Oakland Open
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The Oakland Open was a golf
tournament on the PGA Tour
from 1937 to 1944. It was played in Oakland, California
at the Claremont Country Club in 1937 and at the Sequoyah Country Club from 1938 to 1944.
Golf
Golf is a precision club and ball sport, in which competing players use many types of clubs to hit balls into a series of holes on a golf course using the fewest number of strokes....
tournament on the PGA Tour
PGA Tour
The PGA Tour is the organizer of the main men's professional golf tours in the United States and North America...
from 1937 to 1944. It was played in Oakland, California
Oakland, California
Oakland is a major West Coast port city on San Francisco Bay in the U.S. state of California. It is the eighth-largest city in the state with a 2010 population of 390,724...
at the Claremont Country Club in 1937 and at the Sequoyah Country Club from 1938 to 1944.
Winners
- 1944 Jim FerrierJim FerrierJames B. Ferrier was an Australian professional golfer from Manly, New South Wales. He became an American citizen in 1944.-Early years:...
- 1943 No tournament
- 1942 Byron NelsonByron NelsonJohn Byron Nelson, Jr. was an American PGA Tour golfer between 1935 and 1946.Nelson and two other well known golfers of the time, Ben Hogan and Sam Snead, were born within seven months of each other in 1912...
- 1941 Leonard DodsonLeonard DodsonLeonard Dodson was an American professional golfer.One of four boys, Dodson was born in Mumford, Missouri, and grew up in the Springfield area.Dodson won three times on the early PGA Tour between 1936 and 1941....
- 1940 Jimmy DemaretJimmy DemaretJames Newton Demaret was an American professional golfer. He won 31 PGA Tour events in a long career between 1935 and 1957, and was the first three-time winner of the Masters....
- 1939 Dick MetzDick MetzRichard C. Metz was an American professional golfer.Metz won 10 times on the PGA Tour in the 1930s and 1940s. He had continued success as a senior golfer winning the Senior PGA Championship and World Seniors Championship in 1960.Metz married actress Jean Chatburn on November 2, 1939. He was also a...
- 1938 Harry CooperHarry Cooper (golfer)Harry E. Cooper was a prominent PGA Tour golfer of the 1920s and 1930s. After he retired from competitive golf, he became a well-regarded instructor, into his 90s....
- 1937 Sam SneadSam SneadSamuel Jackson Snead was an American professional golfer who was one of the top players in the world for most of four decades. Snead won a record 82 PGA Tour events including seven majors. He failed to win a U.S...