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Reading Open
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The Reading Open was a golf tournament on the PGA Tour that was played in Reading, Pennsylvania in the late 1940s and early 1950s. It was played at three locations.
Tournament hosts
[edit]| Year(s) | Venue |
|---|---|
| 1947–48 | Berkshire Country Club[1] |
| 1949 | Reading Country Club[2] |
| 1950 | Berkshire Country Club[1][3] |
| 1951 | Berkleigh Country Club[4] |
Winners
[edit]| Year | Player | Country | Score | To par | Margin of victory |
Runner-up | Winner's share ($) |
Ref |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1951 | Jim Turnesa |  United States |
280 | −4 | 3 strokes |  Jack Burke Jr. |
2,400 | [4] |
| 1950 | Sam Snead | United States |
268 | −20 | 8 strokes |  Jim Ferrier |
2,600 | [5] |
| 1949 | Cary Middlecoff | United States |
266 | −14 | 1 stroke | Sam Snead |
2,600 | [6] |
| 1948 | Ben Hogan | United States |
269 | −19 | 1 stroke | Fred Haas |
2,600 | [7] |
| 1947 | Dutch Harrison | United States |
277 | −7 | 3 strokes |  Bobby Locke |
2,000 | [8] |
References
[edit]- ^ a b Berkshire Country Club Archived 2016-10-28 at the Wayback Machine at The Golf Association of Philadelphia site
- ^ "Reading Country Club History". Archived from the original on 2011-06-08. Retrieved 2009-05-26.
- ^ "Cary Middlecoff defends Reading Open Golf title". St. Petersburg Times. September 7, 1950.
- ^ a b "Turnesa Wins Reading Open". Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. September 24, 1951.
- ^ "Snead Sets Record, Wins Reading Golf". Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. September 11, 1950. p. 20.
- ^ "Middlecoff, Reading Golf Winner, En Route Here". Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. July 11, 1949. p. 20.
- ^ "Hogan Cops Reading Open; Has 8-Under-Par Round". Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. July 26, 1948. p. 15.
- ^ "Reading Open to Harrison". Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. October 6, 1947. p. 19.