Denver Open Invitational

Denver Open Invitational
Tournament information
Location	Denver, Colorado
Established	1947
Course(s)	Denver Country Club
Par	70
Tour(s)	PGA Tour
Format	Stroke play
Prize fund	US$35,000
Month played	August/September
Final year	1963
Tournament record score
Aggregate	263 Dave Hill (1961)
To par	−21 as above
Final champion
	Chi-Chi Rodríguez
Location map
	Denver CC Location in the United States Denver CC Location in Colorado

The Denver Open Invitational was a golf tournament on the PGA Tour that was played intermittently in the Denver, Colorado area from 1947 to 1963. Chi-Chi Rodríguez won his first PGA Tour event at the 1963 tournament, which he calls his biggest thrill in golf.^[1]

Winners

Year	Winner	Score	To par	Margin of victory	Runner(s)-up	Venue	Ref.
Denver Open Invitational
1963	Chi-Chi Rodríguez	276	−4	2 strokes	Bill Eggers	Denver	^[2]
1962	Bob Goalby	277	−3	1 stroke	George Bayer Bob Duden Jack Fleck Bill Johnston Billy Maxwell Art Wall Jr.	Denver	^[2]
1961	Dave Hill	263	−21	6 strokes	Bob Goalby Art Wall Jr.	Meadow Hills	^[2]
Denver Open
1959–1960: No tournament
1958	Tommy Jacobs	266	−14	1 stroke	Ernie Vossler	Wellshire	^[2]^[3]
1949–1957: No tournament
1948	Ben Hogan	270	−18	1 stroke	Fred Haas	Wellshire	^[3]
1947	Lew Worsham	276	−8	4 strokes	Ben Hogan Johnny Palmer Tom Wright	Cherry Hills	^[4]

References

^ "Chi Chi Rodriguez bio". Retrieved 2009-05-21.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d Sal Johnson and Dave Seanor, ed. (2009). The USA Today Golfers Encyclopedia. New York, New York: Skyhorse Publishing. pp. 608, 621, 635, 642. ISBN 978-1-60239-302-8.
^ ^a ^b 75 Years of Mile-high Tradition
^ Worsham Takes Top Money In Denver Open

[1] "Chi Chi Rodriguez bio". Retrieved 2009-05-21.

[usat-2] Sal Johnson and Dave Seanor, ed. (2009). The USA Today Golfers Encyclopedia. New York, New York: Skyhorse Publishing. pp. 608, 621, 635, 642. ISBN 978-1-60239-302-8.

[wellshire-3] 75 Years of Mile-high Tradition

[4] Worsham Takes Top Money In Denver Open

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