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.
Kansas City Open Invitational
Tournament information
LocationKansas City, Missouri
Established1949
Course(s)Blue Hills Country Club
Par72
Tour(s)PGA Tour
FormatStroke play
Prize fundUS$20,000
Month playedSeptember
Final year1959
Tournament record score
Aggregate268 Wally Ulrich (1954)
To par–24 as above
Final champion
United States Dow Finsterwald
Location Map
Blue Hills CC is located in the United States
Blue Hills CC
Blue Hills CC
Location in the United States
Blue Hills CC is located in Missouri
Blue Hills CC
Blue Hills CC
Location in Missouri

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

Winners
YearWinnerScoreTo parMargin of
victory		Runner(s)-upWinner's
share ($)
Kansas City Open Invitational
1959United States Dow Finsterwald275−13PlayoffUnited States Don Fairfield2,800
Kansas City Open
1958United States Ernie Vossler269−193 strokesUnited States Billy Maxwell2,800
1957United States Al Besselink279−93 strokesUnited States George Bayer
United States Dow Finsterwald		2,800
1956United States Bo Wininger273−151 strokeUnited States Fred Hawkins
United States Bob Rosburg		4,300
1955United States Dick Mayer271−176 strokesUnited States Chandler Harper
United States Billy Maxwell		4,000
1954United States Wally Ulrich268−242 strokesUnited States Gene Littler
United States Lloyd Mangrum		4,000
1953United States Ed Oliver269−192 strokesUnited States Marty Furgol3,000
1952United States Cary Middlecoff (2)276−12PlayoffUnited States Jack Burke Jr.2,400
1951United States Cary Middlecoff278−10PlayoffUnited States Dave Douglas
United States Doug Ford		2,400
1950United States Lloyd Mangrum271−171 strokeUnited States Jack Burke Jr.
United States Ed Oliver		2,600
1949Australia Jim Ferrier277−114 strokesUnited States 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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