Jamaica Open

Jamaica Open
Tournament information
LocationJamaica
Established1953
Course(s)Tryall Golf Club
Par72
Tour(s)Caribbean Tour (1958–1963)
FormatStroke play
Current champion
United States Andrew Arft
Location map
Tryall Golf Club is located in Jamaica
Tryall Golf Club
Tryall Golf Club
Location in Jamaica

The Jamaica Open is a golf tournament held in Jamaica. Founded in 1953, it was held annually until 1995 when lack of sponsorship led to a ten-year hiatus. The tournament returned in 2006, and then from 2008 to 2012. After another brief interlude, the 50th Jamaica Open was held in 2017 and it has continued to be staged annually since then.[1][2]

Between 1958 and 1963, the Jamaica Open was a fixture on the PGA-sponsored Caribbean Tour, at which time it was frequented by many of the leading American professionals. Since it was withdrawn from the Caribbean Tour, it has been a smaller, more local tournament.[3][4]

Winners

Year Venue Winner Score Ref
Jamaica Open
2023 Tryall Golf Club United States Andrew Arft 209 (−7) [5]
2022 Tryall Golf Club United States Patrick Cover 203 (−13) [6]
2021 Tryall Golf Club United States M. J. Maguire 208 (−8)[a] [7]
2020 Tryall Golf Club United States Erik Barnes 203 (−13) [8]
Alacran Jamaica Open
2019 Tryall Golf Club United States Patrick Cover 204 (−12) [9]
Jamaica Open Golf Championship
2017 (Sep) Half Moon Resort United States Hernan Borja 204 (−12) [10]
2017 (Jan) Half Moon Resort England Paul Eales 215 (−1) [11]
2013–2016 No tournament[2]
Half Moon Jamaica Open Golf Championship
2012 Half Moon Resort United States Russ Cochran 203 (–13) [12]
LIME Jamaica Open Golf Championship
2011 Half Moon Resort United States Russ Cochran 206 (–10) [13]
2010 Half Moon Resort United States Ron Schroeder 210 (−6) [14]
2009 Half Moon Resort Jamaica Johnny Bloomfield 214 (−2) [15]
2008 Half Moon Resort Jamaica Johnny Bloomfield 210 (−6) [16]
Jamaica Open Golf Championship
2007 No tournament
2006 Caymanas Golf and Country Club Jamaica Johnny Bloomfield 215 (−1) [17]
1996–2005 No tournament[1][2]
1995 Liguanea Club (Caymanas Course)[b] United States Chad Magee 275 (−12) [18]
1994 Wyndham Rose Hall Resort United States Jeff Leonard 278 (−10) [19]
1993 Wyndham Rose Hall Resort United States Tom Gillis 280 (−8) [20]
1992 Wyndham Rose Hall Resort United States Jay Cooper 285 (–3) [21]
1991 Half Moon Resort United States Jim Thorpe
1990 Half Moon Resort United States Bruce Fleisher
1989 Runaway Bay Golf and Country Club United States Charles Raulerson
1988 Runaway Bay Golf and Country Club United States Jeff Lewis 286 (−2) [22]
1987 Liguanea Club (Caymanas Course)[b] Jamaica Seymour Rose 279 (−9)
1986 Liguanea Club (Caymanas Course)[b] United States Bruce Fleisher 277 (−11)
1985 Liguanea Club (Caymanas Course)[b] United States Al Morton
1984 Liguanea Club (Caymanas Course)[b] United States Lee Elder 282 (−6) [23]
1983 Liguanea Club (Caymanas Course)[b] England Barry Lane 285 (−3) [24]
1982 Liguanea Club (Caymanas Course)[b] Jamaica Seymour Rose 285 (−3)[c] [25]
1981 Liguanea Club (Caymanas Course)[b] United States David Markham 286 (−2) [26]
1980 Liguanea Club (Caymanas Course)[b] United States Richard Blake 289 (+1) [d] [27]
1979 Liguanea Club (Caymanas Course)[b] Jamaica Norman Marsh 292 (+4) [e] [28]
1978 Liguanea Club (Caymanas Course)[b] United States Richard Bassett 293 (+5) [31]
1977 Caymanas Golf and Country Club Jamaica Seymour Rose 298 (+10)
1976 Caymanas Golf and Country Club United States Mike Higuera 283 (−5) [32]
1975 Half Moon Golf Club Australia Bob Shaw 293 (+5) [33]
1974 Caymanas Golf and Country Club United States Mike Higuera 282 (−6)
1973 Ironshore Golf and Country Club Scotland Norman Wood 284 (−4) [34]
1972 Caymanas Golf and Country Club United States Mike Higuera 289 (+1) [35]
1971[f] Constant Spring Club Trinidad and Tobago Sooky Maharaj 209 (−1) [37]
1970 Caymanas Golf and Country Club Jamaica Alvin Cunningham 294 (+6)
1969 Constant Spring Club Trinidad and Tobago Lennox Yearwood 285 (+13) [38]
1968 Caymanas Golf and Country Club Jamaica Billy Ward (a) 303 (+15) [39]
1967 Constant Spring Club Jamaica Jasper Markland 287 (+15) [40]
1966 Caymanas Golf and Country Club Jamaica Billy Urquhart 302 (+14) [41]
1965 Caymanas Golf and Country Club Jamaica Hugh Urquhart 296 (+8) [42]
1964[g] Constant Spring Club Jamaica Jasper Markland 212 (+8) [43]
1963 Caymanas Golf and Country Club United States John Barnum 274 (−14) [44]
1962 Caymanas Golf and Country Club United States Henry Williams Jr. 274 (−14) [45]
1961 Caymanas Golf and Country Club United States Jim Ferree 275 (−13) [46]
1960 Caymanas Golf and Country Club United States Pete Cooper 283 (−5) [47]
1959 Caymanas Golf and Country Club United States Ed Oliver 277 (−11) [48]
1958 Caymanas Golf and Country Club United States Bob Toski 283 (−5) [h] [49][50]
1957 Constant Spring Club Argentina Roberto De Vicenzo 260 (−12) [51]
1956 Constant Spring Club Argentina Roberto De Vicenzo 260 (−12) [52]
1955 Constant Spring Club Argentina Antonio Cerdá 264 (−8) [53]
1954 Constant Spring Club Colombia Raúl Posse 264 (−8) [54]
1953 Constant Spring Club England Leslie Ward (a) 281 (+9) [55]
  1. ^ Maguire defeated Ryan Sullivan with a birdie on the first hole of a sudden-death play-off.
  2. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k After the Caymanas Golf and Country Club closed in 1977, the course was leased by the Liguanea Club until January 1997.[29][30]
  3. ^ Rose won with a birdie on the first hole of a sudden-death playoff.
  4. ^ Blake won with a par on the third hole of a sudden-death playoff.
  5. ^ Marsh won with a par on the first hole of a sudden-death playoff.
  6. ^ First round cancelled because of rain; tournament reduced to 54 holes.[36]
  7. ^ Reduced to 54 holes because of rain.
  8. ^ Toski won with a birdie on the second hole of a sudden-death playoff.

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