Kentucky Derby Open

Golf tournament formerly on the PGA Tour

Golf tournament

Kentucky Derby OpenTournament information

Location| Louisville, Kentucky
Established| 1957
Course(s)| Seneca Golf Course
Par| 71
Length| 6,542 yards (5,982 m)[1]
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

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Seneca GC

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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

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Year | Winner | Score | To par | Margin of
victory | Runner(s)-up | Purse
(US$) | Winner's
share ($) | Ref.

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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

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1. ^ a b "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. ^ a b "Gary Player golf winner". Eugene Register-Guard. (Oregon). Associated Press. April 21, 1958. p. 3B.
4. ^ a b "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.

## External links

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* Louisville Parks and Recreation – Seneca Golf Course

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