The Azalea Open Invitational was a
golf
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tournament in
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on the
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, held at Cape Fear Country Club in
Wilmington. Last played in November
1971 *
The year 1971 had three partial solar eclipses ( February 25, July 22 and August 20) and two total lunar eclipses (February 10, and August 6).
The world population increased by 2.1% this year, the highest increase in history.
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as an unofficial event;
it was an official PGA Tour event in 1945 and from 1949 through 1970
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in South Carolina
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debuted in 1969
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and soon displaced it on the schedule.
It was also played under the names of the Azalea Open and the Wilmington Azalea Open; all were centerpieces of the city's Azalea Festival. Cape Fear was designed by noted course architect Donald Ross.[
From 1950 through 1965, the Azalea Open was a tune-up event for the first ]major
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of the year, The Masters
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in Augusta, Georgia
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. Jerry Barber
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, the winner of the PGA Championship
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in 1961
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, won the Wilmington event three times (1953, 1961, 1963). Arnold Palmer
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won in 1957 and nearly repeated, falling by a stroke in an 18-hole playoff in 1958; the difference was a penalty stroke he called
Total prize money was initially $10,000, increasing to $12,500 in 1955 and $15,000 in 1958. It reduced to $12,000 in 1961 before increasing to $20,000 from 1962 to 1964. Prize money was $28,750 in 1965, $22,800 in 1966, $35,000 from 1967 to 1969 and $60,000 in 1970. The final non-tour event in 1971 had prize money of $35,000.
Tournament hosts
*1949–1971 – Cape Fear Country Club, Wilmington, North Carolina
*1945 – Mobile Country Club, Mobile, Alabama
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Winners
Notes
References
External links
Cape Fear Country Club
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Former PGA Tour events
Golf in North Carolina
Recurring sporting events established in 1945
Recurring sporting events disestablished in 1971
1945 establishments in Alabama
1971 disestablishments in North Carolina