Ontario Open (PGA Tour)

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Ontario Open Invitational
Tournament information
LocationOntario, California
Established1961
CourseWhispering Lakes Golf Course
Par71
TourPGA Tour
FormatStroke play
Prize fundUS$25,000
Month playedOctober
Final year1962
Tournament record score
Aggregate276 Al Geiberger (1962)
To par−8 as above
Final champion
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Location map
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The Ontario Open was a golf tournament on the PGA Tour that was played in 1961 and 1962 at the Whispering Lakes Golf Course in Ontario, California, which opened in 1956.[1][2]

The 1961 tournament, played from October 12–15, was won by 42-year-old Eric Monti of Los Angeles, when he sank an 8-foot birdie putt on the second extra hole of a three-way sudden death playoff with George Bayer and Bobby Nichols.[3] The winners share was $2,800 out of a total purse of $20,000.[1]

In the 1962 tournament, played October 18–21, Al Geiberger[4] won his first PGA Tour event by one stroke over five other golfers. He won $3,500 from a $27,500 purse.[5]

Winners

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Year Winner Score To par Margin of
victory
Runners-up
Ontario Open Invitational
1962 Error creating thumbnail: Al Geiberger 276 −8 1 stroke Error creating thumbnail: Gardner Dickinson
Error creating thumbnail: Bob Goalby
Error creating thumbnail: Tommy Jacobs
Error creating thumbnail: Chuck Rotar
Error creating thumbnail: John Ruedi
Ontario Open
1961 Error creating thumbnail: Eric Monti 277 −3 Playoff Error creating thumbnail: George Bayer
Error creating thumbnail: Bobby Nichols

References

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