West Palm Beach 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 West Palm Beach Open Invitational, first played as The West Palm Beach Open, was a PGA Tour event in the late 1950s and early 1960s. It was held at the West Palm Beach Country Club,[1] now known as the West Palm Beach Golf Course, an 18-hole, par-72 championship course established in 1921 and in its present location in the southwestern corner of West Palm Beach, Florida since 1947.[2]

The West Palm Beach Open was founded in 1954 as a 54-hole event with prize money of $2,000. Prize money increased to $5,000 in 1955 and $10,000 in 1956 and 1957. The 1957 event was run by the PGA.[3] From 1958 to 1962 the tournament was a 72-hole PGA Tour event with prize money of $15,000 from 1958 to 1960 and $20,000 in 1961 and 1962. From 1963 the event returned to being a local event. The 1963 tournament was over 54 holes with a first prize of $500.

Winners

Year TourTemplate:Efn Winner Score To par Margin of
victory		 Runner(s)-up Winner's
share ($)		 Ref.
West Palm Beach Open
1972 Template:Flagicon Wilf Homenuik Template:Flagicon [4]
1964–1971: No tournament
1963 Template:Flagicon Jim McCoy Template:Flagicon
West Palm Beach Open Invitational
1962 PGAT Template:Flagicon Dave Ragan 277 −11 Playoff Template:Flagicon Doug Sanders 2,800 [5]
1961 PGAT Template:Flagicon Gay Brewer 274 −14 4 strokes Template:Flagicon Arnold Palmer 2,800 [6]
1960 PGAT Template:Flagicon Johnny Pott 278 −10 3 strokes Template:Flagicon Sam Snead 2,000 [7]
1959 PGAT Template:Flagicon Arnold Palmer 281 −7 Playoff Template:Flagicon Gay Brewer
Template:Flagicon Pete Cooper		 2,000 [8]
1958 PGAT Template:Flagicon Pete Cooper 269 −19 Playoff Template:Flagicon Wes Ellis 2,000 [9]
1957 PGAT Template:Flagicon Al Balding 209 −7 1 stroke Template:Flagicon Dow Finsterwald
Template:Flagicon Bert Weaver		 1,200 [10]
West Palm Beach Open
1956 Template:Flagicon Gardner Dickinson Template:Flagicon
1955 Template:Flagicon Al Besselink Template:Flagicon
1954 Template:Flagicon Lloyd Wadkins Template:Flagicon

Notes

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