New Mexico Open
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The New Mexico Open is the New Mexico
state open golf
tournament, open to both amateur and professional golfers. It is organized by the Sun Country section of the PGA of America. It has been played annually since 1954 at a variety of courses around the state.
In 2011 it was hosted at Santa Ana Golf Club on the Santa Ana Pueblo, just north of Albuquerque, N.M. Rio Rancho, N.M. native Tim Madigan claimed the Championship in his first professional event ever and also set the scoring record of 20-under par while doing so.
New Mexico
New Mexico is a state located in the southwest and western regions of the United States. New Mexico is also usually considered one of the Mountain States. With a population density of 16 per square mile, New Mexico is the sixth-most sparsely inhabited U.S...
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 Sun Country section of the PGA of America. It has been played annually since 1954 at a variety of courses around the state.
In 2011 it was hosted at Santa Ana Golf Club on the Santa Ana Pueblo, just north of Albuquerque, N.M. Rio Rancho, N.M. native Tim Madigan claimed the Championship in his first professional event ever and also set the scoring record of 20-under par while doing so.
Winners
- 2011 Timothy Madigan
- 2010 Chad Saladin
- 2009 Ben Kern
- 2008 Brian Kortan
- 2007 Jaxon Brigman
- 2006 Richard Swift
- 2005 Steve FriesenSteve FriesenSteve Friesen is an American professional golfer who plays on the Nationwide Tour.Friesen attended the University of Nebraska where in 1999 he won the Ben Hogan Award for the nations top scholar-athlete and was also named All-America honorable mention...
- 2004 Ryan Nietfeldt
- 2003 Michael LetzigMichael LetzigMichael Richard Letzig is an American professional golfer who currently plays on the PGA Tour.Letzig was born in Richmond, Missouri...
- 2002 Mike Sauer
- 2001 Mike Troyer
- 2000 D. J. BrigmanD. J. BrigmanDavid Franklin "D. J." Brigman, Jr. is an American professional golfer who has played on the PGA Tour and the Nationwide Tour....
- 1999 Dan Koesters
- 1998 Notah Begay IIINotah Begay IIINotah Ryan Begay III is an American professional golfer. He is the only full-blooded American Indian golfer on the PGA Tour. He is currently an analyst with the Golf Channel.-Amateur career:...
- 1997 Cameron Doan
- 1996 Mike Zaremba
- 1995 Ray Cragun
- 1994 Mike Putnam
- 1993 Mike Putnam
- 1992 Paul StankowskiPaul StankowskiPaul Francis Stankowski is an American professional golfer who has played on both the Nationwide Tour and the PGA Tour....
- 1991 Mark Pelletier
- 1990 Mark Pelletier
- 1989 Mike Putnam
- 1988 Mike Putnam
- 1987 John Kienle
- 1986 Steve HaskinsSteve HaskinsSteve Haskins is an American professional golfer who plays on the Champions Tour.Haskins joined the Nationwide Tour in 1990 and won his first event the following year at the Ben Hogan New England Classic. He won his second event on Tour at the BUY.COM Ozarks Open in 2001...
- 1985 Mike Putnam
- 1984 Gene Torres
- 1983 Mark Pelletier
- 1982 Ernesto Acosta
- 1981 Jim Dickson
- 1980 Don Hurter
- 1979 Pete Summerbell
- 1978 Pete Summerbell
- 1977 Joe McDermottJoe McDermott (golfer)Joe McDermott is an Irish-American professional golfer.Born and raised in County Clare, Ireland, McDermott moved to the United States in the 1960s...
- 1976 Jim Marshall
- 1975 Jim Marshall
- 1974 Ben Kern
- 1973 Steve SpraySteve SpraySteven Spray is an American professional golfer who played on the PGA Tour in the 1960s and 1970s.Spray was born in Des Moines, Iowa and reared in Indianola, Iowa. His first big win as an amateur came in the 1958 Iowa Junior Amateur; the next year he gained national fame by winning the Western...
- 1972 Lee TrevinoLee TrevinoLee Buck Trevino is an American professional golfer. He is an icon for Mexican Americans, and is often referred to as "The Merry Mex" and "Supermex". He won six major championships over the course of his career.-Early life:...
- 1971 Gene Torres
- 1970 Gene Torres
- 1969 Gene Torres
- 1968 Ben Kern (amateur)
- 1967 Chuck Milne (amateur)
- 1966 Lee TrevinoLee TrevinoLee Buck Trevino is an American professional golfer. He is an icon for Mexican Americans, and is often referred to as "The Merry Mex" and "Supermex". He won six major championships over the course of his career.-Early life:...
- 1965 Sam Zimmerly (amateur)
- 1964 Don Klein
- 1963 Don Klein
- 1962 Herb Wimberly
- 1961 Fred HawkinsFred HawkinsFred Hawkins is an American professional golfer who played on the PGA Tour from the mid 1940s to the mid 1960s.Hawkins was born in Antioch, Illinois. He attended the University of Illinois and the Texas State School of Mines and Metallurgy . He turned professional in 1947...
- 1960 Herb Wimberly
- 1959 Chris Blocker (amateur)
- 1958 Hardy Loudermilk
- 1957 Iverson Martin
- 1956 J. D. Taylor
- 1955 J. D. Taylor
- 1954 Billy Moya (amateur)