Kentucky Derby Open Explained

Kentucky Derby Open
Location:Louisville, Kentucky
Establishment:1957
Course:Seneca Golf Course
Par:71
Yardage:[1]
Tour:PGA Tour
Format:Stroke play
Month Played:May
Aggregate:274 Gary Player (1958)
274 Don Whitt (1959)
To-Par:−14 Gary Player (1958)
Final Year:1959
Final Champion: Don Whitt
Map:USA#USA Kentucky
Map Relief:yes
Map Label:Seneca GC
Coordinates:38.23°N -85.673°W

The Kentucky Derby Open was a PGA Tour event in Kentucky that was played at Seneca Golf Course in Louisville in the won his first PGA Tour event at this tournament in Seneca is a municipal course, located just northwest of

Winners

YearWinnerScoreTo parMargin of
victory
Runner(s)-upPurse
(US$)
Winner's
share ($)
Ref.
274 −10 1 stroke 20,000 2,800 [2]
274 −14 3 strokes 20,000 2,800
1957 277 −7 1 stroke 30,000 4,300 [3] [4]

External links

38.23°N -85.673°W

Notes and References

  1. News: Whitt still hot, takes second tourney in week . Eugene Register-Guard . (Oregon) . Associated Press. June 1, 1959 . 3B.
  2. News: Whitt wins Derby Open . Milwaukee Sentinel . June 1, 1958 . 6, part 2.
  3. News: Casper picks up medicine money . Pittsburgh Press . United Press . April 29, 1957 . 27.
  4. News: Bill Casper snares Derby golf tourney . Eugene Register-Guard . (Oregon) . Associated Press . April 29, 1957 . 2B.