Rubber City Open Invitational

The Rubber City Open Invitational, first played as the Rubber City Open in 1954, was the first PGA Tour event to be held at the storied Firestone Country Club in Akron, Ohio. The tournament, last played in 1959, was discontinued as Firestone gained national prominence and attracted bigger events beginning with hosting the 1960 PGA Championship, the American Golf Classic in 1961, and in 1962 the World Series of Golf now known as the WGC-Bridgestone Invitational.^[1]

Winners

Rubber City Open Invitational

• 1959 Tom Nieporte
• 1958 Art Wall, Jr.
• 1957 Arnold Palmer

Rubber City Open

• 1956 Ed Furgol
• 1955 Henry Ransom
• 1954 Tommy Bolt

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