Reading Open
Encyclopedia
The Reading Open was a golf
tournament on the PGA Tour
that was played in Reading, Pennsylvania
in the late 1940s and early 1950s. It was played at three different locations.
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 in Reading, Pennsylvania
Reading, Pennsylvania
Reading is a city in southeastern Pennsylvania, USA, and seat of Berks County. Reading is the principal city of the Greater Reading Area and had a population of 88,082 as of the 2010 census, making it the fifth most populated city in the state after Philadelphia, Pittsburgh, Allentown and Erie,...
in the late 1940s and early 1950s. It was played at three different locations.
Tournament hosts
| Year(s) | Venue |
|---|---|
| 1947-48 | Berkshire Country Club |
| 1949 | Reading Country Club |
| 1950 | Berkshire Country Club |
| 1951 | Berkleigh Country Club |
Winners
- 1951 Jim TurnesaJim TurnesaJames R. Turnesa was one of seven famous golfing brothers; Phil , Frank , Joe , Mike , Doug , Jim , and Willie...
- 1950 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...
- 1949 Cary MiddlecoffCary MiddlecoffEmmett Cary Middlecoff was a dentist who gave up his practice to become a professional golfer on the PGA Tour in the 1940s....
- 1948 Ben HoganBen HoganWilliam Ben Hogan was an American golfer, generally considered one of the greatest players in the history of the game...
- 1947 E.J. "Dutch" Harrison