Ohio Open
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The Ohio Open is the Ohio
state open golf
tournament, open to both amateur and professional golfers. It is organized by the Northern Ohio section of the PGA of America. It was first played in 1924 and has been played annually (with minor disruptions) at a variety of courses around the state. It was considered a PGA Tour
event in the late 1920s and early 1930s.
Ohio
Ohio is a Midwestern state in the United States. The 34th largest state by area in the U.S.,it is the 7th‑most populous with over 11.5 million residents, containing several major American cities and seven metropolitan areas with populations of 500,000 or more.The state's capital is Columbus...
state open golf
Golf
Golf is a precision club and ball sport, in which competing players use many types of clubs to hit balls into a series of holes on a golf course using the fewest number of strokes....
tournament, open to both amateur and professional golfers. It is organized by the Northern Ohio section of the PGA of America. It was first played in 1924 and has been played annually (with minor disruptions) at a variety of courses around the state. It was considered a PGA Tour
PGA Tour
The PGA Tour is the organizer of the main men's professional golf tours in the United States and North America...
event in the late 1920s and early 1930s.
Winners
- 2011 Mike Emery
- 2010 Bob SowardsBob SowardsRobert Sowards is an American professional golfer.Sowards was born in Portsmouth, Ohio. He played collegiate golf at Glenville State College. He turned professional in 1991....
- 2009 Vaughn Snyder
- 2008 Tyler Riley
- 2007 Eric Frishette
- 2006 Danny Sahl
- 2005 Rob Moss
- 2004 Bob SowardsBob SowardsRobert Sowards is an American professional golfer.Sowards was born in Portsmouth, Ohio. He played collegiate golf at Glenville State College. He turned professional in 1991....
- 2003 Ryan Dennis
- 2002 Bob SowardsBob SowardsRobert Sowards is an American professional golfer.Sowards was born in Portsmouth, Ohio. He played collegiate golf at Glenville State College. He turned professional in 1991....
- 2001 Rob Moss
- 2000 Ken Tanigawa
- 1999 Rob Moss
- 1998 Chris Black
- 1997 Nevin Sutcliffe
- 1996 Dennis Miller
- 1995 Ivan Smith
- 1994 Chris SmithChris Smith (golfer)Christopher McClain Smith is an American professional golfer who currently plays on the Nationwide Tour.Smith was born in Indianapolis, Indiana. He attended Ohio State University, where he was a four-time All-Conference selection in the Big Ten from 1988 to 1991, and an All-America selection as a...
- 1993 Mitch Camp
- 1992 Chris SmithChris Smith (golfer)Christopher McClain Smith is an American professional golfer who currently plays on the Nationwide Tour.Smith was born in Indianapolis, Indiana. He attended Ohio State University, where he was a four-time All-Conference selection in the Big Ten from 1988 to 1991, and an All-America selection as a...
- 1991 Jack Ferenz
- 1990 Bruce Soulsby
- 1989 Tony Mollica
- 1988 Don Padgett II
- 1987 Joe Kruczek
- 1986 Gary Robison
- 1985 Mitch Camp
- 1984 Roy Hobson
- 1983 Gene Boni
- 1982 Walter Cerrato
- 1981 Kim Boehlke
- 1980 Jim Logue
- 1979 Gary Trivisonno
- 1978 Bob LewisBob Lewis (golfer)Robert Lewis, Jr. is an American amateur golfer from Pepper Pike, Ohio.Lewis was born in Warren, Ohio. He played college golf at Rollins College, graduating in 1967. He won the 1968 Ohio Amateur on his 24th birthday....
(amateur) - 1977 Gene Ferrell
- 1976 Martin Roesink
- 1975 Todd Crandall
- 1974 Deon Good
- 1973 Dick Plummer
- 1972 Bob WynnBob WynnRobert L. Wynn was an American professional golfer who played on the PGA Tour and the Champions Tour.Wynn was born in Lancaster, Kentucky. He turned pro in 1966. His victory at the 1976 B.C. Open was his only career win in a PGA Tour event. Wynn's final-round of 69 was enough to give him a...
- 1971 Bob WynnBob WynnRobert L. Wynn was an American professional golfer who played on the PGA Tour and the Champions Tour.Wynn was born in Lancaster, Kentucky. He turned pro in 1966. His victory at the 1976 B.C. Open was his only career win in a PGA Tour event. Wynn's final-round of 69 was enough to give him a...
- 1970 Bob WynnBob WynnRobert L. Wynn was an American professional golfer who played on the PGA Tour and the Champions Tour.Wynn was born in Lancaster, Kentucky. He turned pro in 1966. His victory at the 1976 B.C. Open was his only career win in a PGA Tour event. Wynn's final-round of 69 was enough to give him a...
- 1969 Cliff Cook
- 1968 Frank Wharton
- 1967 Frank BoyntonFrank Boynton (golfer)Frank Boynton is an American professional golfer.Boynton grew up in Orlando, Florida. He played college golf at Rollins College. He turned professional in 1956....
- 1966 Frank BoyntonFrank Boynton (golfer)Frank Boynton is an American professional golfer.Boynton grew up in Orlando, Florida. He played college golf at Rollins College. He turned professional in 1956....
- 1965 Tom WeiskopfTom WeiskopfThomas Daniel Weiskopf is an American professional golfer who played on the PGA Tour and the Champions Tour. His most successful decade was the 1970s, and he won 16 PGA Tour titles between 1968 and 1982. After winding down his tournament career, Weiskopf has become a noted golf course...
- 1964 Don Stickney
- 1963 Bob Shave
- 1962 Bob Shave
- 1961 Frank StranahanFrank StranahanFrank Richard Stranahan was a successful amateur golf champion. Stranahan was also the number one power lifter in his weight class from 1945 to 1954 and he became known on the golf course and off as the "Toledo strongman" long before the modern game of golf and fitness...
- 1960 Frank StranahanFrank StranahanFrank Richard Stranahan was a successful amateur golf champion. Stranahan was also the number one power lifter in his weight class from 1945 to 1954 and he became known on the golf course and off as the "Toledo strongman" long before the modern game of golf and fitness...
- 1959 Lee Raymond
- 1958 Bob Shave (amateur)
- 1957 Ed Griffiths
- 1956 Jack NicklausJack NicklausJack William Nicklaus , nicknamed "The Golden Bear", is an American professional golfer. He won 18 career major championships on the PGA Tour over a span of 25 years and is widely regarded as one of the greatest professional golfers of all time. In addition to his 18 Majors, he was runner-up a...
(amateur) - 1955 Billy Burke
- 1954 Dick Shoemaker
- 1953 Dick Shoemaker
- 1952 Frank Gelhot
- 1951 Herman KeiserHerman KeiserHerman W. Keiser was an American professional golfer on the PGA Tour, best known for winning the 1946 Masters Tournament....
- 1950 Denny ShuteDenny ShuteHerman Densmore "Denny" Shute was an American golfer who won three major championships in the 1930s.Shute was born in Cleveland, Ohio. His father was born in England. He attended Western Reserve University , and was a member of Phi Gamma Delta. He was married on March 20, 1930 to Hettie Marie Potts...
- 1949 Herman KeiserHerman KeiserHerman W. Keiser was an American professional golfer on the PGA Tour, best known for winning the 1946 Masters Tournament....
- 1948 Frank StranahanFrank StranahanFrank Richard Stranahan was a successful amateur golf champion. Stranahan was also the number one power lifter in his weight class from 1945 to 1954 and he became known on the golf course and off as the "Toledo strongman" long before the modern game of golf and fitness...
(amateur) - 1947 Al Marchi
- 1946 John Krisco
- 1945 Billy Burke
- 1944 Maurice McCarthy (amateur)
- 1943 No tournament
- 1942 Byron NelsonByron NelsonJohn Byron Nelson, Jr. was an American PGA Tour golfer between 1935 and 1946.Nelson and two other well known golfers of the time, Ben Hogan and Sam Snead, were born within seven months of each other in 1912...
- 1941 Byron NelsonByron NelsonJohn Byron Nelson, Jr. was an American PGA Tour golfer between 1935 and 1946.Nelson and two other well known golfers of the time, Ben Hogan and Sam Snead, were born within seven months of each other in 1912...
- 1940 Byron NelsonByron NelsonJohn Byron Nelson, Jr. was an American PGA Tour golfer between 1935 and 1946.Nelson and two other well known golfers of the time, Ben Hogan and Sam Snead, were born within seven months of each other in 1912...
- 1939 Billy Burke
- 1938 Billy Burke
- 1937 Phil Perkins
- 1936 Al Espinosa
- 1935 Ted Luther
- 1934 Lloyd Gullickson
- 1933 Al Espinosa
- 1932 Al Espinosa
- 1931 Denny ShuteDenny ShuteHerman Densmore "Denny" Shute was an American golfer who won three major championships in the 1930s.Shute was born in Cleveland, Ohio. His father was born in England. He attended Western Reserve University , and was a member of Phi Gamma Delta. He was married on March 20, 1930 to Hettie Marie Potts...
- 1930 Denny ShuteDenny ShuteHerman Densmore "Denny" Shute was an American golfer who won three major championships in the 1930s.Shute was born in Cleveland, Ohio. His father was born in England. He attended Western Reserve University , and was a member of Phi Gamma Delta. He was married on March 20, 1930 to Hettie Marie Potts...
- 1929 Denny ShuteDenny ShuteHerman Densmore "Denny" Shute was an American golfer who won three major championships in the 1930s.Shute was born in Cleveland, Ohio. His father was born in England. He attended Western Reserve University , and was a member of Phi Gamma Delta. He was married on March 20, 1930 to Hettie Marie Potts...
- 1928 Jack Thompson
- 1927 Albert Alcroft
- 1926 Albert Alcroft
- 1925 Larry Nabholtz
- 1924 Emmet FrenchEmmet FrenchJohn Emmet French was an American professional golfer, who is notable for losing to Gene Sarazen in the 1922 PGA Championship.French was born in Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania.French won three PGA events.-PGA Tour wins:...