St. Petersburg Open Invitational
Tournament information | |
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Location | St. Petersburg, Florida |
Established | 1930 |
Course(s) | Lakewood Country Club |
Par | 72 |
Tour(s) | PGA Tour |
Format | Stroke play |
Prize fund | US$25,000 |
Month played | March |
Final year | 1964 |
Tournament record score | |
Aggregate | 261 Bob Goalby (1961) |
To par | −23 as above |
Final champion | |
Bruce Devlin | |
Location map | |
Location in the United States Location in Florida |
The St. Petersburg Open Invitational, first played as the St. Petersburg Open, was a PGA Tour event that was held at three St. Petersburg, Florida area clubs for 29 years from 1930 until 1964.[1] The clubs that hosted the event were: Lakewood Country Club (now known as St. Petersburg Country Club),[2] Pasadena Country Club (now known as Pasadena Yacht and Country Club), and Sunset Golf Club of the Vinoy Park Hotel (now known as the Renaissance Vinoy Resort & Golf Club).[1]
Bob Goalby won[3] the 1961 event after making eight consecutive birdies in the final round, a PGA Tour record at the time. Other golfers tied Goalby's mark but nobody surpassed it till 2009.[4] In 1963, Raymond Floyd won the event at 20 years 6 months of age becoming the youngest player to win a PGA Tour event since 1928.[1][5]
Tournament hosts
Course | Years |
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Lakewood Country Club | 1930 (co-host), 1933 (co-host), 1936 (co-host), 1938, 1940, 1942, 1948, 1952, 1955–56, 1959–60, 1962–64 |
Jungle Country Club | 1930 (co-host) |
Pasadena Country Club | 1932, 1933 (co-host), 1934, 1936 (co-host), 1937, 1939, 1941, 1947, 1949–51, 1953, 1957–58, 1961 |
Sunset Golf Club at Vinoy Park | 1946 |
Winners
Year | Winner | Score | To par | Margin of victory |
Runner(s)-up | Winner's share ($) | ||
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St. Petersburg Open Invitational | ||||||||
1964 | Bruce Devlin | 272 | −16 | 4 strokes | Dan Sikes | 3,300 | ||
1963 | Raymond Floyd | 274 | −14 | 1 stroke | Dave Marr | 3,500 | ||
1962 | Bobby Nichols | 272 | −16 | 2 strokes | Frank Boynton | 2,800 | ||
1961 | Bob Goalby | 261 | −23 | 3 strokes | Ted Kroll | 2,800 | ||
1960 | George Bayer | 282 | −6 | Playoff | Jack Fleck | 2,000 | ||
1959 | Cary Middlecoff (2) | 275 | −13 | 3 strokes | Pete Cooper | 2,000 | ||
1958 | Arnold Palmer | 276 | −8 | 1 stroke | Dow Finsterwald Fred Hawkins |
2,000 | ||
St. Petersburg Open | ||||||||
1957 | Pete Cooper | 269 | −15 | 4 strokes | Jack Burke Jr. | 1,700 | ||
1956 | Mike Fetchick | 275 | −13 | Playoff | Lionel Hebert | 2,200 | ||
1955 | Cary Middlecoff | 274 | −14 | 2 strokes | Jay Hebert | 2,200 | ||
1954: No tournament | ||||||||
1953 | Dutch Harrison | 266 | −18 | 1 stroke | Chick Harbert Dick Mayer |
2,000 | ||
1952 | Jack Burke Jr. (2) | 266 | −22 | 8 strokes | Al Besselink | 2,000 | ||
1951 | Jim Ferrier | 268 | −16 | 6 strokes | Al Brosch | 2,000 | ||
1950 | Jack Burke Jr. | 272 | −12 | 1 stroke | Chick Harbert | 2,000 | ||
1949 | Pete Cooper | 275 | −9 | 1 stroke | Cary Middlecoff | 2,000 | ||
1948 | Lawson Little | 272 | −16 | 3 strokes | Bobby Locke | 2,000 | ||
1947 | Jimmy Demaret (2) | 280 | −4 | 3 strokes | Jim Ferrier | 2,000 | ||
1946 | Ben Hogan | 269 | −15 | 5 strokes | Sam Snead | 2,000 | ||
1943–1945: No tournament due to World War II | ||||||||
1942 | Sam Snead (3) | 286 | −2 | 3 strokes | 1,000 | |||
1941 | Sam Snead (2) | 279 | −5 | 2 strokes | Herman Barron Chick Harbert Ben Hogan Jug McSpaden |
1,200 | ||
1940 | Jimmy Demaret | 211 | −2 | 1 stroke | Byron Nelson | 700 | ||
1939 | Sam Snead | 207 | −9 | Playoff | Henry Picard | 700 | ||
1938 | Johnny Revolta | 282 | −2 | Playoff | Chandler Harper | 700 | ||
1937 | Harry Cooper | 284 | −4 | Playoff | Ralph Guldahl Horton Smith |
700 | ||
1936 | Leonard Dodson | 283 | −3 | Playoff | Harry Cooper | 500 | ||
1935: No tournament | ||||||||
1934 | Paul Runyan | 141 | −3 | 3 strokes | Bill Mehlhorn | 200 | ||
1933 | Bob Stupple | 144 | +1 | 1 stroke | Denny Shute Al Watrous |
275 | ||
1932 | Willie Macfarlane | 209 | −7 | 1 stroke | Dave Hackney | 500 | ||
1931: No tournament | ||||||||
1930 | Jock Collins | 141 | +1 | 1 stroke | Horton Smith Frank Walsh |
1,000 |
References
- ^ a b c d "St. Petersburg Open left legacy". St. Petersburg Times. October 15, 2000. Retrieved 2007-11-05.
- ^ "St. Petersburg Country Club Our Golf Course". St. Petersburg Country Club. Retrieved 2014-09-23.
- ^ Goalby cards 8 consecutive birdies to win at St. Pete
- ^ Most Consecutive Birdies in a PGA Tour Tournament
- ^ "USGA History:1951–1970". Archived from the original on 2007-12-20. Retrieved 2007-11-05.