The Southern (Spring) Open was a golf tournament on the
PGA Tour
The PGA Tour (stylized in all capital letters as PGA TOUR by its officials) is the organizer of professional golf tours in the United States and North America. It organizes most of the events on the flagship annual series of tournaments also ...
, played only in 1922 at the
New Orleans Country Club in
.
Gene Sarazen won the event with a four-round total of 294 (+10), beating
Leo Diegel
Leo Harvey Diegel (April 20, 1899 – May 5, 1951) was an American professional golfer of the 1920s and early 1930s. He captured consecutive PGA Championships, played on the first four Ryder Cup teams, and is a member of the World Golf Hall of Fa ...
by eight strokes.
It was Sarazen's first PGA Tour win.
See also
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Zurich Classic of New Orleans
The Zurich Classic of New Orleans is a professional golf tournament in Louisiana on the PGA Tour, currently held at TPC Louisiana in Avondale, a suburb southwest of New Orleans. Beginning in 1938 and held annually since 1958, it is commonly play ...
, the later PGA Tour event held in New Orleans
References
Former PGA Tour events
Golf tournaments in Louisiana
Golf in New Orleans
Sports competitions in New Orleans
1922 in sports in Louisiana
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