Kentucky Derby Open

Kentucky Derby Open
Tournament information
Location	Louisville, Kentucky, U.S.
Established	1957
Course(s)	Seneca Golf Course
Par	71
Length	6,542 yards (5,982 m)
Tour(s)	PGA Tour
Format	Stroke play
Prize fund	$20,000
Month played	April, May
Final year	1959
Final champion
	Don Whitt, 274 (–10)

Louisville

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Location in the United States

Louisville

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Location in Kentucky

The Kentucky Derby Open was a PGA Tour event in Kentucky that was played at Seneca Golf Course in Louisville in the late 1950s.^[2] Gary Player won his first PGA Tour event at this tournament in April 1958.^[3]^[4]^[5] Seneca is a municipal course, located just northwest of Bowman Field.

Winners[]

Year	Winner	Score	To par	Margin of victory	Runner(s)-up	Winner's share ($)	Purse ($)	Notes
1959	Don Whitt	274	−10	1 stroke	Jim Ferree	2,800	20,000	^[1]^[6]
1958	Gary Player	274	−14	3 strokes	Chick Harbert Ernie Vossler	2,800	20,000	^[3]^[4]
1957	Billy Casper	277	−7	1 stroke	Peter Thomason	4,300	30,000	^[7]^[8]

References[]

^ ^a ^b "Whitt still hot, takes second tourney in week". Eugene Register-Guard. (Oregon). Associated Press. June 1, 1959. p. 3B.
^ "Tournament information from Arnold Palmer's official site". Archived from the original on 2007-09-12. Retrieved 2007-11-22.
^ ^a ^b "Gary Player golf winner". Eugene Register-Guard. (Oregon). Associated Press. April 21, 1958. p. 3B.
^ ^a ^b "Player walks in Locke's footsteps". Pittsburgh Press. United Press. April 21, 1958. p. 26.
^ "Seneca Golf Course". Retrieved 2007-11-22.
^ "Whitt wins Derby Open". Milwaukee Sentinel. June 1, 1958. p. 6, part 2.
^ "Casper picks up medicine money". Pittsburgh Press. United Press. April 29, 1957. p. 27.
^ "Bill Casper snares Derby golf tourney". Eugene Register-Guard. (Oregon). Associated Press. April 29, 1957. p. 2B.