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Kentucky Derby Open

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Kentucky Derby Open
Tournament information
LocationLouisville, Kentucky, U.S.
Established1957
Course(s)Seneca Golf Course
Par71
Length6,542 yards (5,982 m)[1]
Tour(s)PGA Tour
FormatStroke play
Prize fund$20,000
Month playedApril, May
Final year1959
Final champion
United States Don Whitt, 274 (–10)
Louisville is located in the United States
Louisville
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Location in the United States
Louisville is located in Kentucky
Louisville
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Location in Kentucky

The Kentucky Derby Open was a PGA Tour event in Kentucky that was played at Seneca Golf Course in Louisville in the late 1950s.[2] Gary Player won his first PGA Tour event at this tournament in April 1958.[3][4][5] Seneca is a municipal course, located just northwest of Bowman Field.

Winners

Year Winner Score To par Margin
of victory		 Runner(s)-up Winner's
share ($)		 Purse ($) Notes
1959 United States Don Whitt 274 −10 1 stroke United States Jim Ferree 2,800 20,000 [1][6]
1958 South Africa Gary Player 274 −14 3 strokes United States Chick Harbert
United States Ernie Vossler		 2,800 20,000 [3][4]
1957 United States Billy Casper 277 −7 1 stroke Australia Peter Thomason 4,300 30,000 [7][8]

References

  1. ^ a b "Whitt still hot, takes second tourney in week". Eugene Register-Guard. (Oregon). Associated Press. June 1, 1959. p. 3B.
  2. ^ "Tournament information from Arnold Palmer's official site". Archived from the original on 2007-09-12. Retrieved 2007-11-22.
  3. ^ a b "Gary Player golf winner". Eugene Register-Guard. (Oregon). Associated Press. April 21, 1958. p. 3B.
  4. ^ a b "Player walks in Locke's footsteps". Pittsburgh Press. United Press. April 21, 1958. p. 26.
  5. ^ "Seneca Golf Course". Retrieved 2007-11-22.
  6. ^ "Whitt wins Derby Open". Milwaukee Sentinel. June 1, 1958. p. 6, part 2.
  7. ^ "Casper picks up medicine money". Pittsburgh Press. United Press. April 29, 1957. p. 27.
  8. ^ "Bill Casper snares Derby golf tourney". Eugene Register-Guard. (Oregon). Associated Press. April 29, 1957. p. 2B.

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