Bahamas National Open

The Bahamas National Open was a 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
YearVenueWinnerScoreRefs
Bahamas National Open
1972Tournament cancelled[4]
1971Lucayan Country Club Bob Goalby275[3]
Bahama Islands Open
1970Kings Inn & Golf Club (Emerald) Doug Sanders272[lower-alpha 1][2]
  1. Sanders won with a par on the second hole of a sudden-death playoff.

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.
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