Philippine Open (golf)
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The Philippine Open is one of the world's longest running men's golf tournaments. First held in 1913, it is also Asia's oldest golf tournament and Asia's oldest national golf open. The most distinguished golfer who has won the tournament is five times British Open champion Peter Thomson of Australia.
The event has been held in a variety of different golf courses around the Philippines and has been an official money event on the Asian Tour since 1994. 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 ofUS$200,000 to $1 million. [1] In 2006 the Philippine Open will be the opening event of the Asian Tour season and the prize fund will be $500,000.
[edit] Winners
[edit] Multiple winners
The players who have won the Philippine Open more than once are the following:
- 12 wins
- Larry Montes Image:Flag of the Philippines.svg Philippines (1929, 1932, 1936, 1937, 1941-1944, 1948, 1951, 1953, 1954)
- 6 wins
- Celestino Tugot Image:Flag of the Philippines.svg Philippines (1949, 1955-1958, 1962)
- 5 wins
- J.R.H. Mason (Am) Image:Flag of the United States.svg United States (1913, 1914, 1918, 1921, 1927)
- 3 wins:
- Lu Liang Huan Image:Flag of the Republic of China.svg Taiwan (1965, 1974, 1978)
- Ben Arda Image:Flag of the Philippines.svg Philippines (1961, 1963, 1979)
- 2 wins
- Ian Collier Trotter MacGregor (Am) Image:Flag of Scotland.svg Scotland (1919, 1920)
- Norman Von Nida Image:Flag of Australia.svg Australia (1938, 1939)
- Hsieh Yung Yu Image:Flag of the Republic of China.svg Taiwan (1970, 1977)
- Lu His Chuen Image:Flag of the Republic of China.svg Taiwan (1980, 1983)
