El Paso Open (PGA Tour)
Encyclopedia
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.
Golf
Golf is a precision club and ball sport, in which competing players use many types of clubs to hit balls into a series of holes on a golf course using the fewest number of strokes....
tournament on the PGA Tour
PGA Tour
The PGA Tour is the organizer of the main men's professional golf tours in the United States and North America...
in the late 1920s and the 1950s. It was played at the El Paso Country Club in El Paso, Texas
El Paso, Texas
El Paso, is a city in and the county seat of El Paso County, Texas, United States, and lies in far West Texas. In the 2010 census, the city had a population of 649,121. It is the sixth largest city in Texas and the 19th largest city in the United States...
. In 1929, Bill Mehlhorn
Bill Mehlhorn
William Earl Mehlhorn was an American golfer who played on the PGA Tour in its early days, and was at his best in the 1920s....
won with a score of 271, then a record for a 72-hole tournament.
Winners
- 1959 Marty FurgolMarty FurgolMartin A. Furgol was an American professional golfer. He won five times on the PGA Tour in the 1950s. He played on the 1955 Ryder Cup team. He was born in New York Mills, New York and died in Florida...
- 1954-58 No tournament
- 1953 Chandler HarperChandler HarperJohn Chandler Harper was an American professional golfer best known for winning the 1950 PGA Championship. He won seven times on the PGA Tour and played on the 1955 Ryder Cup team....
- 1952 Cary MiddlecoffCary MiddlecoffEmmett Cary Middlecoff was a dentist who gave up his practice to become a professional golfer on the PGA Tour in the 1940s....
- 1930-51 No tournament
- 1929 Bill MehlhornBill MehlhornWilliam Earl Mehlhorn was an American golfer who played on the PGA Tour in its early days, and was at his best in the 1920s....
- 1928 Larry Nabholtz
- 1927 Tommy ArmourTommy ArmourThomas Dickson Armour was a Scottish-American professional golfer. He was nicknamed The Silver Scot.Armour was born in Edinburgh, Scotland, and educated at Fettes College and the University of Edinburgh....