The Milwaukee Open was a professional
golf
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Golf, unlike most ball games, cannot and does not use a standardized playing area, and coping ...
tournament in
Wisconsin
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on the
PGA Tour
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, played only in 1940. It was held August 2–4 at North Hills Country Club in
Menomenee Falls, northwest of
Milwaukee
Milwaukee ( ), officially the City of Milwaukee, is both the most populous and most densely populated city in the U.S. state of Wisconsin and the county seat of Milwaukee County. With a population of 577,222 at the 2020 census, Milwaukee ...
. Three-time
major winner
Ralph Guldahl
Ralph J. Guldahl (November 22, 1911 – June 11, 1987) was an American professional golfer, one of the top five players in the sport from 1936 to 1940. He won sixteen PGA Tour-sanctioned tournaments, including three majors (two U.S. Opens and one ...
shot a final round 67 (−4) to win the event at 268 (−16), two shots ahead of runner-up
Ed Oliver. It was his first victory in sixteen months, since the
Masters in
1939.
The purse was $5,000 with a winner's share of $1,200.
led after 54 holes at 197 (−16), a new scoring record for the tour. Playing with Guldahl, he carded a 75 (+4) in the final round and fell into a tie for fourth, four strokes back. With nine holes remaining, Bulla led Guldahl by three strokes, but then shot 39 (+3) while Guldahl made up seven strokes with 32 (−4).
[
The 72-hole event began on Friday, and the final two rounds were played on Sunday.]Blue Ribbon Open
The Blue Ribbon Open was a professional golf tournament on the PGA Tour, played only in 1951. It was held in Wisconsin at the North Hills Country Club in Menomenee Falls, northwest of Milwaukee.
Part-time Hollywood actor Joe Kirkwood Jr. won ...
(1951) and the final two editions of the Milwaukee Open Invitational
The Milwaukee Open Invitational was a professional golf tournament in Wisconsin on the PGA Tour. It was played seven times from 1955 through 1961 at different courses in the Milwaukee area.
During its final year, Arnold Palmer skipped the tourname ...
(1960, 1961).
Leaderboard
''Sunday, August 4, 1940''
Scorecard
''Final nine holes''
''Cumulative tournament scores, relative to par''
Source:[
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See also
Other former PGA Tour events in Milwaukee
*Blue Ribbon Open
The Blue Ribbon Open was a professional golf tournament on the PGA Tour, played only in 1951. It was held in Wisconsin at the North Hills Country Club in Menomenee Falls, northwest of Milwaukee.
Part-time Hollywood actor Joe Kirkwood Jr. won ...
, 1951
*Milwaukee Open Invitational
The Milwaukee Open Invitational was a professional golf tournament in Wisconsin on the PGA Tour. It was played seven times from 1955 through 1961 at different courses in the Milwaukee area.
During its final year, Arnold Palmer skipped the tourname ...
, 1955–61
*Greater Milwaukee Open
The Greater Milwaukee Open was a regular golf tournament in Wisconsin on the PGA Tour. For 42 years, it was played annually in the Milwaukee area, the final sixteen editions in the north suburb of Brown Deer at the Brown Deer Park Golf Course. U. ...
, 1968–2009
References
External links
North Hills Country Club
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Former PGA Tour events
Golf in Wisconsin
Sports in Milwaukee
1940 establishments in Wisconsin
1940 disestablishments in Wisconsin