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Tallahassee Open

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This article is about the former PGA Tour event. For the former Nike Tour event, see Nike Tallahassee Open. For the former LPGA Tour event, see Centel Classic (LPGA Tour).

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.

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

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


 

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