Kansas City Open Invitational

The Kansas City Open Invitational, which played as the Kansas City Open for most of its history, was a golf tournament on the PGA Tour that was played in the greater Kansas City area in the late 1940s and 1950s. A total of four clubs hosted the event. The first event was held at Kansas City's Swope Park Golf Course, now known as Swope Memorial Golf Course, and is the only public course in the Kansas City area ever to have hosted a PGA Tour event.[1] The Milburn Country Club in Overland Park, Kansas, a par-72, 18-hole championship course built in 1917, hosted the event five times. Kansas City's Hillcrest Country Club, a par-72, 18-hole course built in 1916, hosted the event three times. Two events were held at Blue Hills Country Club, which is also in Kansas City and was built in 1912.

For the former LPGA Tour event also known as the Kansas City Open, see Heart of America Invitational.

Tournament hosts
YearsCourse
1955, 1957–58Hillcrest Country Club
1954, 1959Blue Hills Country Club
1950–53, 1956Milburn Country Club
1949Swope Park Golf Course

Winners
YearPlayerCountryScoreTo parMargin
of victory		Runner(s)-upWinner's
share ($)
Kansas City Open Invitational
1959Dow Finsterwald United States275−13Playoff Don Fairfield2,800
Kansas City Open
1958Ernie Vossler United States269−193 strokes Billy Maxwell2,800
1957Al Besselink United States279−93 strokes George Bayer
Dow Finsterwald		2,800
1956Bo Wininger United States273−151 stroke Fred Hawkins
Bob Rosburg		4,300
1955Dick Mayer United States271−176 strokes Chandler Harper
Billy Maxwell		4,000
1954Wally Ulrich United States268−242 strokes Gene Littler
Lloyd Mangrum		4,000
1953Porky Oliver United States269−192 strokes Marty Furgol3,000
1952Cary Middlecoff United States276−12Playoff Jack Burke Jr.2,400
1951Cary Middlecoff United States278−10Playoff Dave Douglas
Doug Ford		2,400
1950Lloyd Mangrum United States271−171 stroke Jack Burke Jr.
Porky Oliver		2,600
1949Jim Ferrier Australia277−114 strokes Dick Metz1,000

References
  1. "Swope Memorial course information". Archived from the original on 2007-04-29. Retrieved 2007-12-11.
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