Cajun Classic Open Invitational

The Cajun Classic Open Invitational was a golf tournament in Louisiana on the PGA Tour in the late 1950s and 1960s, played at the Oakbourne Country Club in Lafayette, usually in late November.^[2] It debuted as the Lafayette Open Invitational in 1958,^[3] and in many years was the last tournament on the PGA Tour schedule, which attracted players fighting for position on the money list.

Cajun Classic Open Invitational

Tournament information
Location	Lafayette, Louisiana
Established	1958
Course(s)	Oakbourne Country Club
Par	72
Length	6,555 yards (5,994 m)[1]
Tour(s)	PGA Tour
Format	Stroke play
Prize fund	US$25,000
Month played	November
Final year	1968
Tournament record score
Aggregate	270 Doug Sanders (1961) 270 John Barnum (1962) 270 Ron Cerrudo (1968)
To par	−18 Ron Cerrudo (1968)
Final champion
Ron Cerrudo
Location map
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John Barnum, the only man in the history of the PGA Tour to earn his first win after age 50, won this event in 1962 at age 51.^[4][5] Barnum was also the first player to win on Tour using a Ping putter.^[6]

The 1963 tournament began on Thursday, November 21, but during the second round the following day, news of the assassination of President John F. Kennedy swept the course. Saturday's play was postponed in deference to the news, with the tournament finishing on Sunday with the final two rounds being played.

It lost the last tournament slot on the 1969 schedule and the resulting smaller field caused monetary problems that resulted in the tournament folding.

Winners

Year	Winner	Score	To par	Margin of victory	Runner(s)-up	Purse (US$)	Winner's share ($)	Ref.
Cajun Classic Open Invitational
1968	Ron Cerrudo	270	−18	4 strokes	Charlie Sifford	35,000	5,000	[1]
1967	Marty Fleckman	275	−13	Playoff	Jack Montgomery	35,000	5,000	[7]
1966	Jacky Cupit	271	−17	Playoff	Chi-Chi Rodríguez	34,500	4,850	[8]
1965	Babe Hiskey	275	−13	Playoff	Dudley Wysong	32,000	4,250	[9]
1964	Miller Barber	277	−7	5 strokes	Gay Brewer Jack Nicklaus	25,000	3,300	[10]
1963	Rex Baxter	275	−13	2 strokes	Bob Shave Jr.	20,000	2,800	[11]
1962	John Barnum	270	−14	6 strokes	Gay Brewer	17,500	2,400	[4]
1961	Doug Sanders	270	−14	6 strokes	Ken Still	15,000	2,000	[12]
1960	Lionel Hebert	272	−12	2 strokes	Jon Gustin Johnny Pott	15,000	2,000	[13]
Lafayette Open Invitational
1959	Billy Casper	273	−11	4 strokes	George Bayer	15,000	2,000	[14]
1958	Jay Hebert	275	−11	5 strokes	Leo Biagetti Bob Rosburg	15,000	2,000	[3]