Bahamas National Open

Bahamas National Open

Tournament information
Location	Freeport, Bahamas
Established	1970
Course(s)	Lucayan Country Club
Par	71
Tour(s)	PGA Tour
Format	Stroke play
Prize fund	US$130,000
Month played	December
Final year	1971
Tournament record score
Aggregate	272 Chris Blocker (1970) 272 Doug Sanders (1970)
To par	−16 as above
Final champion
Bob Goalby
Location map
Lucayan CC Location in the Bahamas

The Bahamas National Open was a professional golf tournament on the PGA Tour in 1970 and 1971. It replaced the West End Classic, which had been a satellite Latin-American Tour stop, as the PGA's tournament in the Bahamas.[1]

In 1970, the tournament was played as the Bahama Islands Open over the Emerald Course at Kings Inn & Golf Club in Freeport, Bahamas and won by Doug Sanders in a playoff.[2] The following year, it was hosted at Lucayan Country Club in Freeport, Bahamas and won by Bob Goalby.[3] The tournament appeared on the tour schedule again in 1972, but was cancelled.[4]

Winners

Year	Winner	Score	To par	Margin of victory	Runner-up	Venue	Ref.
Bahamas National Open
1972	Cancelled due to lack of funding						[4]
1971	Bob Goalby	275	−9	1 stroke	George Archer	Lucayan	[3]
Bahama Islands Open
1970	Doug Sanders	272	−16	Playoff	Chris Blocker	Kings (Emerald)	[2]

See also

• Open golf tournament

References

1. "Bahama Islands Open added to golf tour". The Record. Hackensack, New Jersey. AP. July 2, 1970. p. D–3. Retrieved May 10, 2020 – via Newspapers.com.
2. "Sanders wins after play-off". The Glasgow Herald. Glasgow, Scotland. December 14, 1970. Retrieved May 10, 2020 – via Google News Archive.
3. "Goalby wins by 1, doubles his earnings". The Los Angeles Times. Los Angeles, California. UPI. December 13, 1971. p. 7 (Sport). Retrieved May 10, 2020 – via Newspapers.com.
4. "Bahamas tournament cancelled". The Gazette. Montreal, Quebec, Canada. April 25, 1972. Retrieved May 10, 2020 – via Google News Archive.