Beaumont Open Invitational

The Beaumont Open Invitational was a golf tournament on the PGA Tour that played for two years in the early 1960s at the Tyrrell Park Municipal Golf Course in Beaumont, Texas, an 18-hole, par-72, 6,656 yard city-owned course.^[1][2][3]

Beaumont Open Invitational

Tournament information
Location	Beaumont, Texas
Established	1961
Course(s)	Tyrrell Park Municipal Golf Course
Par	72
Length	6,656 yards (6,086 m)
Tour(s)	PGA Tour
Format	Stroke play
Prize fund	US$20,000
Month played	November
Final year	1962
Tournament record score
Aggregate	277 Joe Campbell (1961)
To par	−7 as above
Final champion
Dave Ragan
Location map
Terrell Park Municipal GC Location in the United States Show map of the United States Terrell Park Municipal GC Location in Texas Show map of Texas

The 1961 event was won on November 12^[4] by 26-year-old Joe Campbell by one stroke over Beaumont native Bert Weaver. This was his first PGA Tour win.^[1][4] The 1962 event was won on November 4 by 27-year-old Dave Ragan by three strokes over Dow Finsterwald, Don Massengale, and third round leader Lionel Hebert.^[2][3]

The winner's share was $2,800 out of a total purse of $20,000 in both years.^[3][4]

Winners

Year	Winner	Score	To par	Margin of victory	Runner(s)-up
1962	Dave Ragan	283	−5	3 strokes	Dow Finsterwald Lionel Hebert Don Massengale
1961	Joe Campbell	277	−7	1 stroke	Bert Weaver