The Brazil Open or Aberto do Brasil is an annual
golf tournament held in
Brazil. It was founded in 1945 and was an event on the
Tour de las Américas on several occasions, most recently in 2005. It is now an event on
PGA Tour Americas.
The most successful player remains
Mário Gonzalez, who won a total of eight titles, including seven out of nine between 1946 and 1955 (no tournament was held in 1947).
As part of the celebrations of the 500 year anniversary of the
discovery of Brazil by
Pedro Álvares Cabral, in 2000 the
European Tour included the São Paulo and the Rio de Janeiro 500 Year Opens on their schedule. The following year the São Paulo event was again included on the European calendar, and somewhat confusingly titled the
São Paulo Brazil Open.
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