Portland Open Invitational

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Portland Open Invitational
Tournament information
LocationPortland, Oregon
Established1944
CourseTemplate:Pluralize from textColumbia Edgewater Country Club
Par72
Length6,435 yards (5,884 m)[1]
TourTemplate:Pluralize from textPGA Tour
FormatStroke play
Prize fundTemplate:Currency
Month playedSeptember
Final year1966
Tournament record score
Aggregate261 Ben Hogan (1945)
To par–27 as above
Final champion
Template:Flagicon Bert Yancey
Location map
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The Portland Open Invitational was a professional golf tournament in the northwest United States on the PGA Tour, played in Portland, Oregon. Established by Robert A. Hudson with a $10,000 purse in 1944, it was played from 1944 to 1948 and again from 1959 to 1966. The event was hosted eight times at the Portland Golf Club,[2] and four times at the Columbia Edgewater Country Club.[3] First played as the Portland Open, the revived 1959 event played as the Portland Centennial Open Invitational, in honor of Oregon's centennial of statehood.[4]

Sam Snead won the inaugural event in 1944,[5] and Ben Hogan won in 1945 by fourteen strokes,[6][7] and also won the 1946 PGA Championship, then a match play event, held at the Portland Golf Club.[8] The club also hosted the Ryder Cup in 1947; the U.S. team was captained by Hogan and won 11–1. Hogan was a runner-up in 1948, a stroke back in an 18-hole playoff.[9][10]

The tournament was dominated by three-time winners Billy Casper (1959–61)[11] and Jack Nicklaus (1962, 1964–65).[12][13] Nicklaus' $3,500 win during his rookie season in 1962 concluded three weeks of victories;[14] he took the massive winner's share of $50,000 in the exhibition World Series of Golf in Ohio,[15][16] and then won his second tour title at the Seattle Open Invitational, which paid $4,300.[17][18] Both Casper and Nicklaus won at both courses.

Bert Yancey won the last edition in 1966 and took only 102 putts.[19] It stood as the tour's 72-hole record for fewest putts for over a decade, until Bob Menne had only 99 at the Tournament Players Championship in 1977,[20] but tied for 47th.[21]

Tournament hosts

Venue Years
Portland Golf Club 1944, 1945, 1947, 1948,
1959, 1960, 1964, 1965
Columbia Edgewater Country Club 1961, 1962, 1963, 1966

Winners

Year Winner Score To par Margin of
victory		 Runner(s)-up Purse
(US$)		 Winner's
share ($)		 Ref.
Portland Open Invitational
1966 Template:Flagicon Bert Yancey 271 −17 3 strokes Template:Flagicon Billy Casper 50,000 6,600 [19]
1965 Template:Flagicon Jack Nicklaus (3) 273 −15 3 strokes Template:Flagicon Dave Marr 50,000 6,600 [13]
1964 Template:Flagicon Jack Nicklaus (2) 275 −13 3 strokes Template:Flagicon Ken Venturi 40,000 5,800 [12]
1963 Template:Flagicon George Knudson 272 −16 Playoff Template:Flagicon Mason Rudolph 30,000 4,300 [22]
1962 Template:Flagicon Jack Nicklaus 269 −19 1 stroke Template:Flagicon George Bayer 25,000 3,500 [14]
1961 Template:Flagicon Billy Casper (3) 273 −15 1 stroke Template:Flagicon Dave Hill 25,000 3,500 [11]
1960 Template:Flagicon Billy Casper (2) 266 −22 2 strokes Template:Flagicon Paul Harney 27,500 2,800 [23]
Portland Centennial Open Invitational
1959 Template:Flagicon Billy Casper 269 −19 3 strokes Template:Flagicon Bob Duden
Template:Flagicon Dave Ragan		 20,000 2,800 [4]
Portland Open Invitational
1949–1958: No tournament
1948 Template:Flagicon Fred Haas 270 −18 Playoff Template:Flagicon Ben Hogan (2nd)
Template:Flagicon Johnny Palmer (3rd)		 15,000 2,450 [9][10]
1947 Template:Flagicon Charles Congdon 270 −18 6 strokes Template:Flagicon Clayton Heafner
Template:Flagicon Herman Keiser
Template:Flagicon Johnny Palmer
Template:Flagicon George Payton		 10,000 2,000 [24]
1946: No tournament'
1945 Template:Flagicon Ben Hogan 261 −27 14 strokes Template:Flagicon Byron Nelson 14,333 2,666 [6][7]
Portland Open
1944 Template:Flagicon Sam Snead 289 +1 2 strokes Template:Flagicon Mike Turnesa 16,000 2,675 [5]

Playoffs

  • 1948: 18-hole Monday playoff: Haas 70 (−2), Hogan 71 (−1), Palmer 75 (+3).[10]
  • 1963: Knudson chipped in for eagle on the first playoff hole, a par-5, for the win; Rudolph nearly matched it, but his bounced out.[22]

See also

References

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  1. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Kurtz, Larry (September 16, 1966). "Casper, trio have margin in Portland". Eugene Register-Guard. Oregon. p. 2B.
  2. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Golf & Tournament History". Portland Golf Club. Archived from the original on 2011-07-15. Retrieved 2009-06-07.
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  5. ^ a b Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Dunlap, John W. (November 27, 1945). "Sam Snead wins Portland Open". Eugene Register-Guard. Oregon. United Press. p. 8.
  6. ^ a b Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Ben Hogan wins Open with new PGA record". Eugene Register-Guard. Oregon. United Press. August 26, 1946. p. 6.
  7. ^ a b Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Hogan's record 261 wins Portland Open tournament". Spokesman-Review. Spokane, Washington. Associated Press. October 1, 1945. p. 9.
  8. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Strite, Dick (August 26, 1946). "Ben Hogan stages great comeback to take PGA title from Ed Oliver". Eugene Register-Guard. Oregon. p. 2.
  9. ^ a b Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Portland Open ends in tie". Eugene Register-Guard. Oregon. Associated Press. October 4, 1948. p. 11.
  10. ^ a b c Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Fred Haas tops Portland Open". Eugene Register-Guard. Oregon. United Press. October 5, 1948. p. 18.
  11. ^ a b Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Casper beats out Hill for Oregon title". Chicago Daily Tribune. Associated Press. September 25, 1961. p. 3, sec. 4.
  12. ^ a b Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Nicklaus overtakes Venturi to triumph". Eugene Register-Guard. Oregon. Associated Press. September 21, 1964. p. 4B.
  13. ^ a b Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Jack wins; sets PGA loot record". Spokesman-Review. Spokesman-Review. Associated Press. September 20, 1965. p. 11.
  14. ^ a b Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Open won in Portland by Nicklaus". Eugene Register-Guard. Oregon. UPI. September 24, 1962. p. 2B.
  15. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."World Series won by Jack". Eugene Register-Guard. Oregon. Associated Press. September 10, 1962. p. 3B.
  16. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Nicklaus wins $75,000 exhibition; Palmer fades". Chicago Daily Tribune. Associated Press. September 10, 1962. p. 1, sec. 4.
  17. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Nicklaus wins Seattle Open". Eugene Register-Guard. Oregon. Associated Press. September 17, 1962. p. 3B.
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  19. ^ a b Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Wetzel, Frank (September 19, 1966). "Putts propel Bert Yancey to Open title". Eugene Register-Guard. Oregon. Associated Press. p. 3B.
  20. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Missildine, Harry (May 22, 1977). "Putting game? you want to bet?". Spokesman-Review. Spokane, Washington. p. D1.
  21. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."While leaders stumble, Mark Hayes eases home". Spokesman-Review. Spokane, Washington. Associated Press. March 21, 1977. p. 17.
  22. ^ a b Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Knudson winner of Portland Open". Eugene Register-Guard. Oregon. Associated Press. September 23, 1963. p. 6B.
  23. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Casper cops first place at Portland". Spokesman-Review. Spokane, Washington. Associated Press. September 26, 1960. p. 11.
  24. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Strite, Dick (August 18, 1947). "Washington golfer garners Open". Eugene Register-Guard. Oregon. p. 5.

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