Denver Open Invitational

For the LPGA Tour golf tournament, see Mile High Open. For the tennis tournament, see Denver Open (tennis).

The Denver Open Invitational was a golf tournament on the PGA Tour that was played intermittently in the Denver, Colorado area from 1947 to 1963. Chi-Chi Rodríguez won his first PGA Tour event at the 1963 tournament, which he calls his biggest thrill in golf.^[1]

Denver Open Invitational

Tournament information
Location	Denver, Colorado
Established	1947
Course(s)	Denver Country Club
Par	70
Tour(s)	PGA Tour
Format	Stroke play
Prize fund	US$35,000
Month played	August/September
Final year	1963
Tournament record score
Aggregate	263 Dave Hill (1961)
To par	−21 as above
Final champion
Chi-Chi Rodríguez
Location map
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Winners

Year	Winner	Score	To par	Margin of victory	Runner(s)-up	Venue	Ref.
Denver Open Invitational
1963	Chi-Chi Rodríguez	276	−4	2 strokes	Bill Eggers	Denver	[2]
1962	Bob Goalby	277	−3	1 stroke	George Bayer Bob Duden Jack Fleck Bill Johnston Billy Maxwell Art Wall Jr.	Denver	[2]
1961	Dave Hill	263	−21	6 strokes	Bob Goalby Art Wall Jr.	Meadow Hills	[2]
Denver Open
1959–1960: No tournament
1958	Tommy Jacobs	266	−14	1 stroke	Ernie Vossler	Wellshire	[2][3]
1949–1957: No tournament
1948	Ben Hogan	270	−18	1 stroke	Fred Haas	Wellshire	[3]
1947	Lew Worsham	276	−8	4 strokes	Ben Hogan Johnny Palmer Tom Wright	Cherry Hills	[4]