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.

Kai Fieberg Costa Rica Open

Tournament information
Location	San José, Costa Rica
Established	2002
Course(s)	Cariari Country Club
Par	71
Length	6,577 yards (6,014 m)
Tour(s)	Tour de las Américas Challenge Tour
Format	Stroke play
Prize fund	US$175,000
Month played	February
Final year	2007
Tournament record score
Aggregate	275 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

Year	Tour(s)[a]	Winner	Score	To par	Margin of victory	Runner(s)-up
Kai Fieberg Costa Rica Open
2007	CHA, TLA	Miguel Rodríguez	275	−9	1 stroke	Juan Abbate Gustavo Acosta
2006	CHA, TLA	Johan Axgren	277	−7	Playoff	Alex Norén
American Express Costa Rica Open
2005	CHA, TLA	Kyle Dobbs	280	−4	Playoff	Sebastián Fernández
Costa Rica Open
2004	CHA, TLA	Alessandro Tadini	278	−6	Playoff	Carlos Quevedo
Credomatic MasterCard Costa Rica Open
2003	CHA, TLA	Sebastián Fernández	278	−6	Playoff	César Monasterio
American Express Costa Rica Open
2002	TLA	Rafael Gómez	289	+5	Playoff	Marco Ruiz

See also

• Open golf tournament

Notes

1. CHA − Challenge Tour; TLA − Tour de las Américas.