| Location | Lutherville, Maryland |
|---|---|
| Establishment | 1950 |
| Course | Pine Ridge Golf Club |
| Par | 72 |
| Tour | PGA Tour |
| Format | Stroke play |
| Purse | US$35,000 |
| Month played | June |
| Final year | 1962 |
| Aggregate | 273 Dave Ragan (1959) 273 Gene Littler (1960) |
| To-par | −15 as above |
| Final champion | Doug Ford |
| Coordinates | 39.445°N 76.581°W |
The Eastern Open Invitational, first played as the Eastern Open, was a golf tournament on the PGA Tour that was played in Maryland in the 1950s and early 1960s. The first nine events were played at Mt. Pleasant Municipal Golf Club in Baltimore, an 18-hole par-71 public course designed by Gus Hook and opened in 1933.[1] For the next three years beginning with the 1959 event, the tournament moved to the new Pine Ridge Golf Club in Lutherville, three miles north of downtown Towson. This course, which overlooks the Loch Raven Reservoir, was built by Gus Hook in 1958.[2] The tournament moved back to Mt. Pleasant after the 1961 event.[3]
Winners
| Year | Winner | Score | To par | Margin of victory | Runner(s)-up | Winner's share ($) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Eastern Open Invitational | |||||||
| 1962 | Doug Ford | 279 | −9 | 1 stroke | Bob Goalby | 5,300 | |
| 1961 | Doug Sanders | 275 | −13 | 1 stroke | Ken Venturi | 5,300 | |
| 1960 | Gene Littler | 273 | −15 | 2 strokes | Gary Player | 3,500 | |
| 1959 | Dave Ragan | 273 | −15 | 1 stroke | Gene Littler | 2,800 | |
| 1958 | Art Wall Jr. | 276 | −12 | Playoff | Jack Burke Jr. Bob Rosburg | 2,800 | |
| 1957 | Tommy Bolt | 276 | −12 | 4 strokes | Billy Casper Fred Hawkins | 2,800 | |
| Eastern Open | |||||||
| 1956 | Arnold Palmer | 277 | −11 | 2 strokes | Dow Finsterwald | 3,800 | |
| 1955 | Frank Stranahan | 280 | −8 | 1 stroke | Art Wall Jr. | 3,000 | |
| 1954 | Bob Toski | 277 | −11 | 7 strokes | Jack Burke Jr. | 4,000 | |
| 1953 | Dick Mayer | 279 | −9 | 4 strokes | Charlie Bassler Doug Ford Chandler Harper | 2,400 | |
| 1952 | Sam Snead | 275 | −13 | 2 strokes | Ed Oliver | 2,400 | |
| 1951 | Cary Middlecoff | 279 | −9 | 1 stroke | Jerry Barber | 2,400 | |
| 1950 | Lloyd Mangrum | 279 | −9 | 2 strokes | Clayton Heafner | 2,600 | |
References
- ^ "Mt. Pleasant Golf Course". Retrieved 2007-12-07.
- ^ "Pine Ridge Golf Course". Archived from the original on 2008-02-14. Retrieved 2007-12-07.
- ^ "Mount Pleasant Golf Course". Archived from the original on 2016-02-28. Retrieved 2016-02-14.