Fort Wayne Open (PGA Tour event)

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The Fort Wayne Open, which played for one year as Fort Wayne Invitational, was a golf tournament on the PGA Tour from 1950 to 1956. It was played in Fort Wayne, Indiana. In 1950 it was played at the Orchard Ridge Country Club before moving to the Fort Wayne Elks Lodge No. 155 golf course, now known as the "Elks Course" at Coyote Creek Golf Club, an 18-hole, par-72 championship course built in 1928 and opened in 1929.

Arnold Palmer earned his first professional paycheck ($145) at this event in 1955.[1][2]

Winners

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YearPlayerCountryScoreTo parMargin of
victory		Runner(s)-upWinner's
share ($)		Ref
Fort Wayne Open
1956Art Wall Jr. United States269−19PlayoffUnited States Gardner Dickinson
United States Bill Trombley		2,400[3]
Fort Wayne Invitational
1955Dow Finsterwald United States269−193 strokesUnited States Doug Ford2,400[4]
Fort Wayne Open
1954Doug Ford United States270−183 strokesUnited States Mike Souchak2,400[5]
1953Art Wall Jr. United States265−23PlayoffUnited States Cary Middlecoff2,400[6][7]
1952Jimmy Clark United States272−16PlayoffUnited States Jim Turnesa2,400[8][9]
1951Jim Ferrier Australia269−191 strokeUnited States Cary Middlecoff2,400[10]
1950Lloyd Mangrum United States271−133 strokesUnited States Ed Oliver2,600[11]
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