Beaumont Open Invitational

Beaumont Open Invitational
Tournament information
LocationBeaumont, Texas
Established1961
Course(s)Tyrrell Park Municipal Golf Course
Par72
Length6,656 yards (6,086 m)
Tour(s)PGA Tour
FormatStroke play
Prize fundUS$20,000
Month playedNovember
Final year1962
Tournament record score
Aggregate277 Joe Campbell (1961)
To par−7 as above
Final champion
United States Dave Ragan
Location map
Terrell Park Municipal GC is located in the United States
Terrell Park Municipal GC
Terrell Park Municipal GC
Location in the United States
Terrell Park Municipal GC is located in Texas
Terrell Park Municipal GC
Terrell Park Municipal GC
Location in Texas

The Beaumont Open Invitational was a golf tournament on the PGA Tour that played for two years in the early 1960s at the Tyrrell Park Municipal Golf Course in Beaumont, Texas, an 18-hole, par-72, 6,656 yard city-owned course.[1][2][3]

The 1961 event was won on November 12[4] by 26-year-old Joe Campbell by one stroke over Beaumont native Bert Weaver. This was his first PGA Tour win.[1][4] The 1962 event was won on November 4 by 27-year-old Dave Ragan by three strokes over Dow Finsterwald, Don Massengale, and third round leader Lionel Hebert.[2][3]

The winner's share was $2,800 out of a total purse of $20,000 in both years.[3][4]

Winners

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Year Winner Score To par Margin of
victory
Runner(s)-up
1962 United States Dave Ragan 283 −5 3 strokes United States Dow Finsterwald
United States Lionel Hebert
United States Don Massengale
1961 United States Joe Campbell 277 −7 1 stroke United States Bert Weaver

References

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  1. ^ a b "1961 winners sorted by age". PGA Tour. Archived from the original on February 17, 2009. Retrieved March 7, 2010.
  2. ^ a b "1962 winners sorted by age". PGA Tour. Archived from the original on February 17, 2009. Retrieved March 7, 2010.
  3. ^ a b c "Hebert Tops Field in Beaumont Open". The Spokesman-Review. November 5, 1962. Retrieved March 7, 2010.[permanent dead link]
  4. ^ a b c "Campbell Takes Beaumont Open". The Florence Times. November 13, 1961. Retrieved July 14, 2015.