The Seattle Open Invitational was one of the names of a PGA Tour

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 event that played on an irregular basis under several names over the course of several decades at several clubs in the greater Seattle, Washington

Seattle, Washington

Seattle is the county seat of King County, Washington. With 608,660 residents as of the 2010 Census, Seattle is the largest city in the Northwestern United States. The Seattle metropolitan area of about 3.4 million inhabitants is the 15th largest metropolitan area in the country...

 area. The first tournament was held in 1936 at Inglewood and played as the Seattle Open. Macdonald Smith

Macdonald Smith

Macdonald "Mac" Smith was one of the top golfers in the world from about 1910 to the mid 1930s. He was a member of a famous Scottish golfing family....

 won by shooting a then course-record 65 in an 18-hole playoff with Ralph Guldahl

Ralph Guldahl

Ralph J. Guldahl was an American professional golfer who was one of the top players in the sport for three years in the late 1930s.-Early life until 1939:Guldahl was born in Dallas, Texas...

. The second Seattle Open was played in 1945 at Broadmoor and won by Byron Nelson

Byron Nelson

John Byron Nelson, Jr. was an American PGA Tour golfer between 1935 and 1946.Nelson and two other well known golfers of the time, Ben Hogan and Sam Snead, were born within seven months of each other in 1912...

 with a tour record 21-under-par 259.

In 1961, the Greater Seattle Open Invitational was played at Broadmoor and won by Dave Marr

Dave Marr

David Francis Marr, Jr. was an American professional golfer and sportscaster, best known for winning the 1965 PGA Championship.-Early years:...

 in a playoff over Bob Rosburg

Bob Rosburg

Robert Reginald "Rossie" Rosburg was an American professional golfer who later became a sports color analyst for ABC television.-Early years, college:Rosburg was born in San Francisco, California...

 and Jacky Cupit

Jacky Cupit

Jacky D. Cupit is an American professional golfer who has played on both the PGA Tour and the Senior PGA Tour ....

. In 1962, the tournament played as the Seattle World's Fair Open Invitational as part of the regions celebration of the 1962 Seattle World's Fair. It was the second PGA Tour event won by a young rookie from Ohio

Ohio

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 named Jack Nicklaus

Jack Nicklaus

Jack William Nicklaus , nicknamed "The Golden Bear", is an American professional golfer. He won 18 career major championships on the PGA Tour over a span of 25 years and is widely regarded as one of the greatest professional golfers of all time. In addition to his 18 Majors, he was runner-up a...

. The last event, played in 1966 under the name Greater Seattle-Everett Classic, was held at the Everett Country Club and won by Homero Blancas

Homero Blancas

Homero Blancas, Jr. is an American professional golfer who has played on both the PGA Tour and the Senior PGA Tour ....

 by one stroke over Jacky Cupit.

Tournament hosts

Years	Course
1966	Everett Country Club
1965, 1963, 1936	Inglewood Country Club
1964, 1962, 1961, 1945	Broadmoor Golf Club Broadmoor Golf Club, Seattle Broadmoor Golf Club is a private golf club founded in 1924 and located in Seattle, Washington.Broadmoor is a tribute to designer/builder A. Vernon "Mac" Macan a leading golf course architect of the time. Born in Dublin, Ireland in 1882, Vernon was a highly educated man attending Shrewsbury and...

Winners

Greater Seattle-Everett Classic

• 1966 Homero Blancas
  Homero Blancas
  Homero Blancas, Jr. is an American professional golfer who has played on both the PGA Tour and the Senior PGA Tour ....
  
  

Greater Seattle Open Invitational

• 1965 Gay Brewer
  Gay Brewer
  Gay Robert Brewer, Jr. was an American professional golfer who played on the PGA Tour and won the 1967 Masters Tournament....
  
  
• 1964 Billy Casper
  Billy Casper
  William Earl Casper, Jr. is an American professional golfer who was one of the most prolific tournament winners on the PGA Tour from the mid 1950s to the mid 1970s.-Early years:...
  
  

Seattle Open Invitational

• 1963 Bobby Nichols
  Bobby Nichols
  Robert Herman Nichols is an American professional golfer, best known for winning the 1964 PGA Championship.Nichols was born in Louisville, Kentucky. He attended St. Xavier High School in Louisville and later played golf at Texas A&M University were his team won the Southwest Conference Championship...
  
  

Seattle World's Fair Open Invitational

• 1962 Jack Nicklaus
  Jack Nicklaus
  Jack William Nicklaus , nicknamed "The Golden Bear", is an American professional golfer. He won 18 career major championships on the PGA Tour over a span of 25 years and is widely regarded as one of the greatest professional golfers of all time. In addition to his 18 Majors, he was runner-up a...
  
  

Greater Seattle Open Invitational

• 1961 Dave Marr
  Dave Marr
  David Francis Marr, Jr. was an American professional golfer and sportscaster, best known for winning the 1965 PGA Championship.-Early years:...
  
  

Seattle Open

• 1945 Byron Nelson
  Byron Nelson
  John Byron Nelson, Jr. was an American PGA Tour golfer between 1935 and 1946.Nelson and two other well known golfers of the time, Ben Hogan and Sam Snead, were born within seven months of each other in 1912...
  
  
• 1936 Macdonald Smith
  Macdonald Smith
  Macdonald "Mac" Smith was one of the top golfers in the world from about 1910 to the mid 1930s. He was a member of a famous Scottish golfing family....