Beaumont Open Invitational
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The Beaumont Open Invitational was a golf tournament on the PGA Tour that played for two years in the early 1960s at the Terrell Park Municipal Golf Course in Beaumont, Texas, an 18-hole, par-72, 6,656 yard city-owned course.[1][2][3]
The 1961 event was won by 26 year-old Joe Campbell by one stroke over Beaumont native Bert Weaver, and was the first PGA Tour win of his career.[1][4] The 1962 event was won by 27 year-old Dave Ragan by three strokes over Dow Finsterwald, Don Massengale, and third round leader Lionel Hebert.[2][3]
The winners share was $2,800 out of a total purse of $20,000 in both years.[3][4]
Winners
- 1962 Dave Ragan
- 1961 Joe Campbell
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 "1961 winners sorted by age". PGA Tour. Retrieved 2010-03-07.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 "1962 winners sorted by age". PGA Tour. Retrieved 2010-03-07.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 "Hebert Tops Field in Beaumont Open". The Spokesman-Review. November 4, 1962. Retrieved 2010-03-07.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 "Campbell Takes Beaumont Open". The Florence Times. November 12, 1961. Retrieved 2010-03-07.
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