Mexico Open Winners and History

Mexico Open Winners and History

Although the Mexico Open is new on the PGA TOUR in 2022, it has been played since 1944.

The tournament had previously been sanctioned by the PGA TOUR Latinoamerica, the WEB.Com tour, the Nationwide Tour and the Tour de Las Americas.

All three North American national opens are now PGA TOUR sanctioned.

Over the years, Mexico Open winners have included notable players such as Ben Crenshaw, David Graham, Billy Casper, Lee Trevino, Tony Lema, Jonny Palmer, Bobby Locke, Al Espinosa and Roberto De Vicenzo.

The tournament is played at the Vidanta Vallarta in Vallarta, Mexico.

The tournament’s 2022 official name is the Mexico Open at Vidanta. Vidanta is a luxury resort property.

A list of Mexico Open Winners follows:

Year	Tour(s)	Winner	Score	To par	Margin of victory
2024	PGAT	Jake Knapp	265	-19	2 strokes
2023	PGAT	Tony Finau	260	-24	3 strokes
2022	PGAT	Jon Rahm	267	-17	1 stroke
2021	PTLA	Álvaro Ortiz	265	−23	3 strokes
2020	PTLA	No Tournament: Covid
2019	PTLA	Drew Nesbitt	263	−17	2 strokes
2018	PTLA	Austin Smotherman	262	−18	4 strokes
2017	No Tournament
2016	PTLA	Sebastián Vázquez	268	−16	Playoff
2015	PTLA	Justin Hueber	265	−23	1 stroke
2014	PTLA	Óscar David Álvarez	271	−17	1 stroke
2013	PTLA	Ted Purdy	281	−7	1 stroke
2012	WEB	Lee Williams	274	−14	1 stroke
2011	NWT	Erik Compton	271	−17	2 strokes
2010	NWT	Jamie Lovemark	276	−12	Playoff
2009	NWT	Troy Merritt	273	−15	Playoff
2008	NWT	Jarrod Lyle	267	−17	4 strokes
2007	No Tournament
2006	CHA, TLA	Fabrizio Zanotti	275	−9	1 stroke
2005	CHA, TLA	Antonio Maldonado	275	−9	1 stroke
2004	CHA, TLA	Rafael Gómez	270	−14	2 strokes
2003	TLA	Eduardo Herrera	278	−10
2002		Pablo Fernández	273	−11	1 stroke
2001	No Tournament
2000		Esteban Toledo	271
1999		Stewart Cink (2)	271
1998		Eduardo Romero	269
1997		Frank Nobilo	273
1996		Stewart Cink	272
1995		John Cook	273
1994		Chris Perry	274
1993		Fred Funk	268
1992		Tom Sieckmann	268
1991		Jay Haas	277
1990		Bob Lohr	269	−19	4 strokes
1985 – 1989	No Tournament
1984		Danny Mijovic	274
1983		Tommy Armour III	280
1982
1981		Ben Crenshaw	273
1980		David Graham	279
1978 – 1979	No Tournament
1977		Billy Casper	274	−6	3 strokes
1976		Ernesto Pérez Acosta (2)	273
1975		Lee Trevino (2)	275
1974		Ed Byman	280
1973		Lee Trevino	281
1972	No Tournament
1971		Ángel Gallardo	275
1970		Ernesto Pérez Acosta	280
1967 – 1969	No Tournament
1966		Bob McCallister	278
1965		Homero Blancas	284
1964		Art Wall Jr.	276
1963		Al Balding	279
1962		Tony Lema (2)	281
1961		Tony Lema	280
1960		Howie Johnson	273
1959		Ángel Miguel	273
1958		Antonio Cerdá	279
1957		Bob Rosburg	272
1956		Billy Maxwell	264
1955		Roberto De Vicenzo (3)	271
1954		Johnny Palmer	286
1953		Roberto De Vicenzo (2)	267
1952		Bobby Locke	275
1951		Roberto De Vicenzo	267
1950		Tony Holguin (2)	280
1949		Tony Holguin	200
1948	No Tournament
1947		Al Espinosa (4)	292
1946		Al Espinosa (3)	286
1945		Al Espinosa (2)	290
1944		Al Espinosa	281