Oklahoma City Open Invitational

For the LPGA Tour event, see Oklahoma City Open (LPGA Tour).

Oklahoma City Open

Tournament information
Location	Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
Established	1926
Course(s)	The Greens Country Club
Par	70
Tour(s)	PGA Tour
Format	Stroke play
Prize fund	US$54,000
Month played	May
Final year	1978
Tournament record score
Aggregate	257 Michael Kim (2018)
To par	−27 as above
Final champion
Jeff Hewes
Location map
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The Oklahoma City Open Invitational was a golf tournament on the PGA Tour that played at various clubs in Oklahoma City. The tournament first played in the 1920s under the name Oklahoma City Open.

After a hiatus of nearly three decades, the PGA Tour returned to Oklahoma City in the 1950s. The 1962–1967 events were held at Quail Creek Golf & Country Club.[1][2]

Tournament hosts

Years	Course
1962–67	Quail Creek Golf & Country Club
1956, 1959–60	Twin Hills Golf & Country Club
1926–29	Oklahoma City Golf & Country Club

Winners

Year	Tour[a]	Winner	Score	To par	Margin of victory	Runner(s)-up
Oklahoma City Open
1978		Jeff Hewes	282	+2	5 strokes	Jack Spradlin Tom Jones
1977		Tom Storey	278	−2	1 stroke	Bob Erickson
1968–1976: No tournament
Oklahoma City Open Invitational
1967	PGAT	Miller Barber	278	−10	Playoff	Gary Player
1966	PGAT	Tony Lema	271	−17	6 strokes	Tom Weiskopf
1965	PGAT	Jack Rule Jr.	283	−5	1 stroke	Bobby Nichols
1964	PGAT	Arnold Palmer (2)	277	−11	2 strokes	Lionel Hebert
1963	PGAT	Don Fairfield	280	−8	1 stroke	Julius Boros
1962	PGAT	Doug Sanders	280	−8	2 strokes	Johnny Pott
1961: No tournament
1960	PGAT	Gene Littler	273	−11	1 stroke	Art Wall Jr.
1959	PGAT	Arnold Palmer	273	−15	2 strokes	Bob Goalby
1957–1959: No tournament
Oklahoma City Open
1956	PGAT	Fred Hawkins	279	−9	2 strokes	Gardner Dickinson
1930–1955: No tournament
1929		Craig Wood
1928		Horton Smith
1927		Harry Cooper
1926		Al Espinosa

Notes

1. PGAT − PGA Tour.

References

1. "Ernie Vossler bio page". Landmark golf. Archived from the original on 2009-01-05. Retrieved 2009-05-17.
2. "Club information". Quail Creek Golf & Country Club. Retrieved 2009-05-17.