Motor City Open
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The PGA Tour record for the longest sudden-death playoff was established at the 1949 Motor City Open. Cary Middlecoff and Lloyd Mangrum played 11 holes at Meadowbrook Country Club in Northville, Michigan and were still stalemated when darkness arrived. Tournament officials, with their mutual consent, declared them joint winners.[1]
In 1955, the Motor City Open was originally to be played at Meadowbrook Country Club. This was abandoned however, when Meadowbrook's professional, Chick Harbert, won the PGA Championship in 1954. Meadowbrook petitioned for and won the opportunity to host the 1955 PGA Championship and, because of this development, the Motor City Open was not held in 1955. This is the only time that a defending champion of a major championship has hosted the tournament the following year.Script error: No such module "Unsubst".
In 2019, the Rocket Mortgage Classic at Detroit Golf Club in the city of Detroit replaced The National in the Washington, DC, metropolitan area.Script error: No such module "Unsubst".
Tournament hosts
- 1948, 1949, 1954, 1959 Meadowbrook Country Club (Northville, Michigan)
- 1950, 1952 Red Run Golf Club (Royal Oak, Michigan)
- 1956 Western Golf and Country Club (Redford, Michigan)
- 1962 Knollwood Country Club (West Bloomfield, Michigan)
Winners
| Year | Winner | Score | To par | Margin of victory |
Runner(s)-up |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1948 | Template:Flagicon Ben Hogan | 275 | −9 | Playoff | Template:Flagicon Dutch Harrison |
| 1949 | Template:Flagicon Lloyd Mangrum Template:Flagicon Cary Middlecoff |
273 | −11 | Title sharedTemplate:Efn | |
| 1950 | Template:Flagicon Lloyd Mangrum (2) | 274 | −14 | 1 stroke | Template:Flagicon Sam Snead |
| 1951: No tournament | |||||
| 1952 | Template:Flagicon Cary Middlecoff (2) | 274 | −14 | Playoff | Template:Flagicon Ted Kroll |
| 1953: No tournament | |||||
| 1954 | Template:Flagicon Cary Middlecoff (3) | 278 | −6 | 2 strokes | Template:Flagicon Tommy Bolt Template:Flagicon Marty Furgol Template:Flagicon Gene Littler |
| 1956 | Template:Flagicon Bob Rosburg | 284 | −4 | Playoff | Template:Flagicon Ed Furgol |
| 1957–58: No tournament | |||||
| 1959 | Template:Flagicon Mike Souchak | 268 | −16 | 9 strokes | Template:Flagicon Billy Casper Template:Flagicon Doug Ford |
| 1960–61: No tournament | |||||
| 1962 | Template:Flagicon Bruce Crampton | 267 | −17 | 3 strokes | Template:Flagicon Dave Hill Template:Flagicon Don Massengale |
References
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