Eastern Open Invitational

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]

For the LPGA golf tournament, see Eastern Women's Open.

Winners
YearPlayerCountryScoreTo parMargin
of victory		Runner(s)-upWinner's
share ($)
Eastern Open Invitational
1962Doug Ford United States279−91 stroke Bob Goalby5,300
1961Doug Sanders United States275−131 stroke Ken Venturi5,300
1960Gene Littler United States273−152 strokes Gary Player3,500
1959Dave Ragan United States273−151 stroke Gene Littler2,800
1958Art Wall Jr. United States276−12Playoff Jack Burke Jr.
Bob Rosburg		2,800
1957Tommy Bolt United States276−124 strokes Billy Casper
Fred Hawkins		2,800
Eastern Open
1956Arnold Palmer United States277−112 strokes Dow Finsterwald3,800
1955Frank Stranahan United States280−81 stroke Art Wall Jr.3,000
1954Bob Toski United States277−117 strokes Jack Burke Jr.4,000
1953Dick Mayer United States279−94 strokes Charlie Bassler
Doug Ford
Chandler Harper		2,400
1952Sam Snead United States275−132 strokes Porky Oliver2,400
1951Cary Middlecoff United States279−91 stroke Jerry Barber2,400
1950Lloyd Mangrum United States279−92 strokes Clayton Heafner2,600

References
  1. "Mt. Pleasant Golf Course". Retrieved 2007-12-07.
  2. "Pine Ridge Golf Course". Archived from the original on 2008-02-14. Retrieved 2007-12-07.
  3. "Mount Pleasant Golf Course". Archived from the original on 2016-02-28. Retrieved 2016-02-14.
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