Denver Open Invitational
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The Denver Open Invitational was a golf
tournament on the PGA Tour
that was played intermittently in the Denver, Colorado
area from 1947 to 1963. Chi Chi Rodriguez won his first PGA Tour event at the 1963 tournament, which he calls his biggest thrill in golf.
Golf
Golf is a precision club and ball sport, in which competing players use many types of clubs to hit balls into a series of holes on a golf course using the fewest number of strokes....
tournament on the PGA Tour
PGA Tour
The PGA Tour is the organizer of the main men's professional golf tours in the United States and North America...
that was played intermittently in the Denver, Colorado
Denver, Colorado
The City and County of Denver is the capital and the most populous city of the U.S. state of Colorado. Denver is a consolidated city-county, located in the South Platte River Valley on the western edge of the High Plains just east of the Front Range of the Rocky Mountains...
area from 1947 to 1963. Chi Chi Rodriguez won his first PGA Tour event at the 1963 tournament, which he calls his biggest thrill in golf.
Winners
| Year | Winner | Venue |
|---|---|---|
| Denver Open Invitational | ||
| 1963 | Chi Chi Rodriguez | Denver Country Club |
| 1962 | Bob Goalby Bob Goalby Robert George Goalby is a former American professional golfer on the PGA Tour, who won the 1968 Masters Tournament, his lone major championship among 11 Tour wins achieved between 1958 and 1971.... |
Denver Country Club |
| 1961 | Dave Hill Dave Hill (golfer) James David Hill was an American professional golfer. He was the brother of golfer Mike Hill.Hill was born in Jackson, Michigan. He attended the University of Detroit, where he played on the golf team. Hill won 13 times on the PGA Tour, three of which came during his career year of 1969, when he... |
Meadow Hills Country Club |
| Denver Open | ||
| 1959-60 | No tournament | |
| 1958 | Tommy Jacobs Tommy Jacobs Keith Thomas Jacobs, Jr. is an American professional golfer and golf course owner/operator who has played on the PGA Tour and the Champions Tour... |
Wellshire Golf Club |
| 1949-57 | No tournament | |
| 1948 | Ben Hogan Ben Hogan William Ben Hogan was an American golfer, generally considered one of the greatest players in the history of the game... |
Wellshire Golf Club |
| 1947 | Lew Worsham Lew Worsham Lewis Elmer Worsham, Jr. was an American professional golfer.Worsham was born in Pittsylvania County, Virginia. In 1947, he won the U.S. Open by defeating Sam Snead in an 18-hole playoff at the St. Louis Country Club in Clayton, Missouri after the two men had finished tied at 282 in regulation.... |
Cherry Hills Country Club Cherry Hills Country Club Cherry Hills Country Club is a private country club in Cherry Hills Village, Colorado, a suburb of Denver. The club was founded in 1922 and designed by William Flynn. The club features a championship 18-hole golf course, a 9-hole par three course, eight tennis courts, and a lap pool... |