Blue Ribbon Open

Blue Ribbon Open
Tournament information
Location Menomenee Falls,
Wisconsin, U.S.
Established 1951
Course(s) North Hills Country Club
Par 71
Length 6,257 yards (5,721 m)[1]
Tour(s) PGA Tour
Format Stroke play
Prize fund $20,000 [1]
Month played July
Final year 1951
Final champion
Australia Joe Kirkwood Jr., 271 (–13)
Milwaukee
Location in the United States
Menomenee Falls
Location in Wisconsin

The Blue Ribbon Open was a professional golf tournament on the PGA Tour, played only in 1951. It was held in Wisconsin at the North Hills Country Club in Menomenee Falls, northwest of Milwaukee.

Part-time Hollywood actor Joe Kirkwood Jr. won the event at 271 (–13), two shots over runners-up Sam Snead and Jim Ferrier, the 54-hole leader.[2] The purse was $20,000 with a winner's share of $2,750.[1] Kirkwood equaled the course record in the final round with a seven-under 64.[3] He had won on tour three years earlier at the Philadelphia Inquirer Open. Following the win, Kirkwood left to go fishing in northern Wisconsin.[4]

North Hills was the site of the Milwaukee Open in 1940 and later hosted the Milwaukee Open Invitational in 1960 and 1961.

Leaderboard

Sunday, July 22, 1951

PlacePlayerCountryScoreTo parMoney ($)
1Joe Kirkwood Jr. Australia72-66-69-64=271−132,750
2Sam Snead United States67-70-70-65=273−111,900
T3Jim Ferrier Australia70-68-68-68=274−101,475
Lloyd Mangrum United States71-67-70-66=274
5Skee Riegel United States73-66-68-68=275−91,150
6Jimmy Demaret United States68-69-70-72=279−51,000
T7Julius Boros United States69-68-72-71=280−4762
Jack Burke Jr. United States73-68-68-71=280
George Fazio United States68-70-72-70=280
Glenn Teal United States67-67-74-72=280

Source:[3]

See also

Other former PGA Tour events in Milwaukee

References

  1. 1 2 3 "Joe Kirkwood cards final round 64 to win Blue Ribbon golf tourney". St. Petersburg Times. (Florida). Associated Press. July 23, 1951. p. 11.
  2. ↑ "Ferrier leads in Milwaukee Open". Chicago Sunday Tribune. Associated Press. July 22, 1951. p. 6, sec. 2.
  3. 1 2 "Kirkwood's 271 wins golf meet at Milwaukee". Chicago Daily Tribune. Associated Press. July 23, 1951. p. 2, sec. 3.
  4. ↑ "Kirkwood edges Snead for first". Eugene Register-Guard. (Oregon). United Press. July 23, 1961. p. 10.

Coordinates: 43°09′04″N 88°04′37″W / 43.151°N 88.077°W / 43.151; -88.077

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