Yorba Linda Open Invitational
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The Yorba Linda Open Invitational was a golf
tournament on the PGA Tour
that played January 15–18, 1960 at the Yorba Linda Country Club in Yorba Linda, California
. The 6,834-yard, par-71 course was designed by David and Harry Rainville and opened in 1957.
The event was won by 43 year-old Jerry Barber
by one stroke over Billy Maxwell
.
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 played January 15–18, 1960 at the Yorba Linda Country Club in Yorba Linda, California
Yorba Linda, California
Yorba Linda is a suburban city in northeastern Orange County, California, approximately northeast of Downtown Santa Ana, and southeast of Downtown Los Angeles....
. The 6,834-yard, par-71 course was designed by David and Harry Rainville and opened in 1957.
The event was won by 43 year-old Jerry Barber
Jerry Barber
Carl Jerome "Jerry" Barber was an American professional golfer who played on the PGA Tour.Barber was born in Woodson, Illinois, and was one of nine children raised on a Jacksonville, Illinois farm. He turned professional in 1942. Among his seven tour victories, was the 1961 PGA Championship at...
by one stroke over Billy Maxwell
Billy Maxwell
Billy Joe Maxwell is an American professional golfer.Maxwell was born in Abilene, Texas. He played college golf at North Texas State College and helped them win four consecutive NCAA Division I team championships . Maxwell also won the U.S. Amateur title in 1951...
.