Eastern Open Invitational Explained

Eastern Open Invitational
Location:Lutherville, Maryland
Establishment:1950
Course:Pine Ridge Golf Club
Par:72
Tour:PGA Tour
Format:Stroke play
Month Played:June
Final Year:1962
Aggregate:273 Dave Ragan (1959)
273 Gene Littler (1960)
To-Par:−15 as above
Final Champion: Doug Ford
Map:USA#USA Maryland
Map Relief:yes
Map Label:Pine Ridge GC
Coordinates:39.445°N -76.581°W

The Eastern Open Invitational, first played as the Eastern Open, was a golf tournament on the PGA Tour that was played in Maryland in the 1950s and early 1960s. The first nine events were played at Mt. Pleasant Municipal Golf Club in Baltimore, an 18-hole par-71 public course designed by Gus Hook and opened in 1933.[1] For the next three years beginning with the 1959 event, the tournament moved to the new Pine Ridge Golf Club in Lutherville, three miles north of downtown Towson. This course, which overlooks the Loch Raven Reservoir, was built by Gus Hook in 1958.[2] The tournament moved back to Mt. Pleasant after the 1961 event.[3]

Winners

YearWinnerScoreTo parMargin of
victory
Runner(s)-upWinner's
share ($)
Eastern Open Invitational
279 −9 1 stroke 5,300
275 −13 1 stroke 5,300
273 −15 2 strokes 3,500
273 −15 1 stroke 2,800
276 −12 Playoff 2,800
1957 276 −12 4 strokes 2,800
Eastern Open
1956 277 −11 2 strokes 3,800
1955 280 −8 1 stroke 3,000
1954 277 −11 7 strokes 4,000
1953 279 −9 4 strokes 2,400
1952 275 −13 2 strokes 2,400
1951 279 −9 1 stroke 2,400
1950 279 −9 2 strokes 2,600

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Mt. Pleasant Golf Course . 2007-12-07.
  2. Web site: Pine Ridge Golf Course . 2007-12-07 . https://web.archive.org/web/20080214175406/http://www.bmgcgolf.com/baltimore.asp?id=502&page=25864 . 2008-02-14 . dead .
  3. Web site: Mount Pleasant Golf Course. 2016-02-14. https://web.archive.org/web/20160228131855/http://www.bmgcgolf.com/-mount-pleasant. 2016-02-28. dead.