Kansas City Open Invitational
The Kansas City Open Invitational, which played as the Kansas City Open for most of its history, was a golf tournament on the PGA Tour that was played in the greater Kansas City area in the late 1940s and 1950s. A total of four different clubs hosted the event. The first event was held at Kansas City's Swope Park Golf Course, now known as Swope Memorial Golf Course, and is the only public course in the Kansas City area ever to have hosted a PGA Tour event.[1] The Milburn Country Club in Overland Park, Kansas, a par-72, 18-hole championship course built in 1917, hosted the event five times. Kansas City's Hillcrest Country Club, a par-72, 18-hole course built in 1916, hosted the event three times. Two events were held at Blue Hills Country Club, which is also in Kansas City and was built in 1912.
Tournament hosts
| Years | Course |
|---|---|
| 1955, 1957–58 | Hillcrest Country Club |
| 1954, 1959 | Blue Hills Country Club |
| 1950–53, 1956 | Milburn Country Club |
| 1949 | Swope Park Golf Course |
Winners
Kansas City Open Invitational
- 1959 Dow Finsterwald
Kansas City Open
- 1958 Ernie Vossler
- 1957 Al Besselink
- 1956 Bo Wininger
- 1955 Dick Mayer
- 1954 Wally Ulrich
- 1953 Ed Oliver
- 1952 Cary Middlecoff
- 1951 Cary Middlecoff
- 1950 Lloyd Mangrum
- 1949 Jim Ferrier
References
- ↑ "Swope Memorial course information". Retrieved 2007-12-11.