Orange County Open Invitational

Template:Short description Template:Refimprove Template:Short description The Orange County Open Invitational was a PGA Tour event that was played for four years at Mesa Verde Country Club in Costa Mesa, California during the late 1950s and early 1960s.

Construction began on the championship course at Mesa Verde Country Club in 1958 under the supervision of golf course designer William Francis Bell, and was officially opened in January 1959. Later that same year, the inaugural Orange County Open took place, which was won by Jay Hebert. The first permanent clubhouse was in place for the second event by the time Billy Casper took the trophy. The fourth and final tournament was held in 1962, and was won by Tony Lema after a grueling three-hole sudden death playoff with Bob Rosburg. Lema celebrated his victory by providing free champagne to members of the press in the clubhouse, a promise he had made the day before contingent upon winning. As a result of this and Lema's dashing good looks, the press dubbed him Champagne Tony from that day forth.

Winners

Year	Winner	Score	To par	Margin of victory	Runner(s)-up
1962	Template:Flagicon Tony Lema	267	−17	Playoff	Template:Flagicon Bob Rosburg
1961	Template:Flagicon Bob McCallister	278	−6	2 strokes	Template:Flagicon Jacky Cupit Template:Flagicon Don Fairfield Template:Flagicon Marty Furgol Template:Flagicon Al Geiberger Template:Flagicon Phil Rodgers
1960	Template:Flagicon Billy Casper	276	−8	1 stroke	Template:Flagicon Charlie Sifford
1959	Template:Flagicon Jay Hebert	273	−11	2 strokes	Template:Flagicon Jack Fleck Template:Flagicon Jerry Magee

References

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