The Brazil Open or Aberto do Brasil is an annual golf

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 tournament held in Brazil

Brazil

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. It was founded in 1945, and has been an event on the Tour de las Americas

Tour de las Americas

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 on several occasions, most recently in 2005.

Until the early 1980s, the tournament was a popular stop for many of the worlds top professionals

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, and can can boast major

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 winners Sam Snead

Sam Snead

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, Billy Casper

Billy Casper

William Earl Casper, Jr. is an American professional golfer who was one of the most prolific tournament winners on the PGA Tour from the mid 1950s to the mid 1970s.-Early years:...

, Gary Player

Gary Player

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, Raymond Floyd

Raymond Floyd

Raymond Loran "Ray" Floyd is an American professional golfer who has won numerous tournaments on both the PGA Tour and Champions Tour....

, Jerry Pate

Jerry Pate

Jerome Kendrick "Jerry" Pate is an American golfer.Jerry Pate was born in Macon, Georgia. He attended the University of Alabama, where he played on the golf team. Pate had a distinguished amateur career. He won the U.S. Amateur in 1974, and the following year he was a member of victorious U.S....

 and Hale Irwin

Hale Irwin

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 in addition to superstars of South America

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n golf, Roberto de Vicenzo and Ángel Cabrera

Angel Cabrera

Ángel Cabrera is an Argentine professional golfer who plays on both the European Tour and PGA Tour. He is known affectionately as "El Pato" in Spanish or in English as "The duck" for his waddling gait. He is a former U.S. Open champion and Masters champion. He is the first Argentine to win either...

, amongst its list of champions.

The most successful player remains Mário Gonzalez, who won a total of eight titles, including seven out of nine between 1946 and 1955 (no tournament was held in 1947).

As part of the celebrations of the 500 year anniversary of the discovery of Brazil

History of Brazil

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 by Pedro Álvares Cabral

Pedro Álvares Cabral

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, in 2000 the European Tour

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 included the São Paulo and the Rio de Janeiro 500 Year Opens on their schedule. The following year the São Paulo event was again included on the European calendar, and somewhat confusingly titled the São Paulo Brazil Open.

Winners

Year	Winner	Score	Runner(s)-up	Amateur Winner
2011	Óscar Álvarez	275	César Costilla,   Sebastián Fernández Sebastian Fernandez (golfer) Sebastián Fernández is an Argentine professional golfer.Fernández was born in Buenos Aires. He worked as a caddy in Buenos Aires, before turning professional in 1991. He won the Argentine Tour Order of Merit in 2000...
2010
2009
2008	Rafael Barcellos	280	Alessandro Fabietti	Guilherme Oda
2006-07	No tournament
2005	Miguel Guzmán Miguel Guzmán Miguel Guzmán is an Argentine professional golfer.Born in Santiago del Estero, Guzmán worked as a caddie in Santiago del Estero, before turning professional in 1981....	275 (-13)	Mauricio Molina,   Eduardo Argiro	Joakim Thrane
2004	Philippe Gasnier	278
2003	Carlos Franco Carlos Franco Carlos Daniel Franco is a Paraguayan professional golfer. He is the brother of golfer Angel Franco.Franco was born in Asunción, Paraguay. He comes from a poor background and grew up in a one-room, dirt-floor home. His father was a greenkeeper and caddy, and he has five brothers, all of whom... *	281 (-3)	Eduardo Argiro	Ivo Leao
2002	No tournament
2001	Carlos Franco Carlos Franco Carlos Daniel Franco is a Paraguayan professional golfer. He is the brother of golfer Angel Franco.Franco was born in Asunción, Paraguay. He comes from a poor background and grew up in a one-room, dirt-floor home. His father was a greenkeeper and caddy, and he has five brothers, all of whom...	273 (-11)	Miguel Guzmán Miguel Guzmán Miguel Guzmán is an Argentine professional golfer.Born in Santiago del Estero, Guzmán worked as a caddie in Santiago del Estero, before turning professional in 1981....	Rodrigo Lacerda
2000	Jesús Amaya Jesús Amaya Jesús Armando Amaya Contreras is a Colombian professional golfer.Amaya was born in Bogotá, and worked as a caddy at the Club Popular de Golf La Florida before turning professional in 1991.... *	274 (-6)	Shannon Sykora	Philippe Gasnier
1999	Ángel Cabrera Angel Cabrera Ángel Cabrera is an Argentine professional golfer who plays on both the European Tour and PGA Tour. He is known affectionately as "El Pato" in Spanish or in English as "The duck" for his waddling gait. He is a former U.S. Open champion and Masters champion. He is the first Argentine to win either...
1998	Ángel Cabrera Angel Cabrera Ángel Cabrera is an Argentine professional golfer who plays on both the European Tour and PGA Tour. He is known affectionately as "El Pato" in Spanish or in English as "The duck" for his waddling gait. He is a former U.S. Open champion and Masters champion. He is the first Argentine to win either...
1997	No tournament
1996	Ruberlei Felizardo
1995	Eduardo Pesenti (Am)			Eduardo Pesenti
1994	No tournament
1993	Eduardo Caballero
1992	Ricardo Mechereffe
1991	Angel Franco Angel Franco Angel Franco is a Paraguayan professional golfer. His brother is golfer Carlos Franco.Franco was born in Asunción and turned pro in 1974.Franco won the South American Tour Order of Merit in 1991....
1990	Bruce Fleisher Bruce Fleisher -Early years and amateur career:Fleisher was born in Union City, Tennessee. He became involved in golf at age 7 by working as a caddie with his two brothers. Fleisher attended Miami-Dade Junior College and Furman University. In 1968 at age 19, he became the third youngest player to win the U.S....	tied	Pedro Martínez Pedro Martínez (golfer) Pedro Rodolfo Martínez is a Paraguayan professional golfer.Martinez was born in Asunción and turned pro in 1985.Martinez played on the European Tour in 2000 and 2001, and achieved two top ten finishes the first season, tied 3rd in the Brazil São Paulo 500 Years Open and tied 6th in the Moroccan...
1989	No tournament
1988	Carlos Larrain Carlos Larraín Carlos Larraín is the President of National Renewal, the political party currently in power in Chile.-Biography:Carlos Larraín Peña received an LL.B. from the Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile in 1967, and an M.A. from the Université catholique de Louvain in 1968.In 1994, he started Larrain...  (Am)		Vicente Fernández Vicente Fernandez (golfer) Vicente Fernández is an Argentine golfer who has won more than 60 professional tournaments around the world.Fernández was born in Corrientes, Argentina. He turned professional in 1964 and was a regular competitor on the European Tour from the mid 1970s to the mid 1990s... ,   Pedro Martínez Pedro Martínez (golfer) Pedro Rodolfo Martínez is a Paraguayan professional golfer.Martinez was born in Asunción and turned pro in 1985.Martinez played on the European Tour in 2000 and 2001, and achieved two top ten finishes the first season, tied 3rd in the Brazil São Paulo 500 Years Open and tied 6th in the Moroccan...	Carlos Larrain Carlos Larraín Carlos Larraín is the President of National Renewal, the political party currently in power in Chile.-Biography:Carlos Larraín Peña received an LL.B. from the Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile in 1967, and an M.A. from the Université catholique de Louvain in 1968.In 1994, he started Larrain...
1987	No tournament
1986	Eduardo Caballero
1985	Robert Lee Robert Lee (golfer) Robert Lee is an English professional golfer.Lee was born in London. He turned professional in 1982 and was in his prime from 1985 to 1987, finishing in the top thirty of the European Tour Order of Merit each of those years. He twice shot 27 for nine holes on the tour, first at the 1985 Monte...
1984	Vicente Fernández Vicente Fernandez (golfer) Vicente Fernández is an Argentine golfer who has won more than 60 professional tournaments around the world.Fernández was born in Corrientes, Argentina. He turned professional in 1964 and was a regular competitor on the European Tour from the mid 1970s to the mid 1990s...
1983	Vicente Fernández Vicente Fernandez (golfer) Vicente Fernández is an Argentine golfer who has won more than 60 professional tournaments around the world.Fernández was born in Corrientes, Argentina. He turned professional in 1964 and was a regular competitor on the European Tour from the mid 1970s to the mid 1990s...
1982	Hale Irwin Hale Irwin Hale S. Irwin is an American professional golfer. He is one of the few players in history to have won three U.S. Opens and was one of the world's leading golfers for much of the 1970s and 1980s. He has also developed a career as a golf course architect.Irwin was born in Joplin, Missouri, but was...
1981	Tom Sieckmann Tom Sieckmann Thomas Edward Sieckmann is an American professional golfer who has played on the PGA Tour and Nationwide Tour.Sieckmann was born in York, Nebraska. He won several amateur tournaments in his home state while growing up, and received the 1974 Nebraska Golf Association's Amateur of the Year award...
1980	Jerry Pate Jerry Pate Jerome Kendrick "Jerry" Pate is an American golfer.Jerry Pate was born in Macon, Georgia. He attended the University of Alabama, where he played on the golf team. Pate had a distinguished amateur career. He won the U.S. Amateur in 1974, and the following year he was a member of victorious U.S....
1979	Fidel de Luca Fidel de Luca Fidel de Luca was an Argentine professional golfer. Born in San Isidro, Buenos Aires, he worked as a caddie in Buenos Aires, before turning professional in 1948.... *	270	Roberto de Vicenzo
1978	Raymond Floyd Raymond Floyd Raymond Loran "Ray" Floyd is an American professional golfer who has won numerous tournaments on both the PGA Tour and Champions Tour....	277	Vicente Fernández Vicente Fernandez (golfer) Vicente Fernández is an Argentine golfer who has won more than 60 professional tournaments around the world.Fernández was born in Corrientes, Argentina. He turned professional in 1964 and was a regular competitor on the European Tour from the mid 1970s to the mid 1990s... ,   Steve Martin
1977	Vicente Fernández Vicente Fernandez (golfer) Vicente Fernández is an Argentine golfer who has won more than 60 professional tournaments around the world.Fernández was born in Corrientes, Argentina. He turned professional in 1964 and was a regular competitor on the European Tour from the mid 1970s to the mid 1990s...	274	Lou Graham,   Manuel Piñero Manuel Piñero Manuel Piñero Sanchez is a Spanish professional golfer.Piñero was born in Badajoz. He turned professional in 1968 and established himself on the European Tour in the early 1970s. He won nine titles on the Tour, the most prestigious of them the 1977 British PGA Championship...
1976	Juan Quinteros*	279	Roberto de Vicenzo
1975	Priscillo Diniz Priscillo Diniz Priscillo Diniz is a Brazilian professional golfer.Diniz was born in São Paulo. He comes from a family which boasts several other professional golfers, including his grandfather, but he did not turn professional himself until the age of 28, having previously been a practicing lawyer... * (Am)	274	Lanny Wadkins Lanny Wadkins Jerry Lanston "Lanny" Wadkins, Jr. is an American professional golfer. He ranked in the top-10 of the Official World Golf Rankings for 86 weeks from their debut in 1986 to 1988....	Priscillo Diniz
1974	Gary Player Gary Player Gary Player DMS; OIG is a South African professional golfer. With his nine major championship victories, he is widely regarded as one of the greatest players in the history of golf. He was inducted into the World Golf Hall of Fame in 1974. Player has won 165 tournaments on six continents over six...	267	Mark Hayes Mark Hayes (golfer) Mark S. Hayes is an American professional golfer.-Early years and amateur career:Hayes was born in Stillwater, Oklahoma. He played collegiately at Oklahoma State University, where he was a two-time All-American...
1973	Roberto de Vicenzo	279	Dale Hayes Dale Hayes Dale Hayes is a South African professional golfer.-Career outline:Hayes won the 15–17 Boys category at the Junior World Golf Championships in 1969. He turned professional the following year and quickly became a successful pro. He won more than a dozen events in South Africa, and was runner up on...
1972	Gary Player Gary Player Gary Player DMS; OIG is a South African professional golfer. With his nine major championship victories, he is widely regarded as one of the greatest players in the history of golf. He was inducted into the World Golf Hall of Fame in 1974. Player has won 165 tournaments on six continents over six...	270	Steve Melnyk Steve Melnyk (golfer) Steven N. Melnyk is a former American professional golfer and golf sportscaster best known for his success as an amateur golfer. Melnyk won both the U.S. Amateur and British Amateur.- Early years :...
1971	Bruce Fleisher Bruce Fleisher -Early years and amateur career:Fleisher was born in Union City, Tennessee. He became involved in golf at age 7 by working as a caddie with his two brothers. Fleisher attended Miami-Dade Junior College and Furman University. In 1968 at age 19, he became the third youngest player to win the U.S.... *	280	Jaime Gonzalez Jr (Am)	Jaime Gonzalez Jr
1970	Bert Greene	276	Florentino Molina Florentino Molina Florentino Molina is an Argentine professional golfer.Molina was born in Río Cuarto, Córdoba. He turned pro in 1960. He won the Argentine Open five times and the Argentine Professional Rankings four times. He played on the PGA Tour from 1975 to 1978 and the European Tour in 1981. He was second in... ,   Roberto de Vicenzo,   Bruce Stanton
1969	Mário Gonzalez	280	Roberto de Vicenzo	Roberto Monguzzi
1968	Takashi Kono	282	K. Hoseichi,   Hugh Baiocchi Hugh Baiocchi Hugh John Baiocchi is a South African professional golfer who has won more than twenty professional tournaments around the world....  (Am)	Hugh Baiocchi Hugh Baiocchi Hugh John Baiocchi is a South African professional golfer who has won more than twenty professional tournaments around the world....
1967	Raul Travieso	281	Jorge Ledesma Jorge Ledesma Jorge Carlos Ledesma is an Argentine amateur golfer. He is the brother of Pedro Ledesma, who is also an accomplished golfer....  (Am)	Jorge Ledesma Jorge Ledesma Jorge Carlos Ledesma is an Argentine amateur golfer. He is the brother of Pedro Ledesma, who is also an accomplished golfer....
1966	Rex Baxter Rex Baxter Rex Bernice Baxter, Jr. is an American professional golfer who played on the PGA Tour and the Senior PGA Tour.A native of Amarillo, Texas, Baxter won the U.S. Junior Amateur Golf Championship at Tulsa's Southern Hills Country Club in 1953...	277	Ramón Sota Ramón Sota Ramón Sota Ocejo is a Spanish professional golfer.Sota was born in Pedreña, Cantabria. He won many professional tournaments around the world including some of the major national opens around Europe that formed the basis of the European Tour when it was formed in 1972. Those wins included his own...	Bobby Cole
1965	Ramón Sota Ramón Sota Ramón Sota Ocejo is a Spanish professional golfer.Sota was born in Pedreña, Cantabria. He won many professional tournaments around the world including some of the major national opens around Europe that formed the basis of the European Tour when it was formed in 1972. Those wins included his own...	tied	Gene Littler Gene Littler Gene Alec Littler is an American professional golfer. Known for a solid temperament and nicknamed "Gene the Machine" for his smooth rhythmical swing, he once said that, "Golf is not a game of great shots. It's a game of the best misses. The people who win make the smallest mistakes."-Early years...	R. Falkenburg
1964	Roberto de Vicenzo*	285	Elcido Nari	N. Sozio
1963	Roberto de Vicenzo	279	Dave Thomas Dave Thomas (golfer) David Charles Thomas is a Welsh professional golfer and renowned golf course architect.Thomas was one of Britain's leading golfers during the 1950s and 1960s with many tournament victories around Europe, including the News of the World Match Play and the Belgian, Dutch and French Open championships...	R. Falkenburg
1962	Bernard Hunt Bernard Hunt Bernard John Hunt, MBE is an English professional golfer.Hunt was born in Atherstone, Warwickshire. He turned professional in 1946 and was a leading player on the European circuit in the 1950s and 1960s. He topped the Order of Merit, which was then points-based, in 1958, 1960 and 1965...	273	Dave Thomas Dave Thomas (golfer) David Charles Thomas is a Welsh professional golfer and renowned golf course architect.Thomas was one of Britain's leading golfers during the 1950s and 1960s with many tournament victories around Europe, including the News of the World Match Play and the Belgian, Dutch and French Open championships...	M. Stanovich
1961	Peter Allis	272	Mário Gonzalez	C. Sozio
1960	Roberto de Vicenzo	271	Mike Souchak Mike Souchak Michael Souchak was an American professional golfer who won 15 times on the PGA Tour in the 1950s and 1960s, and played for the 1959 and 1961 Ryder Cup teams.-Early years, college:...	Roberto Benito
1959	Billy Casper Billy Casper William Earl Casper, Jr. is an American professional golfer who was one of the most prolific tournament winners on the PGA Tour from the mid 1950s to the mid 1970s.-Early years:...	268	Mário Gonzalez	Humberto Almeida
1958	Billy Casper Billy Casper William Earl Casper, Jr. is an American professional golfer who was one of the most prolific tournament winners on the PGA Tour from the mid 1950s to the mid 1970s.-Early years:...	270	Leopoldo Ruiz Leopoldo Ruiz Leopoldo Ruiz was an Argentine professional golfer.Born in Buenos Aires, Ruiz worked as a caddie in Buenos Aires, before turning professional in 1951....	Roberto Benito
1957	Roberto de Vicenzo	281	Leopoldo Ruiz Leopoldo Ruiz Leopoldo Ruiz was an Argentine professional golfer.Born in Buenos Aires, Ruiz worked as a caddie in Buenos Aires, before turning professional in 1951....	Roberto Benito
1956	Fidel de Luca Fidel de Luca Fidel de Luca was an Argentine professional golfer. Born in San Isidro, Buenos Aires, he worked as a caddie in Buenos Aires, before turning professional in 1948....	278	Antonio Cerdá Antonio Cerdá Antonio Cerdá is an Argentine professional golfer.Cerdá finished second in the 1951 British Open to Max Faulkner, and second in the 1953 British Open to Ben Hogan, among seven consecutive top-ten finishes in the championship. He won several national opens in Europe in the 1950s and won the first...	Jaime Gonzalez
1955	Mário Gonzalez	275	Arturo Soto	Jaime Gonzalez
1954	Roberto de Vicenzo	277	Mário Gonzalez	Jaime Gonzalez
1953	Mário Gonzalez	270	Martin Pose Martin Pose Martin Pose was an Argentine professional golfer.Pose was born in Mar del Plata. He turned professional in 1930, and competed in Europe in 1939 and 1956; and on the PGA Tour in 1940 and 1948. His best finish on the PGA Tour was 9th place in the Bing Crosby Pro-Am in 1948. In 1939, he was 8th in...	Jaime Gonzalez
1952	Sam Snead Sam Snead Samuel Jackson Snead was an American professional golfer who was one of the top players in the world for most of four decades. Snead won a record 82 PGA Tour events including seven majors. He failed to win a U.S...	267	Ricardo Rossi	Juan Segura*
1951	Mário Gonzalez	272	Roberto de Vicenzo	Julian Foster
1950	Mário Gonzalez	270	Roberto de Vicenzo	Jorge Simonsen
1949	Mário Gonzalez	269	Roberto de Vicenzo	S. Marvin
1948	Mário Gonzalez (Am)	270	Frank Stranahan Frank Stranahan Frank Richard Stranahan was a successful amateur golf champion. Stranahan was also the number one power lifter in his weight class from 1945 to 1954 and he became known on the golf course and off as the "Toledo strongman" long before the modern game of golf and fitness...  (Am)	Mário Gonzalez
1947	No tournament
1946	Mário Gonzalez (Am)	274	Roberto de Vicenzo	Mário Gonzalez
1945	Martin Pose Martin Pose Martin Pose was an Argentine professional golfer.Pose was born in Mar del Plata. He turned professional in 1930, and competed in Europe in 1939 and 1956; and on the PGA Tour in 1940 and 1948. His best finish on the PGA Tour was 9th place in the Bing Crosby Pro-Am in 1948. In 1939, he was 8th in...	275	Roberto de Vicenzo	Mário Gonzalez

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