St. Paul Open Invitational

Golf tournament

For the LPGA Tour event, see Patty Berg Classic.

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Golf tournament

Minnesota Golf Classic
Tournament information
Location	Edina, Minnesota
Established	1930
Course(s)	Braemar Golf Course
Par	71
Tour(s)	PGA Tour
Format	Stroke play
Prize fund	US$100,000
Month played	July
Final year	1969
Tournament record score
Aggregate	266 Lloyd Mangrum (1951) 266 Cary Middlecoff (1952) 266 Ken Venturi (1957) 266 Don Fairfield (1960) 266 Jack Rule Jr. (1963)
To par	−25 Mike Souchak (1958)
Final champion
United States Frank Beard
Location map
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The Saint Paul Open Invitational, which played as the Saint Paul Open from 1930 to 1956, and as the Minnesota Golf Classic from 1966 to 1969, was a PGA Tour event played at Keller Golf Course in St. Paul, Minnesota from 1930–1966 and 1968,^[1] at Hazeltine National Golf Club in Chaska, Minnesota in 1967,^[2] and at Braemar Golf Course in Edina, Minnesota in 1969.

Winners

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Year	Winner	Score	To par	Margin of victory	Runner(s)-up
Minnesota Golf Classic
1969	United States Frank Beard	269	−15	7 strokes	United States Tommy Aaron South Africa Hugh Inggs
1968	United States Dan Sikes	272	−12	1 stroke	United States Ken Still
1967	United States Lou Graham	286	−2	1 stroke	South Africa Bobby Verwey
1966	United States Bobby Nichols	270	−14	1 stroke	United States John Schlee
St. Paul Open Invitational
1965	United States Raymond Floyd	270	−14	4 strokes	United States Tommy Aaron United States Gene Littler
1964	United States Chuck Courtney	272	−12	3 strokes	United States Rod Funseth United States Jack McGowan United States Charlie Sifford
1963	United States Jack Rule Jr.	266	−22	5 strokes	United States Fred Hawkins
1962	United States Doug Sanders	269	−19	3 strokes	United States Dave Hill
1961	United States Don January	269	−19	1 stroke	United States Buster Cupit
1960	United States Don Fairfield	266	−22	2 strokes	United States Billy Casper United States Lionel Hebert
1959: No tournament
1958	United States Mike Souchak (2)	263	−25	4 strokes	United States Julius Boros United States Sam Snead
1957	United States Ken Venturi	266	−22	2 strokes	United States Bob Rosburg
St. Paul Open
1956	United States Mike Souchak	271	−17	1 stroke	United States Sam Snead
1955	United States Tommy Bolt	269	−19	2 strokes	United States Jerry Barber
1954: No tournament
1953	United States Tommy Bolt	269	−19	2 strokes	United States Dutch Harrison
1952	United States Cary Middlecoff	266	−22	5 strokes	United States Sam Snead
1951	United States Lloyd Mangrum	266	−22	1 stroke	United States Fred Hawkins
1950	Australia Jim Ferrier (2)	276	−12	Playoff	United States Sam Snead
1949: No tournament
1948	United States Jimmy Demaret	273	−15	Playoff	United States Otto Greiner
1947	Australia Jim Ferrier	276	−12	Playoff	United States Fred Haas
1946	United States Henry Ransom
1945	United States Dutch Harrison
1943–44: No tournament
1942	United States Chick Harbert
1941	United States Horton Smith
1940	United States Ed Oliver
1939	United States Dick Metz
1938	United States Johnny Revolta
1937	United States Sam Snead
1936	England Harry Cooper (3)
1935	England Harry Cooper (2)
1934	United States Johnny Revolta
1933	United States Jim Foulis
1932: No tournament
1931	United States Horton Smith
1930	England Harry Cooper