Tournament information | |
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Location | Denver, Colorado |
Established | 1947 |
Course(s) | Denver Country Club |
Par | 70 |
Tour(s) | PGA Tour |
Format | Stroke play |
Prize fund | US$35,000 |
Month played | August/September |
Final year | 1963 |
Tournament record score | |
Aggregate | 263 Dave Hill (1961) |
To par | −21 as above |
Final champion | |
Chi-Chi Rodríguez | |
Location map | |
Location in the United States Location in Colorado |
The Denver Open Invitational was a golf tournament on the PGA Tour that was played intermittently in the Denver, Colorado area from 1947 to 1963. Chi-Chi Rodríguez won his first PGA Tour event at the 1963 tournament, which he calls his biggest thrill in golf.[1]