Mayfair Inn Open
Encyclopedia
The Mayfair Inn Open was a PGA Tour
event that was played for four years in the 1950s. The Mayfair Inn was a 155-room resort hotel on the shores of Lake Monroe
in Sanford, Florida
known for its opulence and isolation. The PGA Tour event was played from 1955–1958 at the Mayfair Country Club adjacent to the hotel. The hotel closed in the early 1960s.
PGA Tour
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event that was played for four years in the 1950s. The Mayfair Inn was a 155-room resort hotel on the shores of Lake Monroe
Lake Monroe (Florida)
Lake Monroe is one of the lakes that make up the St. Johns River system. The port city of Sanford is situated along the southern shore, while DeBary and Deltona are located along the northern shore. Two major central Florida roadways that run near the lake are State Road 415 and Interstate 4...
in Sanford, Florida
Sanford, Florida
Sanford is a city in, and the county seat of, Seminole County, Florida, United States. The population was 38,291 at the 2000 census. As of 2009, the population recorded by the U.S. Census Bureau was 50,998...
known for its opulence and isolation. The PGA Tour event was played from 1955–1958 at the Mayfair Country Club adjacent to the hotel. The hotel closed in the early 1960s.
Winners
- 1958 George BayerGeorge BayerGeorge Bayer was an American professional golfer who played on the PGA Tour and the Senior PGA Tour....
- 1957 Walter BurkemoWalter BurkemoWalter E. Burkemo was an American professional golfer, best known for winning the 1953 PGA Championship....
- 1956 Mike FetchickMike FetchickMichael Fetchick is an American professional golfer who played on the PGA Tour and the Senior PGA Tour.Fetchick was born in Yonkers, New York. He turned pro in 1950 and joined the PGA Tour in 1952. He won the 1956 Western Open at The Presidio in San Francisco in an 18-hole playoff over Doug Ford,...
- 1955 Al BaldingAl BaldingAllan George Balding was a Canadian professional golfer, who won four events on the PGA Tour. In 1955 he became the first Canadian to win a PGA Tour event in the United States; Canadians Ken Black and Jules Huot had won PGA Tour events in Canada in the 1930s.Balding was born in Toronto,...