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Tallahassee Open

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Centel Classic
Tournament information
LocationTallahassee, Florida
Established1969
Course(s)Killearn Golf and Country Club
Par72
Length7,098 yards (6,490 m)
Tour(s)PGA Tour
FormatStroke play
Prize fundUS$750,000
Month playedSeptember/October
Final year1989
Tournament record score
Aggregate269 Chi-Chi Rodríguez (1979)
269 Jeff Sluman (1985)
To par−19 as above
Final champion
United States Bill Britton
Location map
Killearn G&CC is located in the United States
Killearn G&CC
Killearn G&CC
Location in the United States
Killearn G&CC is located in Florida
Killearn G&CC
Killearn G&CC
Location in Florida

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.

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

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

Notes

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

References

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  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.