Seattle Open Invitational

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Template:Short description Template:Short description Script error: No such module "Infobox".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". The Seattle Open Invitational was a professional golf tournament on the PGA Tour in the northwest United States, in the greater Seattle area. It was played eight times over three decades under five names at three locations.

History

The first Seattle Open was held Script error: No such module "Time ago". in 1936 at Inglewood Golf Club in Kenmore in early August. Macdonald Smith won an 18-hole playoff with a course record 65 (–8), six strokes ahead of runner-up Ralph Guldahl,[1][2][3] who won the next two U.S Opens (1937, 1938) and the Masters in 1939. The next Seattle Open was played nine years later in October 1945 at Broadmoor Golf Club in Seattle and won by Byron Nelson, with a world record 259 (–21) and a victory margin of 13 strokes.[4][5] He won a record eighteen tournaments in 1945, including eleven consecutive.

Sixteen years later, the tour returned to Seattle in 1961 at Broadmoor in mid-September with the Greater Seattle Open Invitational. Dave Marr won in a sudden-death playoff, over Bob Rosburg and Jacky Cupit; Marr shot a final round 63 (–7) and birdied the first extra hole to win.[6] In 1962, it was renamed the Seattle World's Fair Open Invitational as part of the region's celebration of the 1962 Seattle World's Fair. The victor by two strokes was a 22-year-old rookie from Ohio named Jack Nicklaus.[7][8] It was his second tour win and first non-major, following a playoff victory over Arnold Palmer in June at the U.S. Open at Oakmont. Nicklaus had won $50,000 in the exhibition World Series of Golf the week before,[9][10] and won in Portland the following week for his third tour title.[11]

The last event in 1966, the Greater Seattle-Everett Classic, was held at the Everett Golf & Country Club. It was won by Homero Blancas, one stroke ahead of Cupit, a two-time runner-up.[12][13]

Inglewood later hosted the GTE Northwest Classic on the Senior PGA Tour, from 1987 through 1995.

Venues

Years Course Par Location Coordinates
1966 Everett Golf & Country Club 71 Everett Script error: No such module "Coordinates".
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1945, 1961, 1962, 1964 Broadmoor Golf Club 70 Seattle Script error: No such module "Coordinates".

Winners

Year Winner Score To par Margin of
victory		 Runner(s)-up Purse
(US$)		 Winner's
share ($)		 Ref.
Greater Seattle-Everett Classic
1966 Template:Flagicon Homero Blancas 266 −18 1 stroke Template:Flagicon Jacky Cupit 50,000 6,600 [12]
Greater Seattle Open Invitational
1965 Template:Flagicon Gay Brewer 279 −9 Playoff Template:Flagicon Doug Sanders 45,000 6,600 [14]
1964 Template:Flagicon Billy Casper 265 −15 2 strokes Template:Flagicon Mason Rudolph 40,000 5,800 [15]
Seattle Open Invitational
1963 Template:Flagicon Bobby Nichols 272 −16 2 strokes Template:Flagicon Raymond Floyd
Template:Flagicon Stan Leonard		 35,000 5,300 [16]
Seattle World's Fair Open Invitational
1962 Template:Flagicon Jack Nicklaus 265 −15 2 strokes Template:Flagicon Tony Lema 30,000 4,300 [7][8]
Greater Seattle Open Invitational
1961 Template:Flagicon Dave Marr 265 −15 Playoff Template:Flagicon Jacky Cupit
Template:Flagicon Bob Rosburg		 25,000 3,500 [6]
Seattle Open
1946–1960: No tournament
1945 Template:Flagicon Byron Nelson 259 −21 13 strokes Template:Flagicon Harry Givan (a)
Template:Flagicon Jug McSpaden		 10,250 2,000 [4][5]
1937–1944: No tournament
1936 Template:Flagicon Macdonald Smith 285 −7 Playoff Template:Flagicon Ralph Guldahl 5,000 1,200 [1][2][3]

Playoffs

  • 1936: 18-hole playoff, Smith 65 (–8), Guldahl 71 (–2).[1][2][3]
  • 1961: Marr sank a Script error: No such module "convert". birdie putt on the first playoff hole, a par-5, for the win.[6]
  • 1965: Brewer had a tap-in par on the first playoff hole, a par-4, and Sanders bogeyed.[14]

Notes

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References

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