Fort Wayne Open

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This article is about the former Nationwide Tour event. For the former PGA Tour event, see Fort Wayne Open (PGA Tour event). For the former LPGA Tour event, see Fort Wayne Open (LPGA Tour).
Fort Wayne Open
Tournament information
LocationFort Wayne, Indiana
Established1990
Course(s)Orchard Ridge CC (1990–1991)
Brookwood CC (1992)
Tour(s)Ben Hogan Tour
Format54-holes stroke play
Final year1991
Tournament record score
Aggregate197 Dick Mast (1990)
To par−16 Dick Mast (1990)
−16 Russell Beiersdorf (1992)
−16 (1992)
Final champion
Russell Beiersdorf

The Fort Wayne Open was a professional golf tournament on the Ben Hogan Tour that was played in Fort Wayne, Indiana from 1990 to 1992. It was played at in 1990 and 1991, and at in 1992.

In 1990, Steve Brodie hit the first double eagle in any Ben Hogan Tour event, which was also the only double eagle on that Tour that year.[1] In 1992, the winner earned $25,000.

Winners[]

Year Winner Score Margin of
victory		 Runner(s)-up Ref
1992 United States Russell Beiersdorf 200 (−16) Playoff[a] United States [2]
1991 United States Bob Friend 201 (−12) Playoff[b] Canada Jerry Anderson
United States 		[3]
1990 United States Dick Mast 197 (−16) 3 strokes United States Jim McGovern [4]
  1. ^ Beiersdorf won with a birdie on the first hole of a sudden-death playoff.
  2. ^ Friend won with a birdie on the fourth hole in a sudden-death playoff.

See also[]

  • History of sports in Fort Wayne, Indiana

References[]

  1. ^ "Nationwide Tour Stats". The Worldwide Registry for Double Eagles Scored. Double Eagle Club. Archived from the original on 2011-07-26. Retrieved May 27, 2010.
  2. ^ "Beiersdorf waits out rain to collect win". Sioux City Journal. Sioux City, Iowa. July 13, 1992. p. 11. Retrieved September 3, 2020 – via Newspapers.com.
  3. ^ "Friend wins playoff at Fort Wayne Open". The Palm Beach Post. West Palm Beach, Florida. June 24, 1991. p. 19. Retrieved September 3, 2020 – via Newspapers.com.
  4. ^ "Mast wins Ben Hogan Fort Wayne Open". The Palm Beach Post. West Palm Beach, Florida. June 18, 1990. p. 54. Retrieved September 3, 2020 – via Newspapers.com.


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