Arlington Hotel Open
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The Arlington Hotel Open was a PGA Tour event that was played for four years in the late 1950s at the Arlington golf courses of the Hot Springs Country Club adjacent to the Arlington Hotel, now known as the Arlington Resort Hotel and Spa, a 484-room resort in the Ouachita Mountains of Hot Springs National Park in Arkansas.[1] The Majestic Golf Course was constructed by Willie Park, Jnr. in 1898.[2] The Arlington Golf Course was designed and built by William Diddle in 1927.[3] Golf legend Jimmy Demaret won the last of his 31 PGA Tour wins at this event in 1957.[4]
A PGA Tour event that was played at the Hot Springs Country Club both before and after the Arlington Hotel Open was known as the Hot Springs Open.
[edit] Winners
Hot Springs Open
- 1961 Doug Sanders
- 1960 Bill Collins
Arlington Hotel Open
- 1959 Gene Littler
- 1958 Julius Boros
- 1957 Jimmy Demaret
- 1956 Billy Maxwell
Hot Springs Open
- 1955 Bo Wininger
[edit] References
- ^ The Arlington Resort Hotel and Spa. Retrieved on 2007-11-18.
- ^ The Arlington Golf Courses-Majestic. Retrieved on 2007-11-18.
- ^ The Arlington Golf Courses-Arlington. Retrieved on 2007-11-18.
- ^ The Year in Golf, 1957. Retrieved on 2007-11-18.