Fig Garden Village Open Invitational

This article is about the former PGA Tour event. For the former Ben Hogan Tour event, see Fresno Open.

The Fig Garden Village Open Invitational was a golf tournament on the PGA Tour that was played at the San Joaquin Country Club in Fresno, California.^[1][2] It was first held in October 1963, and was won by Mason Rudolph, a 29-year-old native of Tennessee by three strokes over Tommy Aaron and Al Geiberger.^[3] In 1964, it was called the Fresno Open Invitational and was again played at San Joaquin CC with Canadian George Knudson the winner in a playoff with fellow Canadian Al Balding.^[4]

Fresno Open Invitational

Tournament information
Location	Fresno, California
Established	1963
Course(s)	San Joaquin Country Club
Par	72
Tour(s)	PGA Tour
Format	Stroke play
Prize fund	US$35,000
Month played	October
Final year	1964
Tournament record score
Aggregate	275 Mason Rudolph (1963)
To par	−13 as above
Final champion
George Knudson
Location map
San Joaquin CC Location in the United States Show map of the United States San Joaquin CC Location in California Show map of California

Winner

Year	Winner	Score	To par	Margin of victory	Runner(s)-up
Fresno Open Invitational
1964	George Knudson	280	−8	Playoff	Al Balding
Fig Garden Village Open Invitational
1963	Mason Rudolph	275	−13	3 strokes	Tommy Aaron Al Geiberger