St. Paul Open Invitational

For the LPGA Tour event, see Patty Berg Classic.

Minnesota Golf Classic

Tournament information
Location	Edina, Minnesota
Established	1930
Course(s)	Braemar Golf Course
Par	71
Tour(s)	PGA Tour
Format	Stroke play
Prize fund	US$100,000
Month played	July
Final year	1969
Tournament record score
Aggregate	266 Lloyd Mangrum (1951) 266 Cary Middlecoff (1952) 266 Ken Venturi (1957) 266 Don Fairfield (1960) 266 Jack Rule Jr. (1963)
To par	−25 Mike Souchak (1958)
Final champion
Frank Beard
Location map
Braemar GC Location in the United States Show map of the United States Braemar GC Location in Minnesota Show map of Minnesota

The Saint Paul Open Invitational, which played as the Saint Paul Open from 1930 to 1956, and as the Minnesota Golf Classic from 1966 to 1969, was a PGA Tour event played at Keller Golf Course in St. Paul, Minnesota from 1930–1966 and 1968,[1] at Hazeltine National Golf Club in Chaska, Minnesota in 1967,[2] and at Braemar Golf Course in Edina, Minnesota in 1969.

Winners

Year	Winner	Score	To par	Margin of victory	Runner(s)-up
Minnesota Golf Classic
1969	Frank Beard	269	−15	7 strokes	Tommy Aaron Hugh Inggs
1968	Dan Sikes	272	−12	1 stroke	Ken Still
1967	Lou Graham	286	−2	1 stroke	Bobby Verwey
1966	Bobby Nichols	270	−14	1 stroke	John Schlee
St. Paul Open Invitational
1965	Raymond Floyd	270	−14	4 strokes	Tommy Aaron Gene Littler
1964	Chuck Courtney	272	−12	3 strokes	Rod Funseth Jack McGowan Charlie Sifford
1963	Jack Rule Jr.	266	−22	5 strokes	Fred Hawkins
1962	Doug Sanders	269	−19	3 strokes	Dave Hill
1961	Don January	269	−19	1 stroke	Buster Cupit
1960	Don Fairfield	266	−22	2 strokes	Billy Casper Lionel Hebert
1959: No tournament
1958	Mike Souchak (2)	263	−25	4 strokes	Julius Boros Sam Snead
1957	Ken Venturi	266	−22	2 strokes	Bob Rosburg
St. Paul Open
1956	Mike Souchak	271	−17	1 stroke	Sam Snead
1955	Tommy Bolt	269	−19	2 strokes	Jerry Barber
1954: No tournament
1953	Tommy Bolt	269	−19	2 strokes	Dutch Harrison
1952	Cary Middlecoff	266	−22	5 strokes	Sam Snead
1951	Lloyd Mangrum	266	−22	1 stroke	Fred Hawkins
1950	Jim Ferrier (2)	276	−12	Playoff	Sam Snead
1949: No tournament
1948	Jimmy Demaret	273	−15	Playoff	Otto Greiner
1947	Jim Ferrier	276	−12	Playoff	Fred Haas
1946	Henry Ransom
1945	Dutch Harrison
1943–44: No tournament
1942	Chick Harbert
1941	Horton Smith
1940	Ed Oliver
1939	Dick Metz
1938	Johnny Revolta
1937	Sam Snead
1936	Harry Cooper (3)
1935	Harry Cooper (2)
1934	Johnny Revolta
1933	Jim Foulis
1932: No tournament
1931	Horton Smith
1930	Harry Cooper

References

1. "Keller Golf Course". Retrieved November 6, 2007.
2. "1st Triumph for Graham". The Milwaukee Journal. Wisconsin. July 31, 1967. p. 16.