Blue Ribbon Open

Blue Ribbon Open

Tournament information
Location	Menomenee Falls, Wisconsin, U.S.
Established	1951
Course(s)	North Hills Country Club
Par	71
Length	6,257 yards (5,721 m)[1]
Tour(s)	PGA Tour
Format	Stroke play
Prize fund	$20,000 [1]
Month played	July
Final year	1951
Final champion
Joe Kirkwood Jr., 271 (–13)

Milwaukee

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Location in the United States

Menomenee Falls

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Location in Wisconsin

The Blue Ribbon Open was a professional golf tournament on the PGA Tour, played only in 1951. It was held in Wisconsin at the North Hills Country Club in Menomenee Falls, northwest of Milwaukee.

Part-time Hollywood actor Joe Kirkwood Jr. won the event at 271 (–13), two shots over runners-up Sam Snead and Jim Ferrier, the 54-hole leader.[2] The purse was $20,000 with a winner's share of $2,750.[1] Kirkwood equaled the course record in the final round with a seven-under 64.[3] He had won on tour three years earlier at the Philadelphia Inquirer Open. Following the win, Kirkwood left to go fishing in northern Wisconsin.[4]

North Hills was the site of the Milwaukee Open in 1940 and later hosted the Milwaukee Open Invitational in 1960 and 1961.

Leaderboard

Sunday, July 22, 1951

Place	Player	Country	Score	To par	Money ($)
1	Joe Kirkwood Jr.	Australia	72-66-69-64=271	−13	2,750
2	Sam Snead	United States	67-70-70-65=273	−11	1,900
T3	Jim Ferrier	Australia	70-68-68-68=274	−10	1,475
	Lloyd Mangrum	United States	71-67-70-66=274
5	Skee Riegel	United States	73-66-68-68=275	−9	1,150
6	Jimmy Demaret	United States	68-69-70-72=279	−5	1,000
T7	Julius Boros	United States	69-68-72-71=280	−4	762
	Jack Burke Jr.	United States	73-68-68-71=280
	George Fazio	United States	68-70-72-70=280
	Glenn Teal	United States	67-67-74-72=280

Source:[3]

See also

Other former PGA Tour events in Milwaukee

• Milwaukee Open, 1940
• Milwaukee Open Invitational, 1955–61
• Greater Milwaukee Open, 1968–2009

References

1. "Joe Kirkwood cards final round 64 to win Blue Ribbon golf tourney". St. Petersburg Times. (Florida). Associated Press. July 23, 1951. p. 11.
2. "Ferrier leads in Milwaukee Open". Chicago Sunday Tribune. Associated Press. July 22, 1951. p. 6, sec. 2.
3. "Kirkwood's 271 wins golf meet at Milwaukee". Chicago Daily Tribune. Associated Press. July 23, 1951. p. 2, sec. 3.
4. "Kirkwood edges Snead for first". Eugene Register-Guard. (Oregon). United Press. July 23, 1961. p. 10.

External links

• North Hills Country Club

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