Mexican Open (golf)

Mexico Open
Tournament information
LocationVallarta, Mexico
Established1944
CourseVidanta Vallarta
Par71
Length7,456 yards (6,818 m)
Tour(s)PGA Tour
Web.com Tour
Challenge Tour
PGA Tour Latinoamérica
Tour de las Américas
FormatStroke play
Prize fundUS$6,000,000
Month playedOctober
Tournament record score
Aggregate260 Tony Finau (2023)
To par−24 as above
Current champion
Brian Campbell
Location map
Vidanta Vallarta
Location in Mexico
Vidanta Vallarta
Location in Nayarit

The Mexican Open (Spanish: Abierto Mexicano de Golf), also known as the Mexico Open and Abierto Mexicano de Golf, is the national open golf tournament of Mexico.

History

First played 82 years ago in 1944 at the Club de Golf Chapultepec, it was an event on the Tour de las Américas between 2003 and 2006, being co-sanctioned by the European Challenge Tour from 2004 to 2006. It became a Nationwide Tour event in 2008,[1] and was rescheduled from December to January, which resulted in no tournament in 2007. Due to the outbreak of swine flu in 2009, the Mexican Open was rescheduled from May to September.[2][3] In 2013, the tournament was moved to March and became an official event for PGA Tour Latinoamérica. The tournament was also moved to Club de Golf Mexico.

In 2022, the tournament became an official event on the PGA Tour, with a purse of $7,300,000 and awarding 500 FedEx Cup points to the winner.[4]

The official name of the 2026 event is the VidantaWorld Mexico Open and will take place at the VidantaWorld course in Vallarta-Nuevo Nayarit, Mexico.[5] The event will be held between October 29 – November 1, 2026 and feature a competitive field of 132 players competing for a purse of US$6,000,000 and 500 FedexCup Fall points.[6] In advance of the competition, the course at Vallarta-Nuevo Nayarit, designed by Greg Norman, underwent an extensive program of improvements. Traditionally part of the PGA Tour early-season schedule, the Mexico Open was played in late April/early May during its first two PGA Tour seasons (2022–2023) and later in February (such as in 2025). For the 2026 season, the tournament was moved to a late October–early November time slot on the PGA Tour calendar. There were multiple reasons behind the move including coinciding the event with the grand opening of VidantaWorld Bon Theme Park, the launch of the Cirque du Soleil show "Ludo" at VidantaWorld and for cultural alignment with the Dia de Muertos, which takes place at the end of October.[5]

Winners

Year Tour(s)[a] Winner Score To par Margin of
victory		 Runner(s)-up Venue
Mexico Open
2025 PGAT Brian Campbell 264 −20 Playoff Aldrich Potgieter Vidanta Vallarta
2024 PGAT Jake Knapp 265 −19 2 strokes Sami Välimäki Vidanta Vallarta
2023 PGAT Tony Finau 260 −24 3 strokes Jon Rahm Vidanta Vallarta
2022 PGAT Jon Rahm 267 −17 1 stroke Tony Finau
Kurt Kitayama
Brandon Wu		 Vidanta Vallarta
Abierto Mexicano de Golf
2021 PGATLA Álvaro Ortiz 265 −23 3 strokes Drew Nesbitt Estrella del Mar
2020 PGATLA No tournament due to the COVID-19 pandemic
2019 PGATLA Drew Nesbitt 263 −17 2 strokes Andreas Halvorsen
Gustavo Silva		 Tijuana
2018 PGATLA Austin Smotherman 262 −18 4 strokes Juan Pablo Hernández Tijuana
2017: No tournament
Mexico Open
2016 PGATLA Sebastián Vázquez 268 −16 Playoff Augusto Núñez Aguascalientes
2015 PGATLA Justin Hueber 265 −23 1 stroke Brad Gehl
Maximiliano Godoy		 Aguascalientes
TransAmerican Power Products CRV Mexico Open
2014 PGATLA Óscar David Álvarez 271 −17 1 stroke Nelson Ledesma Chapultepec
Abierto Mexicano de Golf
2013 PGATLA Ted Purdy 281 −7 1 stroke David Vanegas Mexico
Mexico Open
2012 WEB Lee Williams 274 −14 1 stroke Paul Haley II León
2011 NWT Erik Compton 271 −17 2 strokes Richard H. Lee León
Mexico Open Bicentenary
2010 NWT Jamie Lovemark 276 −12 Playoff B. J. Staten León
Mexico Open
2009 NWT Troy Merritt 273 −15 Playoff Adam Bland León
2008 NWT Jarrod Lyle 267 −17 4 strokes Matt Every Tres Marias
2007: No tournament
Abierto Mexicano Corona
2006 CHA, TLA Fabrizio Zanotti 275 −9 1 stroke Daniel de León La Hacienda
2005 CHA, TLA Antonio Maldonado 275 −9 1 stroke Mickaël Dieu
Rafael Gómez		 La Hacienda
Abierto Mexicano de Golf
2004 CHA, TLA Rafael Gómez 270 −14 2 strokes Eduardo Herrera La Hacienda
Mexican Open
2003 TLA Eduardo Herrera 278 −10 1 stroke Eduardo Argiró
Jeff Burns		 Moon Palace
2002 Pablo Fernández 273 −11 1 stroke David Howser La Hacienda
2001: No tournament
2000 Esteban Toledo 271 Robin Freeman México
1999 Stewart Cink (2) 271 Óscar Serna México
1998 Eduardo Romero 269 Scott Simpson México
1997 Frank Nobilo 273 México
1996 Stewart Cink 272 Bob Tway México
1995 John Cook 273 Scott Verplank México
1994 Chris Perry 274 Bob Tway México
1993 Fred Funk 268 1 stroke Donnie Hammond La Hacienda
1992 Tom Sieckmann 268 Steve Elkington La Hacienda
1991 Jay Haas 277 Ed Fiori Chapultepec
1990 Bob Lohr 269 −19 4 strokes Carlos Espinosa La Hacienda
1985–1989: No tournament
1984 Danny Mijovic 274 Tommy Armour III
Rick Cramer		 Tijuana
1983 Tommy Armour III 280 Tijuana
1982: No tournament
1981 Ben Crenshaw 273 Raymond Floyd Chapultepec
1980 David Graham 279 Jerry Pate Bellavista
1978–79: No tournament
1977 Billy Casper 274 −6 3 strokes Gay Brewer Chiluca
1976 Ernesto Pérez Acosta (2) 273 Victor Regalado La Hacienda
1975 Lee Trevino (2) 275 Ernesto Pérez Acosta
Larry Ziegler		 La Hacienda
1974 Ed Byman 280 Lee Trevino Chapultepec
1973 Lee Trevino 281 Victor Regalado Bellavista
1972: No tournament
1971 Ángel Gallardo 275 Billy Maxwell México
1970 Ernesto Pérez Acosta 280 Bellavista
1967–69: No tournament
1966 Bob McCallister 278 Dudley Wysong Monterrey
1965 Homero Blancas 284 Lee Trevino Bellavista
1964 Art Wall Jr. 276 Roberto De Vicenzo México
1963 Al Balding 279 Richard Crawford
Billy Maxwell		 La Hacienda
1962 Tony Lema (2) 281 Jackson Bradley La Hacienda
1961 Tony Lema 280 Antonio Cerdá México
1960 Howie Johnson 273 Billy Maxwell Chapultepec
1959 Ángel Miguel 273 Tommy Jacobs Chapultepec
1958 Antonio Cerdá 279 Roberto De Vicenzo Chapultepec
1957 Bob Rosburg 272 George Bayer Chapultepec
1956 Billy Maxwell 264 Roberto De Vicenzo Chapultepec
1955 Roberto De Vicenzo (3) 271 Tony Holguin Chapultepec
1954 Johnny Palmer 286 Roberto De Vicenzo México
1953 Roberto De Vicenzo (2) 267 Cary Middlecoff Chapultepec
1952 Bobby Locke 275 Roberto De Vicenzo
Jimmy Demaret		 Mexicali
1951 Roberto De Vicenzo 267 Al Besselink Chapultepec
1950 Tony Holguin (2) 280 Antonio Pedroza
Juan Neri		 Chapultepec
1949 Tony Holguin 200 Jimmy Demaret
Sam Snead		 Chapultepec
1948: No tournament
1947 Al Espinosa (4) 292 Carlos Belmont (a)
Amado Martinez		 Chapultepec
1946 Al Espinosa (3) 286 Felix Lopez Chapultepec
1945 Al Espinosa (2) 290 Antonio Pedroza Chapultepec
1944 Al Espinosa 281 Percey Clifford (a) Chapultepec

See also

Notes

References

  1. ^ "Mexico Open joins Nationwide Tour schedule in 2008". PGA Tour. October 5, 2007. Retrieved March 12, 2013.
  2. ^ "Mexico Open rescheduled due to swine flu". PGA Tour. April 29, 2009. Retrieved March 12, 2013.
  3. ^ "Mexico Open rescheduled for first week of September". PGA Tour. May 22, 2009. Retrieved March 12, 2013.
  4. ^ "Vidanta Vallarta in Vallarta, México to host Mexico Open". PGA Tour. 8 November 2021. Retrieved 8 November 2021.
  5. ^ a b "VidantaWorld Mexico Open Moves To Fall, Transforming PGA Tour Stop Into A Signature Destination Experience". www.prnewswire.com. Retrieved 2026-02-05.
  6. ^ "VidantaWorld Mexico Open 2026 Golf Leaderboard". PGA Tour. Retrieved 2026-02-05.
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