The Philadelphia Inquirer Open was a

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tournament on the

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that was played at various clubs in the greater

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area in the 1940s. The first event played as the Philadelphia Inquirer Open Invitational; it was last played in 1949. Fred Byrod was the

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employee who acted as tournament promoter and liaison with the PGA. At the 1945 event, Byron Nelson won the seventh of his record-setting 11 consecutive victories.

Tournament hosts

Winners

References

{{Former PGA Tour Events Former PGA Tour events Golf in Pennsylvania