
2. Shortened to 54 holes due to rain.

References

1. Kelley, Brent. "Mike Reasor, the PGA Tour Player Who Scored 93-Over Par". About.com. Retrieved January 16, 2015.
2. "The Tour Book 1987" (PDF). PGA Tour. p. 247.
3. "The Tour Book 1986" (PDF). PGA Tour. p. 251.
4. "The Tour Book 1985" (PDF). PGA Tour. p. 235.
5. "The Tour Book 1984" (PDF). PGA Tour. p. 246.
6. Browning, Al (June 6, 1986). "Caddies live and die with pros". Chicago Tribune. Scripps Howard News Service. Retrieved January 3, 2020.