Hot Springs Open Invitational | |
Location: | Hot Springs, Arkansas |
Establishment: | 1955 |
Course: | Hot Springs Country Club |
Par: | 72 |
Tour: | PGA Tour |
Format: | Stroke play |
Month Played: | July |
Final Year: | 1963 |
Aggregate: | 270 Bo Wininger (1955) 270 Gene Littler (1959) |
To-Par: | −18 as above |
Final Champion: | Dave Hill |
Map: | USA#USA Arkansas |
Map Relief: | yes |
Map Label: | Hot Springs CC |
Coordinates: | 34.481°N -93.031°W |
The Arlington Hotel Open was a PGA Tour event that was played from 1955 to 1963 at the Arlington golf course of the Hot Springs Country Club near the Arlington Hotel, now known as the Arlington Resort Hotel and Spa, a 484-room resort in the Ouachita Mountains of Hot Springs National Park in Arkansas.[1] The event was also known as the Hot Springs Open or Hot Springs Open Invitational. The Majestic Golf Course was constructed by Willie Park, Jnr. in 1898.[2] The Arlington Golf Course was designed and built by William Diddle in 1927.[3] Jimmy Demaret won the last of his 31 PGA Tour wins at this event in 1957.[4]
Year | Winner | Score | To par | Margin of victory | Runner(s)-up | |
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Hot Springs Open Invitational | ||||||
277 | −11 | Playoff | Mike Souchak | |||
273 | −15 | Playoff | Bill Collins | |||
273 | −15 | 1 stroke | Dave Ragan Jerry Steelsmith | |||
275 | −13 | 3 strokes | Pete Cooper | |||
Arlington Hotel Open | ||||||
270 | −18 | 1 stroke | Jim Ferree | |||
273 | −15 | 1 stroke | Cary Middlecoff | |||
1957 | 276 | −12 | 1 stroke | Jack Burke Jr. Lloyd Mangrum Billy Maxwell Johnny Palmer Mike Souchak | ||
1956 | 272 | −12 | 1 stroke | George Bayer Ernie Vossler | ||
Hot Springs Open | ||||||
1955 | 270 | −18 | 5 strokes | Doug Ford Cary Middlecoff |