St. Petersburg Open Invitational

Template:Short description Template:Short description The St. Petersburg Open Invitational, first played as the St. Petersburg Open, was a PGA Tour event that was held at three St. Petersburg, Florida area clubs for 29 years from 1930 until 1964. The clubs that hosted the event were: Lakewood Country Club (now known as St. Petersburg Country Club), Pasadena Country Club (now known as Pasadena Yacht and Country Club), and Sunset Golf Club of the Vinoy Park Hotel (now known as the Renaissance Vinoy Resort & Golf Club).

Bob Goalby won the 1961 event after making eight consecutive birdies in the final round, a PGA Tour record at the time. Other golfers tied Goalby's mark but nobody surpassed it till 2009. In 1963, Raymond Floyd won the event at 20 years 6 months of age becoming the youngest player to win a PGA Tour event since 1928.

Bruce Devlin, an Australian golfer who had recently moved to the United States, won the first of his eight PGA Tour titles at the last one in 1964. The tournament succumbed to financial pressure when the St. Petersburg City Council voted to postpone a decision on sponsorship of the 1965 event, and then Jacksonville announced the resumption of the Jacksonville Open during week the tournament was to be held.

Tournament hosts

Course	Years
Lakewood Country Club	1930 (co-host), 1933 (co-host), 1936 (co-host), 1938, 1940, 1942, 1948, 1952, 1955–56, 1959–60, 1962–64
Jungle Country Club	1930 (co-host)
Pasadena Country Club	1932, 1933 (co-host), 1934, 1936 (co-host), 1937, 1939, 1941, 1947, 1949–51, 1953, 1957–58, 1961
Sunset Golf Club at Vinoy Park	1946

Winners

Year	Winner	Score	To par	Margin of victory	Runner(s)-up	Winner's share ($)
St. Petersburg Open Invitational
1964	Template:Flagicon Bruce Devlin	272	−16	4 strokes	Template:Flagicon Dan Sikes	3,300
1963	Template:Flagicon Raymond Floyd	274	−14	1 stroke	Template:Flagicon Dave Marr	3,500
1962	Template:Flagicon Bobby Nichols	272	−16	2 strokes	Template:Flagicon Frank Boynton	2,800
1961	Template:Flagicon Bob Goalby	261	−23	3 strokes	Template:Flagicon Ted Kroll	2,800
1960	Template:Flagicon George Bayer	282	−6	Playoff	Template:Flagicon Jack Fleck	2,000
1959	Template:Flagicon Cary Middlecoff (2)	275	−13	3 strokes	Template:Flagicon Pete Cooper	2,000
1958	Template:Flagicon Arnold Palmer	276	−8	1 stroke	Template:Flagicon Dow Finsterwald Template:Flagicon Fred Hawkins	2,000
St. Petersburg Open
1957	Template:Flagicon Pete Cooper	269	−15	4 strokes	Template:Flagicon Jack Burke Jr.	1,700
1956	Template:Flagicon Mike Fetchick	275	−13	Playoff	Template:Flagicon Lionel Hebert	2,200
1955	Template:Flagicon Cary Middlecoff	274	−14	2 strokes	Template:Flagicon Jay Hebert	2,200
1954: No tournament
1953	Template:Flagicon Dutch Harrison	266	−18	1 stroke	Template:Flagicon Chick Harbert Template:Flagicon Dick Mayer	2,000
1952	Template:Flagicon Jack Burke Jr. (2)	266	−22	8 strokes	Template:Flagicon Al Besselink	2,000
1951	Template:Flagicon Jim Ferrier	268	−16	6 strokes	Template:Flagicon Al Brosch	2,000
1950	Template:Flagicon Jack Burke Jr.	272	−12	1 stroke	Template:Flagicon Chick Harbert	2,000
1949	Template:Flagicon Pete Cooper	275	−9	1 stroke	Template:Flagicon Cary Middlecoff	2,000
1948	Template:Flagicon Lawson Little	272	−16	3 strokes	Template:Flagicon Bobby Locke	2,000
1947	Template:Flagicon Jimmy Demaret (2)	280	−4	3 strokes	Template:Flagicon Jim Ferrier	2,000
1946	Template:Flagicon Ben Hogan	269	−15	5 strokes	Template:Flagicon Sam Snead	2,000
1943–1945: No tournament due to World War II
1942	Template:Flagicon Sam Snead (3)	286	−2	3 strokes	Template:Flagicon Sam Byrd Template:Flagicon Chick Harbert Template:Flagicon Byron Nelson	1,000
1941	Template:Flagicon Sam Snead (2)	279	−5	2 strokes	Template:Flagicon Herman Barron Template:Flagicon Chick Harbert Template:Flagicon Ben Hogan Template:Flagicon Jug McSpaden	1,200
1940	Template:Flagicon Jimmy Demaret	211	−2	1 stroke	Template:Flagicon Byron Nelson	700
1939	Template:Flagicon Sam Snead	207	−9	Playoff	Template:Flagicon Henry Picard	700
1938	Template:Flagicon Johnny Revolta	282	−2	Playoff	Template:Flagicon Chandler Harper	700
1937	Template:Flagicon Harry Cooper	284	−4	Playoff	Template:Flagicon Ralph Guldahl Template:Flagicon Horton Smith	700
1936	Template:Flagicon Leonard Dodson	283	−3	Playoff	Template:Flagicon Harry Cooper	500
1935: No tournament
1934	Template:Flagicon Paul Runyan	141	−3	3 strokes	Template:Flagicon Bill Mehlhorn	200
1933	Template:Flagicon Bob Stupple	144	+1	1 stroke	Template:Flagicon Denny Shute Template:Flagicon Al Watrous	275
1932	Template:Flagicon Willie Macfarlane	209	−7	1 stroke	Template:Flagicon Dave Hackney	500
1931: No tournament
1930	Template:Flagicon Jock Collins	141	+1	1 stroke	Template:Flagicon Horton Smith Template:Flagicon Frank Walsh	1,000