Tallahassee Open

This article is about the former PGA Tour event. For the former Nationwide Tour event, see Tallahassee Open (Nationwide Tour Event). For the former LPGA Tour event, see Centel Classic (LPGA Tour).

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

1987–89 (official PGA Tour event)

Year	Winner	Country	Score	To par	Margin of victory	Runner(s)-up
Centel Classic
1989	Bill Britton	United States	200	−16	4 strokes	Ronnie Black
1988	Bill Glasson	United States	272	−16	2 strokes	Tommy Armour III
1987	Keith Clearwater	United States	278	−10	1 stroke	Bill Glasson Billy Kratzert Bob Lohr Joey Sindelar

1983-86 (satellite event)

Tallahassee Open

• 1986 Mark Hayes (unofficial win, official money)
• 1985 Jeff Sluman (Tournament Players Series)
• 1984 Kermit Zarley (Tournament Players Series)
• 1983 Bob Charles (Tournament Players Series)

1969–82 (official PGA Tour event)

Year	Winner	Country	Score	To par	Margin of victory	Runner(s)-up
Tallahassee Open
1982	Bob Shearer	Australia	272	−16	1 stroke	Hal Sutton Denis Watson
1981	Dave Eichelberger	United States	271	−17	Playoff	Bob Murphy Mark O'Meara
1980	Mark Pfeil	United States	277	−11	1 stroke	Mark Lye Bill Rogers
1979	Chi-Chi Rodríguez	United States	269	−19	3 strokes	Lindy Miller
1978	Barry Jaeckel	United States	273	−15	Playoff	Bruce Lietzke
1977	Ed Sneed	United States	276	−12	Playoff	Lon Hinkle
1976	Gary Koch	United States	277	−11	1 stroke	John Mahaffey
1975	Rik Massengale	United States	274	−14	2 strokes	Spike Kelley Bert Yancey
1974	Allen Miller	United States	274	−14	1 stroke	Joe Inman Eddie Pearce Dan Sikes
1973	Hubert Green	United States	277	−11	1 stroke	Jim Simons
1972	Bob Shaw	Australia	273	−15	2 strokes	Leonard Thompson
Tallahassee Open Invitational
1971	Lee Trevino	United States	273	−15	3 strokes	Jim Wiechers
1970	Harold Henning	South Africa	277	−11	1 stroke	Rives McBee
1969	Chuck Courtney	United States	282	−6	1 stroke	Jacky Cupit Bert Greene Bob Shaw