Kentucky Derby Open
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The Kentucky Derby Open was a PGA Tour
event that was played at Seneca Golf Course in Louisville, Kentucky
in the late 1950s. Golf legend Gary Player
won his first PGA Tour event at this tournament in 1958.
PGA Tour
The PGA Tour is the organizer of the main men's professional golf tours in the United States and North America...
event that was played at Seneca Golf Course in Louisville, Kentucky
Louisville, Kentucky
Louisville is the largest city in the U.S. state of Kentucky, and the county seat of Jefferson County. Since 2003, the city's borders have been coterminous with those of the county because of a city-county merger. The city's population at the 2010 census was 741,096...
in the late 1950s. Golf legend Gary Player
Gary Player
Gary Player DMS; OIG is a South African professional golfer. With his nine major championship victories, he is widely regarded as one of the greatest players in the history of golf. He was inducted into the World Golf Hall of Fame in 1974. Player has won 165 tournaments on six continents over six...
won his first PGA Tour event at this tournament in 1958.