Kentucky Derby Open

Kentucky Derby Open
Tournament information
Location	Louisville, Kentucky
Established	1957
Course(s)	Seneca Golf Course
Par	71
Length	6,542 yards (5,982 m)
Tour(s)	PGA Tour
Format	Stroke play
Prize fund	US$20,000
Month played	May
Final year	1959
Tournament record score
Aggregate	274 Gary Player (1958); 274 Don Whitt (1959)
To par	−14 Gary Player (1958)
Final champion
	Don Whitt
Location map
	Seneca GC Location in the United States 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.

Winners

Year	Winner	Score	To par	Margin of victory	Runner(s)-up	Purse (US$)	Winner's share ($)	Ref.
1959	Don Whitt	274	−10	1 stroke	Jim Ferree	20,000	2,800	^[1]^[6]
1958	Gary Player	274	−14	3 strokes	Chick Harbert Ernie Vossler	20,000	2,800	^[3]^[4]
1957	Billy Casper	277	−7	1 stroke	Peter Thomson	30,000	4,300	^[7]^[8]

References

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