Nassau Open

Nassau Open
Tournament information
Location	Nassau, Bahamas
Established	1934
Course(s)	Bahamas Golf Club
Tour(s)	PGA Tour
Format	Stroke play
Final year	1937
Final champion
	Sam Snead

The Nassau Open was a golf tournament on the PGA Tour from 1934 to 1937. It was inaugurated as the British Colonial Open, and was played at the Bahamas Golf Club in Nassau, in The Bahamas.^[1] Having been rescheduled, the fifth edition of the tournament was then cancelled shortly before it was due to be staged in January 1939.^[2]^[3]

The winner of the final event was Sam Snead.^[4]

Winners

Year	Winner	Score	Refs
Nassau Open
1939	Tournament cancelled		^[3]
1938	No tournament due to rescheduling^[a]		^[2]
1937	Sam Snead	276 (−4)	^[4]
1936	Willie MacFarlane	266 (−6)	^[5]
British Colonial Open
1935	Leo Mallory	271 (−1)	^[6]
1934	Bobby Cruickshank	267 (−5)	^[7]

^ Earlier events were staged in December, but the fifth renewal was rescheduled to January 1939.

References

^ "$5,000 is added to winter golf list". The Indianapolis News. Indianapolis, Indiana. AP. November 21, 1934. p. 2 (Sports). Retrieved May 11, 2020 – via Newspapers.com.
^ ^a ^b "Nassau tourney to be held Jan. 27–29". The Miami News. Miami, Florida. AP. January 13, 1939. p. 1–B. Retrieved May 11, 2020 – via Newspapers.com.
^ ^a ^b "Nassau open golf cancelled". The Gazette. Montreal, Quebec, Canada. AP. January 18, 1939. p. 14. Retrieved May 11, 2020 – via Google News Archive.
^ ^a ^b "Sam Snead staves off challengers to win Nassau Open golf tourney". The Spokesman-Review. Spokane, Washington. AP. December 21, 1937. p. 11. Retrieved May 11, 2020 – via Google News Archive.
^ "MacFarlane wins Nassau Open golf". Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. AP. December 15, 1936. p. 18. Retrieved May 11, 2020 – via Google News Archive.
^ "Leo Mallory finishes with par-smashing 67 to win British Colonial Open". Hartford Courant. Hartford, Connecticut. AP. December 23, 1935. p. 17. Retrieved May 11, 2020 – via Newspapers.com.
^ "Cruickshank captures British Colonial Open". Courier Post. Camden, New Jersey. December 21, 1934. p. 21. Retrieved May 11, 2020 – via Newspapers.com.

[5] Earlier events were staged in December, but the fifth renewal was rescheduled to January 1939.

[new-1] "$5,000 is added to winter golf list". The Indianapolis News. Indianapolis, Indiana. AP. November 21, 1934. p. 2 (Sports). Retrieved May 11, 2020 – via Newspapers.com.

[reschedule-2] "Nassau tourney to be held Jan. 27–29". The Miami News. Miami, Florida. AP. January 13, 1939. p. 1–B. Retrieved May 11, 2020 – via Newspapers.com.

[cancel-3] "Nassau open golf cancelled". The Gazette. Montreal, Quebec, Canada. AP. January 18, 1939. p. 14. Retrieved May 11, 2020 – via Google News Archive.

[snead-4] "Sam Snead staves off challengers to win Nassau Open golf tourney". The Spokesman-Review. Spokane, Washington. AP. December 21, 1937. p. 11. Retrieved May 11, 2020 – via Google News Archive.

[macfarlane-6] "MacFarlane wins Nassau Open golf". Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. AP. December 15, 1936. p. 18. Retrieved May 11, 2020 – via Google News Archive.

[mallory-7] "Leo Mallory finishes with par-smashing 67 to win British Colonial Open". Hartford Courant. Hartford, Connecticut. AP. December 23, 1935. p. 17. Retrieved May 11, 2020 – via Newspapers.com.

[cruickshank-8] "Cruickshank captures British Colonial Open". Courier Post. Camden, New Jersey. December 21, 1934. p. 21. Retrieved May 11, 2020 – via Newspapers.com.

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