Eastern Open pin flag signed VJ Singh Lee Janzen Mt Pleasant Golf Club ryder pga

Description

The
Eastern Open Invitational
, first played as the
Eastern Open
, was a golf tournament on the
PGA Tour
that was played in
Maryland
in the 1950s and early 1960s. The first nine events were played at Mt. Pleasant Municipal Golf Club in
Baltimore
, an 18-hole par-71 public course designed by Gus Hook and opened in 1933.
[1]
For the next three years beginning with the 1959 event, the tournament moved to the new Pine Ridge Golf Club in
Lutherville
, three miles north of downtown
Towson
. This course, which overlooks the
Loch Raven Reservoir
, was built by Gus Hook in 1958.
[2]
The tournament moved back to Mt. Pleasant after the 1961 event.
Winners
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Year
Player
Country
Score
To par
Margin
of victory
Runner(s)-up
Winner's
share (
$
)
Eastern Open Invitational
1962
Doug Ford
United States
279
−9
1 stroke
Bob Goalby
5,300
1961
Doug Sanders
United States
275
−13
1 stroke
Ken Venturi
5,300
1960
Gene Littler
United States
273
−15
2 strokes
Gary Player
3,500
1959
Dave Ragan
United States
273
−15
1 stroke
Gene Littler
2,800
1958
Art Wall Jr.
United States
276
−12
Playoff
Jack Burke Jr.
Bob Rosburg
2,800
1957
Tommy Bolt
United States
276
−12
4 strokes
Billy Casper
Fred Hawkins
2,800
Eastern Open
1956
Arnold Palmer
United States
277
−11
2 strokes
Dow Finsterwald
3,800
1955
Frank Stranahan
United States
280
−8
1 stroke
Art Wall Jr.
3,000
1954
Bob Toski
United States
277
−11
7 strokes
Jack Burke Jr.
4,000
1953
Dick Mayer
United States
279
−9
4 strokes
Charlie Bassler
Doug Ford
Chandler Harper
2,400
1952
Sam Snead
United States
275
−13
2 strokes
Ed Oliver
2,400
1951
Cary Middlecoff
United States
279
−9
1 stroke
Jerry Barber
2,400
1950
Lloyd Mangrum
United States
279
−9
2 strokes
Clayton Heafner
2,600