The Tippecanoe Open was a

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tournament on the

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from 1959 to 1961. It was played at the Tippecanoe Lake Country Club in

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. It was an unofficial event in 1959 and 1960.

Winners

;Tippecanoe Open *1961

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;Leesburg Pro-Am *1960

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References

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