The Tallahassee Open was a golf tournament on the PGA Tour from 1969 to 1989. It was played at Killearn Country Club in Tallahassee, Florida.
It was founded in 1969 as the Tallahassee Open Invitational. From 1983 to 1985, it was part of the PGA Tour's "Tournament Players Series", a "satellite tour". The purse for the 1989 tournament was $750,000 with 135,000 going to the winner.
The 1974 tournament featured the highest round scores in PGA history by a player who made the 36-hole cut. Mike Reasor severely injured himself horse riding between the second and third rounds. Needing to complete the tournament in order to gain an exemption for the Byron Nelson Classic, Reasor played the final two rounds using only a 5-iron and swinging using just one arm, recording scores of 123 and 114.
From 1990 to 1992, Killearn Country Club hosted a LPGA Tour event by the same name.
Winners YearTourWinnerScoreTo parMargin ofvictoryRunner(s)-upRef.Centel Classic 1989 PGAT Bill Britton 200 −16 4 strokes Ronnie Black 1988 PGAT Bill Glasson 272 −16 2 strokes Tommy Armour III 1987 PGAT Keith Clearwater 278 −10 1 stroke Bill Glasson Billy Kratzert Bob Lohr Joey SindelarTallahassee Open1986 Mark Hayes 274 −10 1 stroke Russ Cochran 1985 TPS Jeff Sluman 269 −19 1 stroke Kenny Knox Gary Player 1984 TPS Kermit Zarley 271 −17 Playoff Denis Watson 1983 TPS Bob Charles 282 −6 Playoff Greg Powers 1982 PGAT Bob Shearer 272 −16 1 stroke Hal Sutton Denis Watson 1981 PGAT Dave Eichelberger 271 −17 Playoff Bob Murphy Mark O'Meara 1980 PGAT Mark Pfeil 277 −11 1 stroke Mark Lye Bill Rogers 1979 PGAT Chi-Chi Rodríguez 269 −19 3 strokes Lindy Miller 1978 PGAT Barry Jaeckel 273 −15 Playoff Bruce Lietzke 1977 PGAT Ed Sneed 276 −12 Playoff Lon Hinkle 1976 PGAT Gary Koch 277 −11 1 stroke John Mahaffey 1975 PGAT Rik Massengale 274 −14 2 strokes Spike Kelley Bert Yancey 1974 PGAT Allen Miller 274 −14 1 stroke Joe Inman Eddie Pearce Dan Sikes 1973 PGAT Hubert Green 277 −11 1 stroke Jim Simons 1972 PGAT Bob Shaw 273 −15 2 strokes Leonard Thompson Tallahassee Open Invitational 1971 PGAT Lee Trevino 273 −15 3 strokes Jim Wiechers 1970 PGAT Harold Henning 277 −11 1 stroke Rives McBee 1969 PGAT Chuck Courtney 282 −6 1 stroke Jacky Cupit Bert Greene Bob Shaw
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