Cleveland Open

This article is about the former PGA Tour event. For the former Nationwide Tour event, see Greater Cleveland Open. For the chess tournament, see Cleveland Open (chess). For the tennis tournament, see Cleveland Open (tennis).

The Cleveland Open was a golf tournament on the PGA Tour. It was played from 1963 to 1972 at a various courses in the greater Cleveland, Ohio area.

Cleveland Open

Tournament information
Location	Bainbridge Township, Geauga County, Ohio
Established	1963
Course(s)	Tanglewood Country Club
Par	71
Tour(s)	PGA Tour
Format	Stroke play
Prize fund	US$150,000
Month played	July
Final year	1972
Tournament record score
Aggregate	262 Bobby Mitchell (1971)
To par	−22 as above
Final champion
David Graham
Location map
Tanglewood CC Location in the United States Show map of the United States Tanglewood CC Location in Ohio Show map of Ohio

Host courses

Years	Course	Location
1972	Tanglewood Country Club[1]	Bainbridge Township, Geauga County
1963, 1971	Beechmont Country Club[2][3]	Orange
1967, 1969, 1970	Aurora Country Club[4][5][6]	Aurora
1966, 1968	Lakewood Country Club[7][8]	Westlake
1964, 1965	Highland Park Municipal Golf Club[9][10]	Highland Hills

Winners

Year	Winner	Score	To par	Margin of victory	Runner(s)-up	Winner's share ($)	Ref.
Cleveland Open
1972	David Graham	278	−6	Playoff	Bruce Devlin	30,000	[1]
1971	Bobby Mitchell	262	−22	7 strokes	Charles Coody	30,000	[2]
1970	Bruce Devlin	268	−12	4 strokes	Steve Eichstaedt	30,000	[4]
Cleveland Open Invitational
1969	Charles Coody	271	−9	2 strokes	Bruce Crampton	22,000	[5]
1968	Dave Stockton	276	−8	2 strokes	Bob Dickson	22,000	[7]
1967	Gardner Dickinson	271	−9	4 strokes	Miller Barber Homero Blancas	20,700	[6]
1966	R. H. Sikes	268	−16	3 strokes	Bob Goalby	20,000	[8]
1965	Dan Sikes	272	−12	1 stroke	Tony Lema	25,000	[9]
1964	Tony Lema	270	−14	Playoff	Arnold Palmer	20,000	[10]
1963	Arnold Palmer	273	−11	Playoff	Tommy Aaron Tony Lema	22,000	[3]

See also

• DAP Championship, a Web.com Tour Finals event in the Cleveland suburb of Beachwood to begin in 2016
• Rust-Oleum Championship, a Web.com Tour event in the Cleveland suburb of Westlake from 2013 to 2014
• Legend Financial Group Classic, a Web.com Tour event from 2005 to 2007
• Greater Cleveland Open, a Web.com Tour event from 1990 to 2001