Hot Springs Open Invitational
Tournament information
LocationHot Springs, Arkansas
Established1955
Course(s)Hot Springs Country Club
Par72
Tour(s)PGA Tour
FormatStroke play
Prize fundUS$25,000
Month playedJuly
Final year1963
Tournament record score
Aggregate270 Bo Wininger (1955)
270 Gene Littler (1959)
To par−18 as above
Final champion
United States Dave Hill
Location Map
Hot Springs CC is located in the United States
Hot Springs CC
Hot Springs CC
Location in the United States
Hot Springs CC is located in Arkansas
Hot Springs CC
Hot Springs CC
Location in Arkansas

The Arlington Hotel Open was a PGA Tour event that was played from 1955 to 1963 at the Arlington golf course of the Hot Springs Country Club near the Arlington Hotel, now known as the Arlington Resort Hotel and Spa, a 484-room resort in the Ouachita Mountains of Hot Springs National Park in Arkansas.[1] The event was also known as the Hot Springs Open or Hot Springs Open Invitational. The Majestic Golf Course was constructed by Willie Park, Jnr. in 1898.[2] The Arlington Golf Course was designed and built by William Diddle in 1927.[3] Jimmy Demaret won the last of his 31 PGA Tour wins at this event in 1957.[4]

Winners

Year Winner Score To par Margin of
victory		 Runner(s)-up
Hot Springs Open Invitational
1963 United States Dave Hill 277 −11 Playoff United States Mike Souchak
1962 Canada Al Johnston 273 −15 Playoff United States Bill Collins
1961 United States Doug Sanders 273 −15 1 stroke United States Dave Ragan
United States Jerry Steelsmith
1960 United States Bill Collins 275 −13 3 strokes United States Pete Cooper
Arlington Hotel Open
1959 United States Gene Littler 270 −18 1 stroke United States Jim Ferree
1958 United States Julius Boros 273 −15 1 stroke United States Cary Middlecoff
1957 United States Jimmy Demaret 276 −12 1 stroke United States Jack Burke Jr.
United States Lloyd Mangrum
United States Billy Maxwell
United States Johnny Palmer
United States Mike Souchak
1956 United States Billy Maxwell 272 −12 1 stroke United States George Bayer
United States Ernie Vossler
Hot Springs Open
1955 United States Bo Wininger 270 −18 5 strokes United States Doug Ford
United States Cary Middlecoff

References

  1. ^ "The Arlington Resort Hotel and Spa". Archived from the original on December 12, 2007. Retrieved November 18, 2007.
  2. ^ "The Arlington Golf Courses-Majestic". Archived from the original on July 24, 2007. Retrieved November 18, 2007.
  3. ^ "The Arlington Golf Courses-Arlington". Archived from the original on July 24, 2007. Retrieved November 18, 2007.
  4. ^ "The Year in Golf, 1957". Archived from the original on February 1, 2008. Retrieved November 18, 2007.
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