The Sioux City Open was a PGA Tour

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 event that was played for three years in the 1950s in Sioux City, Iowa

Sioux City, Iowa

Sioux City is a city in Plymouth and Woodbury counties in the western part of the U.S. state of Iowa. The population was 82,684 in the 2010 census, a decline from 85,013 in the 2000 census, which makes it currently the fourth largest city in the state....

. It was held at the Sioux City Boat Club, which was renamed the Two Rivers Golf Club in 1991.

The inaugural event was won by Jack Burke, Jr. with a score of 65-68-65-70 (268), after a final day battle with Sam Snead

Sam Snead

Samuel Jackson Snead was an American professional golfer who was one of the top players in the world for most of four decades. Snead won a record 82 PGA Tour events including seven majors. He failed to win a U.S...

. The winner's check was $2,600 out of a total purse of $15,000. Al Besselink

Al Besselink

Albert Cornelius Besselink is an American professional golfer who played on the PGA Tour in the 1950s and 1960s.Besselink grew up in Merchantville, New Jersey. He attended the University of Miami and was the first UM golfer to win a national tournament. He won the Southern Invitational...

 earned his first PGA Tour win at the final event.

Winners

• 1952   Al Besselink
  Al Besselink
  Albert Cornelius Besselink is an American professional golfer who played on the PGA Tour in the 1950s and 1960s.Besselink grew up in Merchantville, New Jersey. He attended the University of Miami and was the first UM golfer to win a national tournament. He won the Southern Invitational...
  
  
• 1951   Buck White
  Buck White (golfer)
  O'Neal "Buck" White is an American professional golfer who played on the PGA Tour.White was born in Memphis, Tennessee. White won three times on the PGA Tour between 1946 and 1951....
  
  
• 1950   Jack Burke, Jr.