Motor City Open

The Motor City Open was a PGA Tour event played at various clubs in and around Detroit, USA, eight times between 1948 and 1962.

LocationDetroit, Michigan

Established1948

CourseKnollwood Country Club

Par71

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Motor City Open

Tournament information
Location	Detroit, Michigan
Established	1948
Course	Knollwood Country Club
Par	71
Tour	PGA Tour
Format	Stroke play
Prize fund	US$35,000
Month played	July
Final year	1962
Tournament record score
Aggregate	267 Bruce Crampton (1962)
To par	−17 as above
Final champion
Bruce Crampton
Location map
Knollwood CC Location in the United States Show map of the United States Knollwood CC Location in Michigan Show map of Michigan

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The PGA Tour record for the longest sudden-death playoff was established at the 1949 Motor City Open. Cary Middlecoff and Lloyd Mangrum played 11 holes at Meadowbrook Country Club in Northville, Michigan and were still stalemated when darkness arrived. Tournament officials, with their mutual consent, declared them joint winners.^[1]

In 1955, the Motor City Open was originally to be played at Meadowbrook Country Club. This was abandoned however, when Meadowbrook's professional, Chick Harbert, won the PGA Championship in 1954. Meadowbrook petitioned for and won the opportunity to host the 1955 PGA Championship and, because of this development, the Motor City Open was not held in 1955. This is the only time that a defending champion of a major championship has hosted the tournament the following year.^{[citation needed]}

In 2019, the Rocket Mortgage Classic at Detroit Golf Club in the city of Detroit replaced The National in the Washington, DC, metropolitan area.^{[citation needed]}