Portland Open Invitational

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Portland Open Invitational
Tournament information
LocationPortland, Oregon
Established1944
Course(s)Portland Golf Club,
Columbia Edgewater
Country Club
Par72
Length6,445 yards (5,893 m)
(PGC in 1965)[1]
6,435 yards (5,884 m)
(CECC in 1966)[2]
Tour(s)PGA Tour
FormatStroke play
Prize fund$50,000
Month playedSeptember
Final year1966
Tournament record score
Aggregate261 Ben Hogan (1945)
To par–27 Ben Hogan (1945)[3]
Final champion
United States Bert Yancey
Portland is located in the United States
Portland
Portland
Location in the United States
Portland is located in Oregon
Portland
Portland
Location in Oregon

The Portland Open Invitational was a professional golf tournament in the northwest United States on the PGA Tour, played in Portland, Oregon. Established by Robert A. Hudson with a $10,000 purse in 1944, it was played from 1944 to 1948 and again from 1959 to 1966. The event was hosted eight times at the Portland Golf Club,[4] and four times at the Columbia Edgewater Country Club.[5] First played as the Portland Open, the revived 1959 event played as the Portland Centennial Open Invitational, in honor of Oregon's centennial of statehood.[6]

Sam Snead won the inaugural event in 1944,[7] and Ben Hogan won in 1945 by fourteen strokes,[3][8] and also won the 1946 PGA Championship, then a match play event, held at the Portland Golf Club.[9] The club also hosted the Ryder Cup in 1947; the U.S. team was captained by Hogan and won 11–1. Hogan was a runner-up in 1948, a stroke back in an 18-hole playoff.[10][11]

The tournament was dominated by three-time winners Billy Casper (1959–61)[12] and Jack Nicklaus (1962, 1964–65).[13][14] Nicklaus' $3,500 win during his rookie season in 1962 concluded three weeks of victories;[15] he took the massive winner's share of $50,000 in the exhibition World Series of Golf in Ohio,[16][17] and then won his second tour title at the Seattle Open Invitational, which paid $4,300.[18][19] Both Casper and Nicklaus won at both courses.

Bert Yancey won the last edition in 1966 and took only 102 putts.[20] It stood as the tour's 72-hole record for fewest putts for over a decade, until Bob Menne had only 99 at the Tournament Players Championship in 1977,[21] but tied for 47th.[22]

Tournament hosts[]

Venue Years
Portland Golf Club 1944, 1945, 1947, 1948,
1959, 1960, 1964, 1965
Columbia Edgewater Country Club 1961, 1962, 1963, 1966

Winners[]

Year Date Winner Country Score To par Margin
of victory		 Runner(s)-up Winner's
share ($)		 Purse ($) Notes
Portland Open Invitational
1966 Sep 18 Bert Yancey  United States 271 −17 3 strokes United States Billy Casper 6,600 50,000 [20]
1965 Sep 19 Jack Nicklaus (3)  United States 273 −15 3 strokes United States Dave Marr 6,600 50,000 [14]
1964 Sep 20 Jack Nicklaus (2)  United States 275 −13 3 strokes United States Ken Venturi 5,800 40,000 [13]
1963 Sep 22 George Knudson  Canada 272 −16 Playoff United States Mason Rudolph 4,300 30,000 [23]
1962 Sep 23 Jack Nicklaus  United States 269 −19 1 stroke United States George Bayer 3,500 25,000 [15]
1961 Sep 24 Billy Casper (3)  United States 273 −15 1 stroke United States Dave Hill 3,500 25,000 [12]
1960 Sep 25 Billy Casper (2)  United States 266 −22 2 strokes United States Paul Harney 2,800 27,500 [24]
Portland Centennial Open Invitational
1959 Oct 4 Billy Casper  United States 269 −19 3 strokes United States Bob Duden
United States Dave Ragan		 2,800 20,000 [6]
Portland Open Invitational
1949–1958 No tournament
1948 Oct 3 Fred Haas  United States 270 −18 Playoff United States Ben Hogan (2nd)
United States Johnny Palmer (3rd)		 2,450 15,000 [10][11]
1947 Aug 17 Charles Congdon  United States 270 −18 6 strokes United States Clayton Heafner
United States Herman Keiser
United States Johnny Palmer
United States George Payton		 2,000 10,000 [25]
1946 No tournament, hosted  PGA Championship
1945 Sep 30 Ben Hogan  United States 261 −27 14 strokes United States Byron Nelson 2,666 14,333 [3][8]
Portland Open
1944 Nov 26 Sam Snead  United States 289 +1 2 strokes United States Mike Turnesa 2,675 16,000 [7]

Playoffs[]

  • 1963: Knudson chipped in for eagle on the first playoff hole, a par-5, for the win; Rudolph nearly matched it, but his bounced out.[23]
  • 1948: 18-hole Monday playoff: Haas 70 (−2), Hogan 71 (−1), Palmer 75 (+3).[11]

See also[]

References[]

  1. ^ "Nicklaus storms into lead in Portland golf tourney". Spokesman-Review. (Spokane, Washington). Associated Press. September 19, 1965. p. 7, sports.
  2. ^ Kurtz, Larry (September 16, 1966). "Casper, trio have margin in Portland". Eugene Register-Guard. (Oregon). p. 2B.
  3. ^ Jump up to: a b c "Ben Hogan wins Open with new PGA record". Eugene Register-Guard. (Oregon). United Press. August 26, 1946. p. 6.
  4. ^ "Golf & Tournament History". Portland Golf Club. Archived from the original on 2011-07-15. Retrieved 2009-06-07.
  5. ^ Tradition finds new home, title sponsor Archived 2008-09-05 at the Wayback Machine
  6. ^ Jump up to: a b Harvey, Paul, III (October 5, 1959). "Billy Casper Open winner by 3 strokes". Eugene Register-Guard. (Oregon). Associated Press. p. 2B.
  7. ^ Jump up to: a b Dunlap, John W. (November 27, 1945). "Sam Snead wins Portland Open". Eugene Register-Guard. (Oregon). United Press. p. 8.
  8. ^ Jump up to: a b "Hogan's record 261 wins Portland Open tournament". Spokesman-Review. (Spokane, Washington). Associated Press. October 1, 1945. p. 9.
  9. ^ Strite, Dick (August 26, 1946). "Ben Hogan stages great comeback to take PGA title from Ed Oliver". Eugene Register-Guard. (Oregon). p. 2.
  10. ^ Jump up to: a b "Portland Open ends in tie". Eugene Register-Guard. (Oregon). Associated Press. October 4, 1948. p. 11.
  11. ^ Jump up to: a b c "Fred Haas tops Portland Open". Eugene Register-Guard. (Oregon). United Press. October 5, 1948. p. 18.
  12. ^ Jump up to: a b "Casper beats out Hill for Oregon title". Chicago Daily Tribune. Associated Press. September 25, 1961. p. 3, sec. 4.
  13. ^ Jump up to: a b "Nicklaus overtakes Venturi to triumph". Eugene Register-Guard. (Oregon). Associated Press. September 21, 1964. p. 4B.
  14. ^ Jump up to: a b "Jack wins; sets PGA loot record". Spokesman-Review. (Spokesman-Review). Associated Press. September 20, 1965. p. 11.
  15. ^ Jump up to: a b "Open won in Portland by Nicklaus". Eugene Register-Guard. (Oregon). UPI. September 24, 1962. p. 2B.
  16. ^ "World Series won by Jack". Eugene Register-Guard. (Oregon). Associated Press. September 10, 1962. p. 3B.
  17. ^ "Nicklaus wins $75,000 exhibition; Palmer fades". Chicago Daily Tribune. Associated Press. September 10, 1962. p. 1, sec. 4.
  18. ^ "Nicklaus wins Seattle Open". Eugene Register-Guard. (Oregon). Associated Press. September 17, 1962. p. 3B.
  19. ^ "Nicklaus wins Seattle Open by 2 strokes". Chicago Daily Tribune. UPI. September 17, 1962. p. 4, sec. 4.
  20. ^ Jump up to: a b Wetzel, Frank (September 19, 1966). "Putts propel Bert Yancey to Open title". Eugene Register-Guard. (Oregon). Associated Press. p. 3B.
  21. ^ Missildine, Harry (May 22, 1977). "Putting game? you want to bet?". Spokesman-Review. (Spokane, Washington). p. D1.
  22. ^ "While leaders stumble, Mark Hayes eases home". Spokesman-Review. (Spokane, Washington). Associated Press. March 21, 1977. p. 17.
  23. ^ Jump up to: a b "Knudson winner of Portland Open". Eugene Register-Guard. (Oregon). Associated Press. September 23, 1963. p. 6B.
  24. ^ "Casper cops first place at Portland". Spokesman-Review. (Spokane, Washington). Associated Press. September 26, 1960. p. 11.
  25. ^ Strite, Dick (August 18, 1947). "Washington golfer garners Open". Eugene Register-Guard. (Oregon). p. 5.

Coordinates: 45°28′37″N 122°45′47″W / 45.477°N 122.763°W / 45.477; -122.763

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