Tallahassee Open

The Tallahassee Open was a golf tournament on the PGA Tour from 1969 to 1989. It was played at Killearn Country Club in Tallahassee, Florida.

This article is about the former PGA Tour event. For the former Nationwide Tour event, see Tallahassee Open (Nationwide Tour Event). For the former LPGA Tour event, see Centel Classic (LPGA Tour).

Centel Classic
Tournament information
LocationTallahassee, Florida
Established1969
Course(s)Killearn Golf and Country Club
Par72
Length7,098 yards (6,490 m)
Tour(s)PGA Tour
FormatStroke play
Prize fundUS$750,000
Month playedSeptember/October
Final year1989
Tournament record score
Aggregate269 Chi-Chi Rodríguez (1979)
269 Jeff Sluman (1985)
To par−19 as above
Final champion
Bill Britton
Location Map
Killearn G&CC
Location in the United States
Killearn G&CC
Location in Florida

It was founded in 1969 as the Tallahassee Open Invitational. From 1983 to 1985, it was part of the PGA Tour's "Tournament Players Series", a "satellite tour". The purse for the 1989 tournament was $750,000 with 135,000 going to the winner.

The 1974 tournament featured the highest round scores in PGA history by a player who made the 36-hole cut. Mike Reasor severely injured himself horse riding between the second and third rounds. Needing to complete the tournament in order to gain an exemption for the Byron Nelson Classic, Reasor played the final two rounds using only a 5-iron and swinging using just one arm, recording scores of 123 and 114.[1]

From 1990 to 1992, Killearn Country Club hosted a LPGA Tour event by the same name.

Winners
Year Tour[lower-alpha 1]WinnerScoreTo parMargin of
victory		Runner(s)-up Ref.
Centel Classic
1989 USA Bill Britton200[lower-alpha 2]−164 strokes Ronnie Black
1988 USA Bill Glasson272−162 strokes Tommy Armour III
1987 USA Keith Clearwater278−101 stroke Bill Glasson
Billy Kratzert
Bob Lohr
Joey Sindelar
1986USA[lower-alpha 3] Mark Hayes274−101 stroke Russ Cochran[2]
1985TPS Jeff Sluman269−191 stroke Kenny Knox
Gary Player		[3]
1984TPS Kermit Zarley271−17Playoff Denis Watson[4]
1983TPS Bob Charles282−6Playoff Greg Powers[5][6]
Tallahassee Open
1982 USA Bob Shearer272−161 stroke Hal Sutton
Denis Watson
1981 USA Dave Eichelberger271−17Playoff Bob Murphy
Mark O'Meara
1980 USA Mark Pfeil277−111 stroke Mark Lye
Bill Rogers
1979 USA Chi-Chi Rodríguez269−193 strokes Lindy Miller
1978 USA Barry Jaeckel273−15Playoff Bruce Lietzke
1977 USA Ed Sneed276−12Playoff Lon Hinkle
1976 USA Gary Koch277−111 stroke John Mahaffey
1975 USA Rik Massengale274−142 strokes Spike Kelley
Bert Yancey
1974 USA Allen Miller274−141 stroke Joe Inman
Eddie Pearce
Dan Sikes
1973 USA Hubert Green277−111 stroke Jim Simons
1972 USA Bob Shaw273−152 strokes Leonard Thompson
Tallahassee Open Invitational
1971 USA Lee Trevino273−153 strokes Jim Wiechers
1970 USA Harold Henning277−111 stroke Rives McBee
1969 USA Chuck Courtney282−61 stroke Jacky Cupit
Bert Greene
Bob Shaw
  1. SAT − PGA Tour Satellite event; TPS − Tournament Players Series; USA − PGA Tour.
  2. Shortened to 54 holes due to rain.
  3. PGA Tour satellite event

References
  1. Kelley, Brent. "Mike Reasor, the PGA Tour Player Who Scored 93-Over Par". About.com. Retrieved January 16, 2015.
  2. "The Tour Book 1987" (PDF). PGA Tour. p. 247.
  3. "The Tour Book 1986" (PDF). PGA Tour. p. 251.
  4. "The Tour Book 1985" (PDF). PGA Tour. p. 235.
  5. "The Tour Book 1984" (PDF). PGA Tour. p. 246.
  6. Browning, Al (June 6, 1986). "Caddies live and die with pros". Chicago Tribune. Scripps Howard News Service. Retrieved January 3, 2020.


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