| Tournament information | |
|---|---|
| Location | Brazil |
| Established | 1945 |
| Course(s) | Sao Fernando Golf Club |
| Par | 71 |
| Tour(s) | Tour de las Americas |
| Format | Stroke play |
| Month played | October |
| Current champion | |
| Óscar Álvarez | |
The Brazil Open or Aberto do Brasil is an annual golf tournament held in Brazil. It was founded in 1945, and has been an event on the Tour de las Americas on several occasions, most recently in 2005.
Until the early 1980s, the tournament was a popular stop for many of the worlds top professionals, and can can boast major winners Sam Snead, Billy Casper, Gary Player, Raymond Floyd, Jerry Pate and Hale Irwin in addition to superstars of South American golf, Roberto de Vicenzo and Ángel Cabrera, amongst its list of champions.
The most successful player remains Mário Gonzalez, who won a total of eight titles, including seven out of nine between 1946 and 1955 (no tournament was held in 1947).
As part of the celebrations of the 500 year anniversary of the discovery of Brazil by Pedro Álvares Cabral, in 2000 the European Tour included the São Paulo and the Rio de Janeiro 500 Year Opens on their schedule. The following year the São Paulo event was again included on the European calendar, and somewhat confusingly titled the São Paulo Brazil Open.
| Year | Winner[1] | Score | Runner(s)-up | Amateur Winner |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2011 | Óscar Álvarez | 275 | César Costilla, Sebastián Fernández | |
| 2010 | ||||
| 2009 | ||||
| 2008 | Rafael Barcellos | 280 | Alessandro Fabietti | Guilherme Oda |
| 2006-07 | No tournament | |||
| 2005 | Miguel Guzmán | 275 (-13) | Mauricio Molina, Eduardo Argiro | Joakim Thrane |
| 2004 | Philippe Gasnier | 278 | ||
| 2003 | Carlos Franco* | 281 (-3) | Eduardo Argiro | Ivo Leao |
| 2002 | No tournament | |||
| 2001 | Carlos Franco | 273 (-11) | Miguel Guzmán | Rodrigo Lacerda |
| 2000 | Jesús Amaya* | 274 (-6) | Shannon Sykora | Philippe Gasnier |
| 1999 | Ángel Cabrera | |||
| 1998 | Ángel Cabrera | |||
| 1997 | No tournament | |||
| 1996 | Ruberlei Felizardo | |||
| 1995 | Eduardo Pesenti (Am) | Eduardo Pesenti | ||
| 1994 | No tournament | |||
| 1993 | Eduardo Caballero | |||
| 1992 | Ricardo Mechereffe | |||
| 1991 | Angel Franco | |||
| 1990 | Bruce Fleisher | tied | Pedro Martínez | |
| 1989 | No tournament | |||
| 1988 | Carlos Larrain (Am) | Vicente Fernández, Pedro Martínez | Carlos Larrain | |
| 1987 | No tournament | |||
| 1986 | Eduardo Caballero | |||
| 1985 | Robert Lee | |||
| 1984 | Vicente Fernández | |||
| 1983 | Vicente Fernández | |||
| 1982 | Hale Irwin | |||
| 1981 | Tom Sieckmann | |||
| 1980 | Jerry Pate | |||
| 1979 | Fidel de Luca* | 270 | Roberto de Vicenzo | |
| 1978 | Raymond Floyd | 277 | Vicente Fernández, Steve Martin | |
| 1977 | Vicente Fernández | 274 | Lou Graham, Manuel Piñero | |
| 1976 | Juan Quinteros* | 279 | Roberto de Vicenzo | |
| 1975 | Priscillo Diniz* (Am) | 274 | Lanny Wadkins | Priscillo Diniz |
| 1974 | Gary Player | 267 | Mark Hayes | |
| 1973 | Roberto de Vicenzo | 279 | Dale Hayes | |
| 1972 | Gary Player | 270 | Steve Melnyk | |
| 1971 | Bruce Fleisher* | 280 | Jaime Gonzalez Jr (Am) | Jaime Gonzalez Jr |
| 1970 | Bert Greene | 276 | Florentino Molina, Roberto de Vicenzo, Bruce Stanton |
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| 1969 | Mário Gonzalez | 280 | Roberto de Vicenzo | Roberto Monguzzi |
| 1968 | Takashi Kono | 282 | K. Hoseichi, Hugh Baiocchi (Am) | Hugh Baiocchi |
| 1967 | Raul Travieso | 281 | Jorge Ledesma (Am) | Jorge Ledesma |
| 1966 | Rex Baxter | 277 | Ramón Sota | Bobby Cole |
| 1965 | Ramón Sota | tied | Gene Littler | R. Falkenburg |
| 1964 | Roberto de Vicenzo* | 285 | Elcido Nari | N. Sozio |
| 1963 | Roberto de Vicenzo | 279 | Dave Thomas | R. Falkenburg |
| 1962 | Bernard Hunt | 273 | Dave Thomas | M. Stanovich |
| 1961 | Peter Allis | 272 | Mário Gonzalez | C. Sozio |
| 1960 | Roberto de Vicenzo | 271 | Mike Souchak | Roberto Benito |
| 1959 | Billy Casper | 268 | Mário Gonzalez | Humberto Almeida |
| 1958 | Billy Casper | 270 | Leopoldo Ruiz | Roberto Benito |
| 1957 | Roberto de Vicenzo | 281 | Leopoldo Ruiz | Roberto Benito |
| 1956 | Fidel de Luca | 278 | Antonio Cerdá | Jaime Gonzalez |
| 1955 | Mário Gonzalez | 275 | Arturo Soto | Jaime Gonzalez |
| 1954 | Roberto de Vicenzo | 277 | Mário Gonzalez | Jaime Gonzalez |
| 1953 | Mário Gonzalez | 270 | Martin Pose | Jaime Gonzalez |
| 1952 | Sam Snead | 267 | Ricardo Rossi | Juan Segura* |
| 1951 | Mário Gonzalez | 272 | Roberto de Vicenzo | Julian Foster |
| 1950 | Mário Gonzalez | 270 | Roberto de Vicenzo | Jorge Simonsen |
| 1949 | Mário Gonzalez | 269 | Roberto de Vicenzo | S. Marvin |
| 1948 | Mário Gonzalez (Am) | 270 | Frank Stranahan (Am) | Mário Gonzalez |
| 1947 | No tournament | |||
| 1946 | Mário Gonzalez (Am) | 274 | Roberto de Vicenzo | Mário Gonzalez |
| 1945 | Martin Pose | 275 | Roberto de Vicenzo | Mário Gonzalez |
(Am) – Amateur