Kentucky Derby Open

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Kentucky Derby Open
Tournament information
Location Louisville, Kentucky
Established1957
CourseSeneca Golf Course
Par71
Length6,542 yards (5,982 m) [1]
Tour PGA Tour
Format Stroke play
Prize fund US$20,000
Month playedMay
Final year1959
Tournament record score
Aggregate274 Gary Player (1958)
274 Don Whitt (1959)
To par−14 Gary Player (1958)
Final champion
Flag of the United States.svg Don Whitt
Location map
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Seneca GC
Location in the United States
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Seneca GC
Location in Kentucky

The Kentucky Derby Open was a PGA Tour event in Kentucky that was played at Seneca Golf Course in Louisville in the late 1950s. [2] Gary Player won his first PGA Tour event at this tournament in April 1958. [3] [4] [5] Seneca is a municipal course, located just northwest of Bowman Field.

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Winners

YearWinnerScoreTo parMargin of
victory		Runner(s)-upPurse
(US$)		Winner's
share ($)		Ref.
1959 Flag of the United States.svg Don Whitt 274−101 stroke Flag of the United States.svg Jim Ferree 20,0002,800 [1] [6]
1958 Flag of South Africa (1928-1982).svg Gary Player 274−143 strokes Flag of the United States.svg Chick Harbert
Flag of the United States.svg Ernie Vossler 		20,0002,800 [3] [4]
1957 Flag of the United States.svg Billy Casper 277−71 stroke Flag of Australia (converted).svg Peter Thomson 30,0004,300 [7] [8]

References

  1. 1 2 "Whitt still hot, takes second tourney in week". Eugene Register-Guard. Oregon. Associated Press. June 1, 1959. p. 3B.
  2. ↑ "Tournament information from Arnold Palmer's official site". Archived from the original on September 12, 2007. Retrieved November 22, 2007.
  3. 1 2 "Gary Player golf winner". Eugene Register-Guard. Oregon. Associated Press. April 21, 1958. p. 3B.
  4. 1 2 "Player walks in Locke's footsteps". Pittsburgh Press. United Press. April 21, 1958. p. 26.
  5. ↑ "Seneca Golf Course". Archived from the original on September 29, 2007. Retrieved November 22, 2007.
  6. ↑ "Whitt wins Derby Open". Milwaukee Sentinel. June 1, 1958. p. 6, part 2.
  7. ↑ "Casper picks up medicine money". Pittsburgh Press. United Press. April 29, 1957. p. 27.
  8. ↑ "Bill Casper snares Derby golf tourney". Eugene Register-Guard. Oregon. Associated Press. April 29, 1957. p. 2B.

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