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The Tall City Open was a golf tournament on the LPGA Tour from 1964 to 1968. [1] It was played in Midland, Texas at the Hogan Park Golf Club, except in 1967 when it was played at the Midland Country Club. At the inaugural Tall City Open, Wright shot a 62 in the third and final round. It was the lowest score in LPGA Tour history at that time. [2]
Jack Nicklaus' Golf My Way is published and rapidly becomes one of the best-selling sports books of all time. Tom Weiskopf strikes a 420-yard (384 m) drive in the greenside bunker on the 10th hole at Augusta National—the longest drive in Masters history. Muirfield Village Golf Club opens from a Desmond Muirhead/Jack Nicklaus design.
The Deer Creek Open was a professional golf tournament on the Ben Hogan Tour in 1990. Also known as the Ben Hogan Kansas City Classic, it was played at Deer Creek Golf Course in Overland Park, Kansas. [1] [2] In 1990 the winner earned $20,000.
Hogan helped to design the original plans for the Trophy Club Country Club golf course in Trophy Club and 18 of the course's 36 holes are designated as the "Hogan" Course. Hogan played on two U.S. Ryder Cup teams, 1947 and 1951, and captained the team three times, 1947, 1949, and 1967, famously claiming on the last occasion to have brought the ...
The Greater Jacksonville Open was a PGA Tour event that was played from 1945 until 1976.. Shortly after World War II, the Jacksonville Open began play as a PGA Tour event in Jacksonville, Florida at the Hyde Park Golf Club until it was discontinued in the mid-1950s.
From 1956–1972, the event returned to Los Angeles at Rancho Park Golf Course, with the exception of 1968, which was at Brookside Golf Course in Pasadena, adjacent to the Rose Bowl. [10] In early January 1962 , 21-year-old Jack Nicklaus made his professional debut at the Los Angeles Open – his 289 tied for 50th (last place after the cut) and ...
He attended Lincoln High School and was the San Francisco high school golf champion in 1948 and 1949. [6] Venturi also attended San José State University, where he was a member of the Spartan men's golf team from 1951 through 1953. [7] In the early 1950s, he was a pupil of Byron Nelson, and was also influenced by playing partner Ben Hogan.
The event was founded as a boys' golf tournament in 1935 at the Moor Park Golf Club by Austin Carris. The competition was adopted in 1988 by the English Golf Union as the English Boys Under 18 Open Amateur Stroke-Play Championship. [1]