Kentucky Derby Open

Kentucky Derby Open
Tournament information
LocationLouisville, Kentucky
Established1957
Course(s)Seneca Golf Course
Par71
Length6,542 yards (5,982 m)[1]
Tour(s)PGA Tour
FormatStroke play
Prize fundUS$20,000
Month playedMay
Final year1959
Tournament record score
Aggregate274 Gary Player (1958)
274 Don Whitt (1959)
To par−14 Gary Player (1958)
Final champion
United States Don Whitt
Location map
Seneca GC is located in the United States
Seneca GC
Seneca GC
Location in the United States
Seneca GC is located in Kentucky
Seneca GC
Seneca GC
Location in Kentucky

The Kentucky Derby Open was a PGA Tour event in Kentucky that was played at Seneca Golf Course in Louisville in the late 1950s.[2] Gary Player won his first PGA Tour event at this tournament in April 1958.[3][4][5] Seneca is a municipal course, located just northwest of Bowman Field.

  1. ^ "Whitt still hot, takes second tourney in week". Eugene Register-Guard. (Oregon). Associated Press. June 1, 1959. p. 3B.
  2. ^ "Tournament information from Arnold Palmer's official site". Archived from the original on September 12, 2007. Retrieved November 22, 2007.
  3. ^ "Gary Player golf winner". Eugene Register-Guard. (Oregon). Associated Press. April 21, 1958. p. 3B.
  4. ^ "Player walks in Locke's footsteps". Pittsburgh Press. United Press. April 21, 1958. p. 26.
  5. ^ "Seneca Golf Course". Archived from the original on September 29, 2007. Retrieved November 22, 2007.