The Colombian Open, or Abierto de Colombia, is a golf

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 tournament on the Colombian Tour that was first played in 1945. It has also on occasion been an event on the Tour de las Americas

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.

In 1956, the Colombian Open was the first victory as a professional

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 for seven time major

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 winner Arnold Palmer

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. In 2001, Camilo Villegas

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 won a record fifth consecutive amateur prize, at the same time becoming only the second amateur to take the overall title.

Winners

Year	Venue	Winner	Score	Runner(s)-up
2010	Club Campestre Guaymaral	Julián Etulain	267 (-21)	Rodolfo González Rodolfo Gonzalez (golfer) Rodolfo González is an Argentine professional golfer.González was born in Buenos Aires. He worked as a caddy in Ranelgah Golf Club, Buenos Aires, before turning professional in 1989.González won the Argentine Tour Ranking in 1999... ,   David Vanegas David Vanegas David Vanegas is a Colombian professional golfer.Vanegas was born in Medellín. He attended Johnson & Wales University in Florida, United States before turning professional in 2008 and joining the Tour de las Américas...
2009	Country Club de Barranquilla	Daniel Barbetti	279 (-9)	Paulo Pinto
2008	Los Lagartos	Manuel Villegas	272 (-8)	Rafael Gómez Rafael Gómez Rafael Gómez is an Argentinian professional golfer.Gómez was born in Buenos Aires. He turned professional in 1990. He played on the European Challenge Tour in 2003 and 2005–07 and the European Tour from 2005 to 2007. He played on the U.S.-based Nationwide Tour in 2004 and a few events on the PGA... ,   Clodomiro Carranza
2007	El Rincón de Cajicá	Diego Vanegas	292 (+4)PO	Jose Garrido
2006	Club Campestre de Cali	Manuel José Merizalde	280 (-4)	Alvaro Pinedo
2005	Club Campestre de Guaymaral	Jesús Amaya Jesús Amaya Jesús Armando Amaya Contreras is a Colombian professional golfer.Amaya was born in Bogotá, and worked as a caddy at the Club Popular de Golf La Florida before turning professional in 1991....	282 (-6)	Luis Zapata
2004	Lagos de Caujaral	Jesús Amaya Jesús Amaya Jesús Armando Amaya Contreras is a Colombian professional golfer.Amaya was born in Bogotá, and worked as a caddy at the Club Popular de Golf La Florida before turning professional in 1991....	203 (-13)	Angel Romero
2003	Pueblo Viejo Country Club	Mario Julián Hurtado	277 (-11)	Jesús Amaya Jesús Amaya Jesús Armando Amaya Contreras is a Colombian professional golfer.Amaya was born in Bogotá, and worked as a caddy at the Club Popular de Golf La Florida before turning professional in 1991.... ,   Gustavo Mendoza
2002	Club Campestre de Guaymaral	Gustavo Mendoza	275 (-13)PO	Jesús Amaya Jesús Amaya Jesús Armando Amaya Contreras is a Colombian professional golfer.Amaya was born in Bogotá, and worked as a caddy at the Club Popular de Golf La Florida before turning professional in 1991....
2001	Club Campestre de Pereira	Camilo Villegas Camilo Villegas Camilo Villegas is a Colombian professional golfer who plays on the PGA Tour and the European Tour.-Early years:Villegas was born in Medellín, Colombia, and took up golf as a child...  (a)	270 (-14)	Jesús Amaya Jesús Amaya Jesús Armando Amaya Contreras is a Colombian professional golfer.Amaya was born in Bogotá, and worked as a caddy at the Club Popular de Golf La Florida before turning professional in 1991....
2000	Country Club de Bogotá	Rafael Romero	279 (-9)
1999	Club Farallones	Rigoberto Velásquez	286 (-2)
1998	Hato Grande	Miguel Guzmán Miguel Guzmán Miguel Guzmán is an Argentine professional golfer.Born in Santiago del Estero, Guzmán worked as a caddie in Santiago del Estero, before turning professional in 1981....	271 (-17)	Rafael Gómez Rafael Gómez Rafael Gómez is an Argentinian professional golfer.Gómez was born in Buenos Aires. He turned professional in 1990. He played on the European Challenge Tour in 2003 and 2005–07 and the European Tour from 2005 to 2007. He played on the U.S.-based Nationwide Tour in 2004 and a few events on the PGA... ,   Angel Franco Angel Franco Angel Franco is a Paraguayan professional golfer. His brother is golfer Carlos Franco.Franco was born in Asunción and turned pro in 1974.Franco won the South American Tour Order of Merit in 1991....
1997	Club Campestre de Bucaramanga	Gustavo Mendoza	262 (-26)
1996	San Andrés	Arden Knoll	272 (-16)PO
1995	Club Campestre de Cali	José Lisandro Gómez	287 (+3)
1994	La Sabana	Ángel Romero	276 (-8)
1993	El Rodeo	Jesús Amaya Jesús Amaya Jesús Armando Amaya Contreras is a Colombian professional golfer.Amaya was born in Bogotá, and worked as a caddy at the Club Popular de Golf La Florida before turning professional in 1991....	276 (-12)
1992	Country Club de Bogotá	Armando Saavedra Armando Saavedra Armando Saavedra is an Argentine professional golfer.Born in Chile, Saavedra worked as a caddie in Buenos Aires, before turning professional in 1974....	278 (-10)
1991	Condominio Campestre El Peñón	Roy Mackenzie	290 (+2)
1990	Country Club de Barranquilla	Miguel Tola	285 (-3)
1989	El Rincón de Cajicá	Luis Alfredo Puerto	288 (E)PO
1988	Club Campestre de Cali	Liborio Zapata	285 (+1)
1987	San Andrés	José Lisandro Gómez	286 (-2)
1986	Club Campestre de Bucaramanga	Rigoberto Velásquez	284 (-4)
1985	Carmel Club	Luis Alfredo Puerto	277 (-3)
1984	Club Farallones	Rogelio González	290 (-2)
1983	Los Lagartos	Víctor Blanco	205 (-11)
1982	No tournament
1981	Los Lagartos	Jerry Pate Jerry Pate Jerome Kendrick "Jerry" Pate is an American golfer.Jerry Pate was born in Macon, Georgia. He attended the University of Alabama, where he played on the golf team. Pate had a distinguished amateur career. He won the U.S. Amateur in 1974, and the following year he was a member of victorious U.S....	262 (-26)
1980	Country Club de Bogotá	Bernhard Langer Bernhard Langer Bernhard Langer is a German professional golfer. He is a two-time Masters champion, and was one of the world's leading golfers throughout the 1980s and 90s, being the first official number one ranked player in 1986...	279 (-9)
1979	Club Campestre de Cali	Sam Torrance Sam Torrance Sam Torrance OBE is a Scottish professional golfer and sports commentator. He was one of the leading players on the European Tour from the mid 1970s to the late 1990s, with 21 Tour wins. Torrance was a member of European Ryder Cup teams on eight occasions, from 1981 to 1995 consecutively; he was...	273 (-11)
1978	Los Arrayanes	Alberto Rivadeneira	275 (-13)
1977	El Rodeo Macarena	Phil Hancock Phil Hancock Phillip Ranson Hancock is an American professional golfer who formerly played on the PGA Tour.- Early life :Hancock and his older brother "Bunky" learned the game of golf growing up in Greenville, Alabama from their father, a local dentist. Hancock and his friends would often play 45 or 54 holes...	272 (-16)
1976	Los Lagartos	Rogelio González	283 (-5)
1975	Lagos de Cuajaral	Peter Butler Peter Butler (golfer) Peter J. Butler is an English professional golfer.Butler was born in Birmingham. He turned professional as a teenager in 1947. He featured in the top 20 on the European Order of Merit every year from 1960 to 1979 Peter J. Butler (born 25 March 1932) is an English professional golfer.Butler was...	291 (+3)
1974	Club Campestre de Pereira	Heraclio Valenzuela	279
1973	Carmel Club	Alfonso Bohórquez	274
1972	El Rodeo	Diego Correa (a)	281
1971	Country Club de Bogotá	Bert Greene	274
1970	Club Campestre de Cali	Alberto Rivadeneira	288
1969	San Andrés	Rogelio González	281
1968	Club Campestre de Bucaramanga	Rogelio González	283
1967	Country Club de Bogotá	Rogelio González	285
1966	Country Club de Barranquilla	Pedro P. García	295
1965	No tournament
1964	No tournament
1963	Country Club de Barranquilla	Juan "Chi-Chi" Rodríguez	287
1962	El Rodeo	Miguel J. Sala	280
1961	El Rodeo	Roberto de Vicenzo	277
1960	Club Campestre de Cali	Bob Watson	285
1959	Club Campestre de Cali	Pete Cooper Pete Cooper (golfer) Richard Bernice "Pete" Cooper was an American professional golfer on the PGA Tour in the 1940s and 1950s; he was best known for winning the 1976 PGA Seniors' Championship.Cooper turned professional in 1938...	283
1958	Country Club de Bogotá	Leopoldo Ruiz Leopoldo Ruiz Leopoldo Ruiz was an Argentine professional golfer.Born in Buenos Aires, Ruiz worked as a caddie in Buenos Aires, before turning professional in 1951....	287
1957	San Andrés	Doug Sanders Doug Sanders George Douglas Sanders is a former American professional golfer who won twenty PGA Tour events during his career.-Early years:Sanders was born in Cedartown, Georgia. He grew up in a poor family, and picked cotton as a teenager...	269
1956	Club Campestre de Cali	Arnold Palmer Arnold Palmer Arnold Daniel Palmer is an American professional golfer, who is generally regarded as one of the greatest players in the history of men's professional golf. He has won numerous events on both the PGA Tour and Champions Tour, dating back to 1955...	280
1955	Los Lagartos	Esteban Sorolla	284
1954	Los Lagartos	Pablo Molina	286
1953	Country Club de Bogotá	Miguel J. Sala	287
1952	Country Club de Bogotá	Al Besselink Al Besselink Albert Cornelius Besselink is an American professional golfer who played on the PGA Tour in the 1950s and 1960s.Besselink grew up in Merchantville, New Jersey. He attended the University of Miami and was the first UM golfer to win a national tournament. He won the Southern Invitational...	281
1951	Club Campestre de Cali	Raúl Posse	286
1950	Country Club de Barranquilla	Raúl Posse	296
1949	San Andrés	Alberto Serra	301
1948	Country Club de Medellin	Pedro Valdi	275
1947	Country Club de Bogotá	Pedro Valdi	282
1946	Club Campestre de Cali	Raúl Posse	284
1945	Country Club de Bogotá	Guillermo Felice	397

^PO – Won following playoff

(a) – Amateur

External links

• Federación Colombiana de Golf – official site