Hesperia Open Invitational | |
Location: | Hesperia, California |
Establishment: | 1957 |
Course: | Hesperia Golf and County Club |
Par: | 72 |
Tour: | PGA Tour |
Format: | Stroke play |
Month Played: | October |
Final Year: | 1961 |
Aggregate: | 271 John McMullin (1958) 271 Eric Monti (1959) |
To-Par: | −17 as above |
Final Champion: | Tony Lema |
Map: | USA#USA California |
Map Relief: | yes |
Map Label: | Hesperia G&CC |
Coordinates: | 34.409°N -117.271°W |
The Hesperia Open Invitational was a golf tournament on the PGA Tour in the late 1950s and early 1960s.[1]
It was played at the Hesperia Golf and County Club in the high desert town of Hesperia, California. The course record for lowest round (62) was set in 1959 by Gene Littler.[1]
Year | Tour | Winner | Score | To par | Margin of victory | Runner(s)-up | |
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1961 | 138 | −6 | 3 strokes | Jerry Steelsmith | |||
1960 | 275 | −13 | 5 strokes | Bob Rosburg | |||
1959 | 271 | −17 | 4 strokes | Bob Duden Jack Fleck Jay Hebert | |||
1958 | 271 | −17 | 1 stroke | Gene Littler | |||
1957 | PGAT | 275 | −13 | 2 strokes | Dow Finsterwald |