Golden Gate Championship

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Golden Gate Championship
Tournament information
Location San Francisco, California
Established1959
Course(s) Harding Park Golf Club
Par71
Tour(s) PGA Tour
Format Stroke play
Prize fund US$45,000
Month playedSeptember
Final year1959
Tournament record score
Aggregate275 Mason Rudolph (1959)
To par–9 as above
Final champion
Flag of the United States.svg Mason Rudolph
Location map
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Harding Park GC
Location in the United States
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Harding Park GC
Location in California

The Golden Gate Championship was a golf tournament on the PGA Tour that was played in September 1959 at San Francisco's storied Harding Park Golf Club. [1]

The event was won by Mason Rudolph, a 25-year-old Tennessean by two strokes over Dow Finsterwald and Bob Goalby. It was his first victory on the PGA Tour. [1]

Winners

YearWinnerScoreTo parMargin of
victory
Runners-up
1959 Flag of the United States.svg Mason Rudolph 275−92 strokes Flag of the United States.svg Dow Finsterwald
Flag of the United States.svg Bob Goalby

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References

  1. 1 2 Links, Bo (September 23, 2005). "The Legend By the Lake: A Short History of Harding Park". Archived from the original on June 29, 2011. Retrieved April 8, 2010.