Thunderbird Invitational

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Template:Short description Template:Short description Script error: No such module "Infobox".Template:Template otherScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". The Thunderbird Invitational was a professional golf tournament on the PGA Tour, played from 1952 to 1959 in Rancho Mirage, California.[1][2][3] Held in late January at Thunderbird Country Club, the tournament's purse was a modest $15,000; it was the direct predecessor of the Desert Classic, which began in 1960. Thunderbird hosted the Ryder Cup in 1955.[4][5]

Arnold Palmer, 29, was the event's final champion in 1959;[6][3] he won the next year at the first edition of the "Palm Springs Desert Classic," which had a $100,000 purse and a winner's share of 12,000, his largest tour check to date.[7]

Ken Venturi, 26, won the 1958 event and was awarded a $1,500 check and a $4,500 automobile.[8] He backed it up with another win the following week at Phoenix.[9]

Jimmy Demaret won the event three times; his first was a 54-hole midweek event in 1953,[10][11] and the last was an 18-hole playoff on Monday in 1957 for consecutive titles.[12][13]

The 1952 event was a 36 hole pro-am, played midweek. Dutch Harrison won the best-ball while Jim Ferrier and Cary Middlecoff had the best professional scores.[14][15]

Winners

Year Winner Score To par Margin of
victory		 Runner(s)-up Winner's
share ($)		 Ref.
1959 Template:Flagicon Arnold Palmer 266 −18 3 strokes Template:Flagicon Jimmy Demaret
Template:Flagicon Ken Venturi		 1,500 [6][3]
1958 Template:Flagicon Ken Venturi 269 −15 4 strokes Template:Flagicon Jimmy Demaret
Template:Flagicon Gene Littler		 1,500 [8]
1957 Template:Flagicon Jimmy Demaret (3) 273 −11 Playoff Template:Flagicon Mike Souchak
Template:Flagicon Ken Venturi		 2,000 [12][13]
1956 Template:Flagicon Jimmy Demaret (2) 269 −15 1 stroke Template:Flagicon Cary Middlecoff 2,000 [16]
1955 Template:Flagicon Shelley Mayfield 270 −18 Playoff Template:Flagicon Fred Haas
Template:Flagicon Mike Souchak		 2,000 [17]
1954 Template:Flagicon Fred Haas 268 −20 2 strokes Template:Flagicon Marty Furgol
Template:Flagicon Chandler Harper
Template:Flagicon Bo Wininger		 2,000 [2]
1953 Template:Flagicon Jimmy Demaret 201 −15 2 strokes Template:Flagicon Ben Hogan
Template:Flagicon Lloyd Mangrum
Template:Flagicon Jim Turnesa		 1,500 [10][11]

Playoffs

In 1953 it was over 54 holes, midweek. In 1955 Mayfield won with a birdie on second extra hole after 18-hole playoff. Mayfield and Souchak scored 69, Haas 70. In 1957 Demaret won after an 18-hole playoff, scoring 67, Souchak scored 75 and Venturi 76.

References

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