Ontario Open (PGA Tour)

Ontario Open Invitational
Tournament information
LocationOntario, California
Established1961
Course(s)Whispering Lakes Golf Course
Par71
Tour(s)PGA Tour
FormatStroke play
Prize fundUS$25,000
Month playedOctober
Final year1962
Tournament record score
Aggregate276 Al Geiberger (1962)
To par−8 as above
Final champion
United States Al Geiberger
Location map
Whispering Lakes GC is located in the United States
Whispering Lakes GC
Whispering Lakes GC
Location in the United States
Whispering Lakes GC is located in California
Whispering Lakes GC
Whispering Lakes GC
Location in California

The Ontario Open was a golf tournament on the PGA Tour that was played in 1961 and 1962 at the Whispering Lakes Golf Course in Ontario, California, which opened in 1956.[1][2]

The 1961 tournament, played from October 12–15, was won by 42-year-old Eric Monti of Los Angeles, when he sank an 8-foot birdie putt on the second extra hole of a three-way sudden death playoff with George Bayer and Bobby Nichols.[3] The winners share was $2,800 out of a total purse of $20,000.[1]

In the 1962 tournament, played October 18–21, Al Geiberger[4] won his first PGA Tour event by one stroke over five other golfers. He won $3,500 from a $27,500 purse.[5]

  1. ^ a b "Monti Victor With Birdie in Play-Off". The Spokesman-Review. Spokane, Washington. Associated Press. October 16, 1961. Retrieved April 6, 2010.
  2. ^ "Whispering Lakes Golf Course".
  3. ^ "1961 winners sorted by age". PGA Tour.
  4. ^ "1962 winners sorted by age". PGA Tour.
  5. ^ "Young Al Geiberger Gets First Victory In Ontario". The Dispatch. Lexington, North Carolina. United Press International. October 22, 1962. p. 6. Retrieved July 22, 2010.