The Seattle Open Invitational was a professional golf tournament on the PGA Tour in the northwest United States , in the greater Seattle area . It was played eight times over three decades under five names at three locations.
5-663: The first Seattle Open was held 88 years ago in 1936 at Inglewood Golf Club in Kenmore in early August. Macdonald Smith won an 18-hole playoff with a course record 65 (–8), six strokes ahead of runner-up Ralph Guldahl , who won the next two U.S Opens ( 1937 , 1938 ) and the Masters in 1939 . The next Seattle Open was played nine years later in October 1945 at Broadmoor Golf Club in Seattle and won by Byron Nelson , with
10-487: A world record 259 (–21) and a victory margin of 13 strokes. He won a record eighteen tournaments in 1945, including eleven consecutive. Sixteen years later, the tour returned to Seattle in 1961 at Broadmoor in mid-September with the Greater Seattle Open Invitational . Dave Marr won in a sudden-death playoff, over Bob Rosburg and Jacky Cupit ; Marr shot a final round 63 (–7) and birdied
15-607: Is a private golf club in the northwest United States in Kenmore, Washington . Founded 105 years ago in 1919 and opened for play in July 1921, it is located at the north end of Lake Washington , northeast of Seattle . Inglewood was designed by A. Vernon "Mac" Macan , a leading golf course architect of the time. Born in Dublin , Ireland , in 1882, Macan was a highly educated man, attending Shrewsbury and studying law at Trinity College . In 1908, Macan emigrated to Canada , and
20-923: The exhibition World Series of Golf the week before, and won in Portland the following week for his third tour title. The last event in 1966, the Greater Seattle-Everett Classic , was held at the Everett Golf & Country Club. It was won by Homero Blancas , one stroke ahead of Cupit, a two-time runner-up. Inglewood later hosted the GTE Northwest Classic on the Senior PGA Tour , from 1987 through 1995 . 47°38′24″N 122°17′31″W / 47.64°N 122.292°W / 47.64; -122.292 Inglewood Golf Club Inglewood Golf Club
25-538: The first extra hole to win. In 1962, it was renamed the Seattle World's Fair Open Invitational as part of the region's celebration of the 1962 Seattle World's Fair . The victor by two strokes was a 22-year-old rookie from Ohio named Jack Nicklaus . It was his second tour win and first non- major , following a playoff victory over Arnold Palmer in June at the U.S. Open at Oakmont . Nicklaus had won $ 50,000 in
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