The Beaumont Open Invitational was a

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tournament on the

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that played for two years in the early 1960s at the Tyrrell Park Municipal Golf Course in

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, an 18-hole, par-72, 6,656 yard city-owned course. The 1961 event was won on November 12 by 26-year-old Joe Campbell by one stroke over Beaumont native

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. This was his first PGA Tour win. The 1962 event was won on November 4 by 27-year-old

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by three strokes over

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, and third round leader

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. The winner's share was $2,800 out of a total purse of $20,000 in both years.

Winners

References

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