| Tournament information | |
|---|---|
| Location | Beaumont, Texas |
| Established | 1961 |
| Course(s) | Tyrrell Park Municipal Golf Course |
| Par | 72 |
| Length | 6,656 yards (6,086 m) |
| Tour(s) | PGA Tour |
| Format | Stroke play |
| Prize fund | US$20,000 |
| Month played | November |
| Final year | 1962 |
| Tournament record score | |
| Aggregate | 277 Joe Campbell (1961) |
| To par | −7 as above |
| Final champion | |
Dave Ragan | |
| Location map | |
  Terrell Park Municipal GC Location in the
United States  Terrell Park Municipal GC Location in
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The Beaumont Open Invitational was a golf tournament on the PGA Tour that played for two years in the early 1960s at the Tyrrell 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
| Year | Winner | Score | To par | Margin of victory |
Runner(s)-up |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1962 |
Dave Ragan |
283 | −5 | 3 strokes |
Dow Finsterwald
Lionel Hebert
Don Massengale
|
| 1961 |
Joe Campbell |
277 | −7 | 1 stroke |
Bert Weaver
|
References
- ^ a b "1961 winners sorted by age". PGA Tour. Archived from the original on February 17, 2009. Retrieved March 7, 2010.
- ^ a b "1962 winners sorted by age". PGA Tour. Archived from the original on February 17, 2009. Retrieved March 7, 2010.
- ^ a b c "Hebert Tops Field in Beaumont Open". The Spokesman-Review. November 5, 1962. Retrieved March 7, 2010.[ permanent dead link]
- ^ a b c "Campbell Takes Beaumont Open". The Florence Times. November 13, 1961. Retrieved July 14, 2015.