Philadelphia Inquirer Open
Encyclopedia
The Philadelphia Inquirer Open was a golf
tournament on the PGA Tour
that was played at various clubs in the greater Philadelphia
area in the 1940s
. The first event played as the Philadelphia Inquirer Open Invitational; it was last played in 1949. Fred Byrod was the Inquirer employee who acted as tournament promoter and liaison with the PGA. At the 1945 event, Byron Nelson
won the seventh of his record-setting 11 consecutive victories.
Philadelphia Inquirer Open Invitational
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...
that was played at various clubs in the greater Philadelphia
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Philadelphia is the largest city in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania and the county seat of Philadelphia County, with which it is coterminous. The city is located in the Northeastern United States along the Delaware and Schuylkill rivers. It is the fifth-most-populous city in the United States,...
area in the 1940s
1940s
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. The first event played as the Philadelphia Inquirer Open Invitational; it was last played in 1949. Fred Byrod was the Inquirer employee who acted as tournament promoter and liaison with the PGA. At the 1945 event, Byron Nelson
Byron Nelson
John 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...
won the seventh of his record-setting 11 consecutive victories.
Tournament hosts
| Years | Course |
|---|---|
| 1948-49 | Whitemarsh Valley Country Club |
| 1947 | Cedarbrook Country Club |
| 1945-46 | Llanerch Country Club |
| 1944 | Torresdale-Frankford Country Club |
Winners
Philadelphia Inquirer Open- 1949 Joe Kirkwood, Jr.Joe Kirkwood, Jr.Joe Kirkwood, Jr. is a former professional golfer on the PGA Tour, and a motion picture actor.Kirkwood was born in Melbourne, Australia. His father Joe Kirkwood, Sr., who was a golf pro and who taught him to play golf, is acknowledged as having put Australian golf on the world map. In 1948, he...
- 1948 Johnny PalmerJohnny PalmerJohn C. Palmer was an American professional golfer.Palmer was born in Eldorado, North Carolina. A seven time winner on the PGA Tour in the 1940s and 1950s, he represented the United States on the 1949 Ryder Cup team....
- 1947 Bobby LockeBobby LockeArthur D'Arcy "Bobby" Locke was the first internationally successful South African professional golfer. He won four Open Championships.-Early years:...
- 1946 Herman BarronHerman BarronHerman Barron was an American professional golfer best known for being the first Jewish golfer to win a PGA Tour event.-Biography:...
- 1945 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...
Philadelphia Inquirer Open Invitational
- 1944 Sam Byrd