Beaumont Open Invitational
The Beaumont Open Invitational was a golf tournament on the PGA Tour that played for two years in the early 1960s at the Terrell 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
- 1962 Dave Ragan
- 1961 Joe Campbell
References
- 1 2 "1961 winners sorted by age". PGA Tour. Archived from the original on February 17, 2009. Retrieved March 7, 2010.
- 1 2 "1962 winners sorted by age". PGA Tour. Archived from the original on February 17, 2009. Retrieved March 7, 2010.
- 1 2 3 "Hebert Tops Field in Beaumont Open". The Spokesman-Review. November 5, 1962. Retrieved March 7, 2010.
- 1 2 3 "Campbell Takes Beaumont Open". The Florence Times. November 13, 1961. Retrieved July 14, 2015.
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