Blue Ribbon Open
Tournament information
LocationMenomenee Falls,
Wisconsin, U.S.
Established1951
Course(s)North Hills Country Club
Par71
Length6,257 yards (5,721 m)[1]
Tour(s)PGA Tour
FormatStroke play
Prize fund$20,000 [1]
Month playedJuly
Final year1951
Final champion
Australia Joe Kirkwood Jr., 271 (–13)
Milwaukee is located in the United States
Milwaukee
Milwaukee
Location in the United States
Menomenee Falls is located in Wisconsin
Menomenee Falls
Menomenee Falls
Location in Wisconsin

The Blue Ribbon Open was a professional golf tournament on the PGA Tour, played only in 1951. It was held in Wisconsin at the North Hills Country Club in Menomenee Falls, northwest of Milwaukee.

Part-time Hollywood actor Joe Kirkwood Jr. won the event at 271 (–13), two shots over runners-up Sam Snead and Jim Ferrier, the 54-hole leader.[2] The purse was $20,000 with a winner's share of $2,750.[1] Kirkwood equaled the course record in the final round with a seven-under 64.[3] He had won on tour three years earlier at the Philadelphia Inquirer Open. Following the win, Kirkwood left to go fishing in northern Wisconsin.[4]

North Hills was the site of the Milwaukee Open in 1940 and later hosted the Milwaukee Open Invitational in 1960 and 1961.

Leaderboard

Sunday, July 22, 1951

PlacePlayerCountryScoreTo parMoney ($)
1Joe Kirkwood Jr. Australia72-66-69-64=271−132,750
2Sam Snead United States67-70-70-65=273−111,900
T3Jim Ferrier Australia70-68-68-68=274−101,475
Lloyd Mangrum United States71-67-70-66=274
5Skee Riegel United States73-66-68-68=275−91,150
6Jimmy Demaret United States68-69-70-72=279−51,000
T7Julius Boros United States69-68-72-71=280−4762
Jack Burke Jr. United States73-68-68-71=280
George Fazio United States68-70-72-70=280
Glenn Teal United States67-67-74-72=280

Source:[3]

See also

Other former PGA Tour events in Milwaukee

References

  1. 1 2 3 "Joe Kirkwood cards final round 64 to win Blue Ribbon golf tourney". St. Petersburg Times. (Florida). Associated Press. July 23, 1951. p. 11.
  2. ↑ "Ferrier leads in Milwaukee Open". Chicago Sunday Tribune. Associated Press. July 22, 1951. p. 6, sec. 2.
  3. 1 2 "Kirkwood's 271 wins golf meet at Milwaukee". Chicago Daily Tribune. Associated Press. July 23, 1951. p. 2, sec. 3.
  4. ↑ "Kirkwood edges Snead for first". Eugene Register-Guard. (Oregon). United Press. July 23, 1961. p. 10.

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