Year 
Winner Score Runner-up Score PHOENIX OPEN INVITATIONAL 1935 Ky Laffoon 
281 Craig Wood 285 1936- 1938 No Tournaments 1939 Byron Nelson 198 Ben Hogan 210 
1940 Ed Oliver 205 Ben Hogan 206 1941- 1943 No Tournaments-World War II 1944 *Harold 
McSpaden 273 Byron Nelson 273 1945 Byron Nelson 274 Denny Shute 276 1946 *Ben 
Hogan 273 Herman Keiser 273 1947 Ben Hogan 270 Lloyd Mangrum 277 Ed Oliver 1948 
Bobby Locke 268 Jimmy Demaret 269 1949 *Jimmy Demaret 278 Ben Hogan 278 1950 Jimmy 
Demaret 269 Sam Snead 270 1951 Lew Worsham 272 Lawson Little 273 1952 Lloyd Mangrum 
274 E. J. Harrison 279 1953 Lloyd Mangrum 272 Johnny Bulla 278 Ted Kroll Bo Wininger 
1954 *Ed Furgol 272 Cary Middlecoff 272 1955 Gene Littler 275 Billy Maxwell 276 
Johnny Palmer 1956 Cary Middlecoff 276 Mike Souchak 279 1957 Billy Casper 271 
Cary Middlecoff 274 Mike Souchak 1958 Ken Venturi 274 Walter Burkemo 275 Jay Hebert 
1959 Gene Littler 268 Art Wall 269 1960 *Jack Fleck 273 Bill Collins 273 1961 
*Arnold Palmer 270 Doug Sanders 270 1962 Arnold Palmer 269 Billy Casper 281 Don 
Fairfield Bob McCallister Jack Nicklaus 1963 Arnold Palmer 273 Gary Player 274 
1964 Jack Nicklaus 271 Bob Brue 274 1965 Rod Funseth 274 Bert Yancey 277 1966 
Dudley Wysong 278 Gardner Dickinson 279 1967 Julius Boros 272 Ken Still 273 1968 
George Knudson 272 Julius Boros 275 Sam Carmichael Jack Montgomery 1969 Gene Littler 
263 Miller Barber 265 Don January Billy Maxwell 1970 Dale Douglass 271 Howie Johnson 
272 Gene Littler 1971 Miller Barber 261 Billy Casper 263 Dan Sikes 1972 *Homero 
Blancas 273 Lanny Wadkins 273 1973 Bruce Crampton 268 Steve Melnyk 269 Lanny Wadkins	
1974 Johnny Miller 271 Lanny Wadkins 272 1975 Johnny Miller 260 Jerry Heard 274 
1976 Bob Gilder 268 Roger Maltbie 270 1977 *Jerry Pate 277 Dave Stockton 277 1978 
Miller Barber 272 Jerry Pate 273 Lee Trevino 1979 ~Ben Crenshaw 199 Jay Haas 200 
1980 Jeff Mitchell 272 Rik Massengale 276 1981 David Graham 268 Lon Hinkle 269 
1982 Lanny Wadkins 263 Jerry Pate 269 1983 *Bob Gilder 271 Rex Caldwell 271 Johnny 
Miller Mark O'Meara 1984 Tom Purtzer 268 Corey Pavin 269 1985 Calvin Peete 270 
Morris Hatalsky 272 Doug Tewell 1986 Hal Sutton 267 Calvin Peete 269 Tony Sills	
1987 Paul Azinger 268 Hal Sutton 269 1988 *Sandy Lyle 269 Fred Couples 269 1989 
Mark Calcavecchia 263 Chip Beck 270 1990 Tommy Armour III 267 Jim Thorpe 272 1991 
Nolan Henke 268 Gil Morgan 269 Curtis Strange Tom Watson 1992 Mark Calcavecchia 
264 Duffy Waldorf 269 1993 Lee Janzen 273 Andrew Magee 275 1994 Bill Glasson 268 
Bob Estes 271 1995 *Vijay Singh 269 Billy Mayfair 269 1996 *Phil Mickelson 269 
Justin Leonard 269 1997 Steve Jones 258 Jesper Parnevik 269 1998 Jesper Parnevik 
269 Tommy Armour III 272 Brent Geiberger Steve Pate Tom Watson Tournament Record: 
260-Johnny Miller, 1975 (Phoenix CC) Current Course Record: 60-Grant Waite, 
1996 KEY: * = Playoff ~ = Weather-shortened