Sunshine Open Invitational

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Jump to navigation Jump to search

Sunshine Open Invitational
Tournament information
LocationMiami Beach, Florida
Established1961
CourseBayshore Country Club
Par72
TourPGA Tour
FormatStroke play
Prize fundUS$20,000
Month playedMarch
Final year1961
Tournament record score
Aggregate273 Gary Player (1961)
To par−15 as above
Final champion
South Africa Gary Player
Location map
Lua error in Module:Location_map at line 411: Malformed coordinates value.

The Sunshine Open Invitational was a PGA Tour event that played for one year at the Bayshore Country Club in Miami Beach, Florida.[1] The 72-hole tournament was held from March 23–26, 1961;[1] and was won by then 25-year-old Gary Player with a score of 273.[2] Player received $3,500 in winnings.[3] Arnold Palmer finished second winning $2,300.[1] The Bayshore Country Club, now known as Miami Beach Golf Club, opened in 1923.[4]

Winners

[edit | edit source]
Year Winner Score To par Margin of
victory
Runner-up
1961 South Africa Gary Player 273 −15 1 stroke United States Arnold Palmer

References

[edit | edit source]
  1. ^ a b c Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2172: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value).
  2. ^ Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2172: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value).
  3. ^ Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2172: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value).
  4. ^ Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2172: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value).