Cleveland Open

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Cleveland Open
Tournament information
Location Bainbridge Township, Geauga County, Ohio
Established1963
Course(s) Tanglewood Country Club
Par71
Tour(s) PGA Tour
Format Stroke play
Prize fund US$150,000
Month playedJuly
Final year1972
Tournament record score
Aggregate262 Bobby Mitchell (1971)
To par−22 as above
Final champion
Flag of Australia (converted).svg David Graham
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Tanglewood CC
Location in the United States
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Tanglewood CC
Location in Ohio

The Cleveland Open was a golf tournament on the PGA Tour. It was played from 1963 to 1972 at a various courses in the greater Cleveland, Ohio area.

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Host courses

YearsCourseLocation
1972 Tanglewood Country Club [1] Bainbridge Township, Geauga County
1963, 1971 Beechmont Country Club [2] [3] Orange
1967, 1969, 1970Aurora Country Club [4] [5] [6] Aurora
1966, 1968Lakewood Country Club [7] [8] Westlake
1964, 1965Highland Park Municipal Golf Club [9] [10] Highland Hills

Winners

YearWinnerScoreTo parMargin of
victory
Runner(s)-upWinner's
share ($)
Ref.
Cleveland Open
1972 Flag of Australia (converted).svg David Graham 278−6Playoff Flag of Australia (converted).svg Bruce Devlin 30,000 [1]
1971 Flag of the United States.svg Bobby Mitchell 262−227 strokes Flag of the United States.svg Charles Coody 30,000 [2]
1970 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Bruce Devlin 268−124 strokes Flag of the United States.svg Steve Eichstaedt 30,000 [4]
Cleveland Open Invitational
1969 Flag of the United States.svg Charles Coody 271−92 strokes Flag of Australia (converted).svg Bruce Crampton 22,000 [5]
1968 Flag of the United States.svg Dave Stockton 276−82 strokes Flag of the United States.svg Bob Dickson 22,000 [7]
1967 Flag of the United States.svg Gardner Dickinson 271−94 strokes Flag of the United States.svg Miller Barber
Flag of the United States.svg Homero Blancas
20,700 [6]
1966 Flag of the United States.svg R. H. Sikes 268−163 strokes Flag of the United States.svg Bob Goalby 20,000 [8]
1965 Flag of the United States.svg Dan Sikes 272−121 stroke Flag of the United States.svg Tony Lema 25,000 [9]
1964 Flag of the United States.svg Tony Lema 270−14Playoff Flag of the United States.svg Arnold Palmer 20,000 [10]
1963 Flag of the United States.svg Arnold Palmer 273−11Playoff Flag of the United States.svg Tommy Aaron
Flag of the United States.svg Tony Lema
22,000 [3]

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