Eastern Open Invitational

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.[3]

For the LPGA golf tournament, see Eastern Women's Open.
Eastern Open Invitational
Tournament information
LocationLutherville, Maryland
Established1950
Course(s)Pine Ridge Golf Club
Par72
Tour(s)PGA Tour
FormatStroke play
Prize fundUS$35,000
Month playedJune
Final year1962
Tournament record score
Aggregate273 Dave Ragan (1959)
273 Gene Littler (1960)
To par−15 as above
Final champion
United States Doug Ford
Location Map
Pine Ridge GC is located in the United States
Pine Ridge GC
Pine Ridge GC
Location in the United States
Pine Ridge GC is located in Maryland
Pine Ridge GC
Pine Ridge GC
Location in Maryland

Winners
YearWinnerScoreTo parMargin of
victory		Runner(s)-upWinner's
share ($)
Eastern Open Invitational
1962United States Doug Ford279−91 strokeUnited States Bob Goalby5,300
1961United States Doug Sanders275−131 strokeUnited States Ken Venturi5,300
1960United States Gene Littler273−152 strokesSouth Africa Gary Player3,500
1959United States Dave Ragan273−151 strokeUnited States Gene Littler2,800
1958United States Art Wall Jr.276−12PlayoffUnited States Jack Burke Jr.
United States Bob Rosburg		2,800
1957United States Tommy Bolt276−124 strokesUnited States Billy Casper
United States Fred Hawkins		2,800
Eastern Open
1956United States Arnold Palmer277−112 strokesUnited States Dow Finsterwald3,800
1955United States Frank Stranahan280−81 strokeUnited States Art Wall Jr.3,000
1954United States Bob Toski277−117 strokesUnited States Jack Burke Jr.4,000
1953United States Dick Mayer279−94 strokesUnited States Charlie Bassler
United States Doug Ford
United States Chandler Harper		2,400
1952United States Sam Snead275−132 strokesUnited States Ed Oliver2,400
1951United States Cary Middlecoff279−91 strokeUnited States Jerry Barber2,400
1950United States Lloyd Mangrum279−92 strokesUnited States Clayton Heafner2,600

References
  1. "Mt. Pleasant Golf Course". Retrieved 2007-12-07.
  2. "Pine Ridge Golf Course". Archived from the original on 2008-02-14. Retrieved 2007-12-07.
  3. "Mount Pleasant Golf Course". Archived from the original on 2016-02-28. Retrieved 2016-02-14.
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