Danny Thomas-Diplomat Classic
| Tournament information | |
|---|---|
| Location | Hallandale, Florida |
| Established | 1969 |
| Course(s) | Diplomat Presidential Country Club |
| Par | 72 |
| Length | 6,964 yards (6,368 m) |
| Tour(s) | PGA Tour |
| Format | Stroke play |
| Prize fund | US$125,000 |
| Month played | December |
| Final year | 1969 |
| Tournament record score | |
| Aggregate | 270 Arnold Palmer (1969) |
| To par | −18 as above |
| Final champion | |
 Arnold Palmer | |
| Location map | |
  Diplomat Presidential CC Location in the United States  Diplomat Presidential CC Location in Florida | |
The Danny Thomas-Diplomat Classic was a golf tournament in south Florida on the PGA Tour that was played only once, in early December 1969. Held at Diplomat Presidential Country Club, between Miami and Fort Lauderdale,[1] it had a $125,000 purse and a winner's share of $25,000.[2] The last event of the year, it was played opposite a satellite event, the West End Classic in The Bahamas.
Six strokes back at the start of the final round, Arnold Palmer shot 65 (−7) and won by two strokes over runner-up Gay Brewer, the leader after each of the first three rounds.[1][2][3] It was consecutive victories for the forty-year-old Palmer, who had broken a winless drought the previous week at the new Heritage Classic in southern South Carolina.[4]
Although this tournament played for only one year, Danny Thomas continued to lend his name to a PGA Tour event for the next fifteen years (1970–84), at the Danny Thomas Memphis Classic in southwest Tennessee.
Winner
| Year | Winner | Score | To par | Margin of victory |
Runner-up |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1969 | Arnold Palmer |
270 | −18 | 2 strokes | Gay Brewer
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References
- ^ a b "Arnie's charge carries away Diplomat's trophy". St. Petersburg Times. (Florida). Associated Press. December 8, 1969. p. 1C.
- ^ a b "Arnie charges to victory". Spokane Daily Chronicle. (Washington). Associated Press. December 8, 1969. p. 18.
- ^ "tournament information from Arnold Palmer's website". Archived from the original on 2007-09-12. Retrieved 2009-05-18.
- ^ "Comeback of the year: Palmer ends long slump". St. Petersburg Times. (Florida). Associated Press. December 1, 1969. p. 1C.