The Almaden Open was a golf tournament that began at the Almaden Country Club in San Jose, California in 1958, mostly with local pros. It became a PGA Tour event, the Almaden Open Invitational, in 1961 and was played until 1965. After the 1965 event, the course underwent a major overhaul for several years. In 1968, a decision was made by the new owners not to continue the tournament.[1]

Almaden Open Invitational
Tournament information
LocationSan Jose, California
Established1958
Course(s)Almaden Country Club
Par72
Tour(s)PGA Tour
FormatStroke play
Prize fundUS$46,000
Month playedOctober
Final year1965
Tournament record score
Aggregate273 Al Geiberger (1962)
273 Bobby Verwey (1965)
To par−15 as above
Final champion
South Africa Bobby Verwey
Location map
Almaden CC is located in the United States
Almaden CC
Almaden CC
Location in the United States
Almaden CC is located in California
Almaden CC
Almaden CC
Location in California

Winners

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Year Tour[a] Winner Score To par Margin of
victory
Runner(s)-up
Almaden Open Invitational
1965 PGAT   Bobby Verwey 273 −15 2 strokes   Billy Martindale
1964 PGAT   Billy Casper 279 −9 Playoff   Pete Brown
  Jerry Steelsmith
1963 PGAT   Al Geiberger (2) 277 −11 1 stroke   Dutch Harrison
  Dick Lotz
1962   Al Geiberger 273 −15 5 strokes   Charlie Sifford
1961 PGAT   Jim Ferrier 279 −9 1 stroke   Bob Rosburg
Almaden Open
1960   Charlie Sifford 281 −7 Playoff   Bill Eggers
1959   Ken Venturi 281 −7 6 strokes   Bob Rosburg
  George Bruno
  Jimmy Clark
  Ken Still
1958   Bob Duden 212 −4 Playoff   Bob Rosburg

Notes

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  1. ^ PGAT − PGA Tour.

References

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  1. ^ "A Place of Champions". Northern California Golf Association. Archived from the original on 2007-10-14. Retrieved 2007-11-03.