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Azalea Open Invitational

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The Azalea Open Invitational was a golf tournament on the PGA Tour. It was last played in 1971. It was an official PGA Tour event in 1945 and from 1949 to 1970.

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It was also played under the names of the Azalea Open and the Wilmington Azalea Open.

Tournament hosts

  • 1946–71 Cape Fear Country Club in Wilmington, North Carolina
  • 1945 Mobile Country Club in Mobile, Alabama

    • Winners

    Azalea Open Invitational

  • 1971 George Johnson (unofficial PGA Tour win)
  • 1970 Cesar Sanudo
  • 1969 Dale Douglass
  • 1968 Steve Reid
  • 1967 Randy Glover
  • 1966 Bert Yancey
  • 1965 Dick Hart

    • Azalea Open

  • 1964 Al Besselink
  • 1963 Jerry Barber
  • 1962 Dave Marr
  • 1961 Jerry Barber
  • 1960 Tom Nieporte
  • 1959 Art Wall, Jr.
  • 1958 Howie Johnson
  • 1957 Arnold Palmer
  • 1956 Mike Souchak
  • 1955 Billy Maxwell
  • 1954 Bob Toski
  • 1953 Jerry Barber
  • 1952 Jimmy Clark

    • Wilmington Azalea Open

  • 1951 Lloyd Mangrum
  • 1950 E.J. "Dutch" Harrison

    • Wilmington Open

  • 1949 Henry Ransom

    • Azalea Open

  • 1946 Al Besselink (amateur; non-PGA Tour event)
  • 1945 Sammy Byrd

    • References

    Azalea Open Invitational Wikipedia
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