The Philippine Open is one of the world's longest running men's golf tournaments. First held in 1913, it is also Asia's oldest golf tournament and Asia's oldest national golf open. The most distinguished golfer who has won the tournament is five times British Open champion Peter Thomson of Australia. Year 1913 (MCMXIII) was a common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar). ... 2005 Open Champion Tiger Woods holding the Claret Jug. ... Peter Thomson (born 1929) is an Australian golfer. ...

The event has been held in a variety of different golf courses around the Philippines and has been an official money event on the Asian Tour since 1994. In March 2006 the National Golf Association of the Philippines granted all marketing rights for the tournament from 2006 to 2010 to the Asian Tour, which announced an aspiration to increase the prize fund from the 2006 level of US$200,000 to $1 million. [1] In 2007 the prize fund was $300,000. The Asian Golf Tour is the principal mens professional golf tour in Asia except for Japan, which has a separate tour. ... The United States dollar is the official currency of the United States. ...

Winners

Year	Champion	Country	Venue	Winning Score
2007	Frankie Minoza	Philippines	Wack Wack Golf and Country Club	-10
2006	Scott Strange	Australia	Wack Wack Golf and Country Club	-8
2005	Adam Le Vesconte	Australia	Mount Malayarat Golf and Country Club	-12
2004	Edward Michaels	United States	Riviera Golf and Country Club	-2
2003	No tournament	N/A	N/A	N/A
2002	Rick Gibson	Canada
2001	Felix Casas	Philippines
2000	Gerald Rosales	Philippines
1999	Anthony Kang	South Korea
1998	Frankie Minoza	Philippines	Riviera Golf and Country Club
1997	Kevin Wentworth	United States
1996	Rob Whitlock	Australia
1995	Carlos Espinosa	Mexico
1994	Carlos Franco	Paraguay
1993	Yeh Chang Ting	Taiwan
1992	Wang Ter-chang	Taiwan
1991	Dennis Paulson	United States
1990	Robert Pactolerin	Philippines
1989	Emlyn Aubrey	United States
1988	Hsieh Chin Seng	Taiwan
1987	Brian Tennyson	United States
1986	Mario Manubay	Philippines
1985	Mark Aebli	United States
1984	Rudy Labares	Philippines
1983	Lu His Chuen	Taiwan
1982	Hsieh Min-Nan	Taiwan
1981	Tom Siekman	United States
1980	Lu His Chuen	Taiwan	Wack Wack Golf and Country Club
1979	Ben Arda	Philippines	Wack Wack Golf and Country Club
1978	Lu Liang-Huan	Taiwan	Wack Wack Golf and Country Club
1977	Hsieh Yung Yu	Taiwan	Wack Wack Golf and Country Club
1976	Qiuntin Mancao	Philippines	Wack Wack Golf and Country Club
1975	Kuo Chie Hsiung	Taiwan	Wack Wack Golf and Country Club
1974	Lu Liang-Huan	Taiwan	Wack Wack Golf and Country Club
1973	King Seung Hak	South Korea	Wack Wack Golf and Country Club
1972	Hideo Sugimoto	Japan	Wack Wack Golf and Country Club
1971	Chen Chieng Chung	Taiwan	Wack Wack Golf and Country Club
1970	Hsieh Yung Yu	Taiwan	Wack Wack Golf and Country Club
1969	Haruo Yasuda	Japan	Wack Wack Golf and Country Club
1968	Hsu Chi San	Taiwan	Wack Wack Golf and Country Club
1967	Hsu Sheng San	Taiwan	Wack Wack Golf and Country Club
1966	Luis Silverio (Am)	Philippines	Wack Wack Golf and Country Club
1965	Lu Liang-Huan	Taiwan	Wack Wack Golf and Country Club
1964	Peter Thomson	Australia	Wack Wack Golf and Country Club
1963	Ben Arda	Philippines	Wack Wack Golf and Country Club
1962	Celestino Tugot	Philippines	Wack Wack Golf and Country Club
1961	Ben Arda	Philippines	Wack Wack Golf and Country Club
1960	Frank Philips	Australia	Wack Wack Golf and Country Club
1959	Bruce Crampton	Australia
1958	Celestino Tugot	Philippines
1957	Celestino Tugot	Philippines
1956	Celestino Tugot	Philippines
1955	Celestino Tugot	Philippines
1954	Larry Montes	Philippines
1953	Larry Montes	Philippines
1952	Lloyd Mangrum	United States
1951	Larry Montes	Philippines
1950	Ed Oliver	United States
1949	Celestino Tugot	Philippines
1948	Larry Montes	Philippines
1947	No tournament	N/A	N/A	N/A
1946	No tournament	N/A	N/A	N/A
1945	No tournament	N/A	N/A	N/A
1944	Larry Montes	Philippines
1943	Larry Montes	Philippines
1942	Larry Montes	Philippines
1941	Larry Montes	Philippines
1940	Harold "Jug" McSpaden	United States
1939	Norman Von Nida	Australia
1938	Norman Von Nida	Australia
1937	Larry Montes	Philippines
1936	Larry Montes	Philippines
1935	Guillermo A. Navaja	Philippines
1934	Casiano Decena	Philippines	Manila Golf Club
1933	Sidney Baxter	United States	Manila Golf Club
1932	Larry Montes	Philippines	Manila Golf Club
1931	No tournament	N/A	N/A	N/A
1930	No tournament	N/A	N/A	N/A
1929	Larry Montes	Philippines	Manila Golf Club
1928	J.S. Moore (Am)	United States	Manila Golf Club
1927	J.R.H. Mason (Am)	United States	Manila Golf Club
1926	E.L. Benedict (Am)	United States	Manila Golf Club
1925	W.J. Jameson (Am)	United States	Manila Golf Club
1924	G.M. Ivory (Am)	United States	Manila Golf Club
1923	E.A. Noyes (Am)	United States	Manila Golf Club
1922	Walter Z. Smith (Am)	United States	Manila Golf Club
1921	J.R.H. Mason (Am)	United States	Manila Golf Club
1920	Ian Collier Trotter MacGregor (Am)	Scotland	Manila Golf Club
1919	Ian Collier Trotter MacGregor (Am)	Scotland	Manila Golf Club
1918	J.R.H. Mason (Am)	United States	Manila Golf Club
1917	W. Young (Am)	United States	Manila Golf Club
1916	Johnny Grieve (Am)	United States	Manila Golf Club
1915	W.J. Adams (Am)	United States	Manila Golf Club
1914	J.R.H. Mason (Am)	United States	Manila Golf Club
1913	J.R.H. Mason (Am)	United States	Manila Golf Club

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Multiple winners

The players who have won the Philippine Open more than once are the following:

• 12 wins
  • Larry Montes  Philippines (1929, 1932, 1936, 1937, 1941-1944, 1948, 1951, 1953, 1954)
• 6 wins
  • Celestino Tugot  Philippines (1949, 1955-1958, 1962)
• 5 wins
  • J.R.H. Mason (Am)  United States (1913, 1914, 1918, 1921, 1927)
• 3 wins:
  • Lu Liang-Huan  Taiwan (1965, 1974, 1978)
  • Ben Arda  Philippines (1961, 1963, 1979)
• 2 wins
  • Ian Collier Trotter MacGregor (Am)  Scotland (1919, 1920)
  • Norman Von Nida  Australia (1938, 1939)
  • Hsieh Yung Yu  Taiwan (1970, 1977)
  • Lu His Chuen  Taiwan (1980, 1983)
  • Frankie Minoza  Philippines (1998, 2007)

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External links

• National Golf Association of the Philippines
• Asian PGA
• Golf Today
• Former winner - Larry Montes
• 18-Hole Championship Course, Philippines