Denver Open Invitational Explained

Denver Open Invitational
Location:Denver, Colorado
Establishment:1947
Course:Denver Country Club
Par:70
Tour:PGA Tour
Format:Stroke play
Month Played:August/September
Final Year:1963
Aggregate:263 Dave Hill (1961)
To-Par:−21 as above
Final Champion: Chi-Chi Rodríguez
Map:USA#USA Colorado
Map Relief:yes
Map Label:Denver CC
Coordinates:39.717°N -104.967°W

The Denver Open Invitational was a golf tournament on the PGA Tour that was played intermittently in the Denver, Colorado area from 1947 to 1963. Chi-Chi Rodríguez won his first PGA Tour event at the 1963 tournament, which he calls his biggest thrill in golf.[1]

Winners

YearWinnerScoreTo parMargin of
victory
Runner(s)-upVenueRef.
Denver Open Invitational
276 −4 2 strokes Denver [2]
277 −3 1 stroke Denver
263 −21 6 strokes Meadow Hills
Denver Open
1959–1960: No tournament
266 −14 1 stroke Wellshire [3]
1949–1957: No tournament
1948 270 −18 1 stroke Wellshire
1947 276 −8 4 strokes [4]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Chi Chi Rodriguez bio. 2009-05-21.
  2. Book: Sal Johnson and Dave Seanor . The USA Today Golfers Encyclopedia . 2009 . . . 978-1-60239-302-8 . 608, 621, 635, 642.
  3. http://archive.lib.msu.edu/tic/gcman/article/2001nov70.pdf 75 Years of Mile-high Tradition
  4. https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=336&dat=19470908&id=Vb8KAAAAIBAJ&sjid=sU0DAAAAIBAJ&pg=3869,810570 Worsham Takes Top Money In Denver Open