Denver Open Invitational
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| Tournament information | |
|---|---|
| Location | Denver, Colorado |
| Established | 1947 |
| Course | Denver Country Club |
| Par | 70 |
| Tour | PGA Tour |
| Format | Stroke play |
| Prize fund | US$35,000 |
| Month played | August/September |
| Final year | 1963 |
| Tournament record score | |
| Aggregate | 263 Dave Hill (1961) |
| To par | −21 as above |
| Final champion | |
| United States Chi-Chi Rodríguez | |
| Location map | |
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The Denver Open Invitational was a golf tournament on the PGA Tour that was played intermittently in the Denver, Colorado area from 1947 to 1963. Chi-Chi Rodríguez won his first PGA Tour event at the 1963 tournament, which he calls his biggest thrill in golf.[1]
Winners
[edit | edit source]| Year | Winner | Score | To par | Margin of victory |
Runner(s)-up | Venue | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Denver Open Invitational | |||||||
| 1963 | United States Chi-Chi Rodríguez | 276 | −4 | 2 strokes | United States Bill Eggers | Denver | [2] |
| 1962 | United States Bob Goalby | 277 | −3 | 1 stroke | United States George Bayer United States Bob Duden United States Jack Fleck United States Bill Johnston United States Billy Maxwell United States Art Wall Jr. |
Denver | [2] |
| 1961 | United States Dave Hill | 263 | −21 | 6 strokes | United States Bob Goalby United States Art Wall Jr. |
Meadow Hills | [2] |
| Denver Open | |||||||
| 1959–1960: No tournament | |||||||
| 1958 | United States Tommy Jacobs | 266 | −14 | 1 stroke | United States Ernie Vossler | Wellshire | [2][3] |
| 1949–1957: No tournament | |||||||
| 1948 | United States Ben Hogan | 270 | −18 | 1 stroke | United States Fred Haas | Wellshire | [3] |
| 1947 | United States Lew Worsham | 276 | −8 | 4 strokes | United States Ben Hogan United States Johnny Palmer United States Tom Wright |
Cherry Hills | [4] |
References
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- ^ a b c d Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2172: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value).
- ^ a b 75 Years of Mile-high Tradition
- ^ Worsham Takes Top Money In Denver Open