Costa Rica Open

The Costa Rica Open is a men's professional golf tournament that was played annually in Costa Rica until 2007. It was an event on the Tour de las Americas from 2002 until its replacement by the Costa Rica Golf Classic in 2008, and was also co-sanctioned by the European Challenge Tour from 2003.

Costa Rica Open
Tournament information
LocationSan José, Costa Rica
Established2002
Course(s)Cariari Country Club
Par71
Length6,577 yards (6,014 m)
Tour(s)Tour de las Américas
Challenge Tour
FormatStroke play
Prize fund€175,000
Month playedFebruary
Final year2007
Tournament record score
Aggregate275 Miguel Rodríguez (2007)
To par−9 as above
Final champion
Miguel Rodríguez
Location Map
Cariari CC
Location in Costa Rica

The tournament was held at the Cariari Country Club near San José every year except in 2004 when it was played over the Valle del Sol Golf Course near Santa Ana. The 2006 event was renamed in order to pay tribute to the tournaments founder and promoter, Kai Fieberg, who had been killed in a car accident earlier in the year.[1]

In 1979 and 1980, Cariari hosted the PGA sponsored Friendship Cup, which is sometimes also referred to as the Costa Rica Open. These tournaments were won by Raymond Floyd and Larry Ziegler.

Winners
YearTour(s)[lower-alpha 1]WinnerScoreTo parMargin of
victory		Runner(s)-up
Kai Fieberg Costa Rica Open
2007CHA, TLA Miguel Rodríguez275−91 stroke Juan Abbate
Gustavo Acosta
2006CHA, TLA Johan Axgren277−7Playoff Alex Norén
Costa Rica Open 2005 American Express presented by BETonSPORTS.com
2005CHA, TLA Kyle Dobbs280−4Playoff Sebastián Fernández
Costa Rica Open
2004CHA, TLA Alessandro Tadini278−6Playoff Carlos Quevedo
Costa Rica Open presented by Credomatic MasterCard
2003CHA, TLA Sebastián Fernández278−6Playoff César Monasterio
American Express Costa Rica Open
2002TLA Rafael Gómez289+5Playoff
  1. CHA − Challenge Tour; TLA − Tour de las Américas.

References
  1. "Costa Rica Open 2006 Pays Posthumous Tribute to Kai Fieberg". insidecostarica.com. January 19, 2006. Retrieved 2008-12-09.
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