Danny Thomas-Diplomat Classic

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Danny Thomas-Diplomat Classic
Tournament information
LocationHallandale, Florida, U.S.
Established1969
Course(s)Diplomat Presidential
Country Club
Par72
Length6,964 yards (6,368 m)
Tour(s)PGA Tour
FormatStroke play - 72 holes
Prize fund$125,000
Month playedDecember
Final year1969
Tournament record score
Aggregate270 Arnold Palmer
To par−18 as above
Final champion
United States Arnold Palmer

The Danny Thomas-Diplomat Classic was a golf tournament in south Florida on the PGA Tour that was played only once, in early December 1969. Held at Diplomat Presidential Country Club, between Miami and Fort Lauderdale,[1] it had a $125,000 purse and a winner's share of $25,000.[2] The last event of the year, it was played opposite a satellite event, the West End Classic in The Bahamas.

Six strokes back at the start of the final round, Arnold Palmer shot 65 (−7) and won by two strokes over runner-up Gay Brewer, the leader after each of the first three rounds.[1][2][3] It was consecutive victories for the forty-year-old Palmer, who had broken a winless drought the previous week at the new Heritage Classic in southern South Carolina.[4]

Although this tournament played for only one year, Danny Thomas continued to lend his name to a PGA Tour event for the next fifteen years (1970–84), at the Danny Thomas Memphis Classic in southwest Tennessee.

Winner[]

References[]

  1. ^ a b "Arnie's charge carries away Diplomat's trophy". St. Petersburg Times. (Florida). Associated Press. December 8, 1969. p. 1C.
  2. ^ a b "Arnie charges to victory". Spokane Daily Chronicle. (Washington). Associated Press. December 8, 1969. p. 18.
  3. ^ "tournament information from Arnold Palmer's website". Archived from the original on 2007-09-12. Retrieved 2009-05-18.
  4. ^ "Comeback of the year: Palmer ends long slump". St. Petersburg Times. (Florida). Associated Press. December 1, 1969. p. 1C.

Coordinates: 25°59′N 80°08′W / 25.99°N 80.13°W / 25.99; -80.13

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