Agua Caliente Open

The Agua Caliente Open was a golf tournament on the PGA Tour first played in 1930 in Tijuana, Mexico. The inaugural event, which was won by Gene Sarazen, offered the largest purse to date — $25,000 with a $10,000 winner's share.^[1] The tournament had a second incarnation briefly in the 1950s with the last two events played under the name Tijuana Open Invitational.^[2][3][4]

Tijuana Open Invitational

Tournament information
Location	Tijuana, Mexico
Established	1956
Course(s)	Tijuana Country Club
Par	72
Length	7,400 yards (6,800 m)
Tour(s)	PGA Tour
Format	Stroke play
Prize fund	US$20,000
Month played	January
Final year	1959
Tournament record score
Aggregate	273 Ernie Vossler (1959)
To par	−15 as above
Final champion
Ernie Vossler
Location map
Tijuana CC Location in Mexico

Winners

Year	Winner	Score	To par	Margin of victory	Runner(s)-up	Winner's share ($)	Ref.
Tijuana Open Invitational
1959	Ernie Vossler	273	−15	2 strokes	John McMullin	2,800	[5]
1958	Dutch Harrison	280	−8	1 stroke	Jerry Barber Fred Hawkins Arnold Palmer Bo Wininger	2,000	[6]
Agua Caliente Open
1957	Ed Furgol	280	−8	Playoff[a]	Al Besselink	2,000	[7]
1956	Mike Souchak	281	−7	2 strokes	Tommy Bolt	2,200	[8]
1936–1955: No tournament
1935	Henry Picard	286	+2	2 strokes	Harry Cooper Willie Goggin	1,000	[9]
1934	Wiffy Cox	282	−2	1 stroke	Willie Hunter	1,500	[10]
1933	Paul Runyan	287	−1	2 strokes	Horton Smith	1,500	[11]
1932	Fred Morrison	284	−4	2 strokes	Gene Sarazen	5,000	[12]
1931	Johnny Golden	293	+5	Playoff[b]	George Von Elm	10,000	[13]
1930	Gene Sarazen	295	+11	2 strokes	Al Espinosa Horton Smith	10,000	[14]

Notes

1. Furgol won with a par on the second hole of a sudden death playoff.
2. Golden won following an 18-hole playoff; Golden 75, Von Elm 79