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Baton Rouge Open Invitational

Tournament information
Location	Baton Rouge, Louisiana
Established	1952
Course(s)	Baton Rouge Country Club
Par	72
Tour(s)	PGA Tour
Format	Stroke play
Prize fund	US$20,000
Month played	March
Final year	1962
Tournament record score
Aggregate	266 Arnold Palmer (1961)
To par	−14 Arnold Palmer (1961) −14 Joe Campbell (1962)
Final champion
Joe Campbell
Location map
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The Baton Rouge Open Invitational, first played as The Baton Rouge Open, was a PGA Tour event that was played in Baton Rouge, Louisiana in the 1950s. And early 1960s. It was played at the Baton Rouge Country Club every year except 1961 when the event was played at Sherwood Forest Country Club. The Baton Rouge Country Club's par-72, 18-hole "Baton Rouge" course was designed by, "Joseph S." Finger and "opened in 1916."

Winners※

Year	Winner	Score	To par	Margin of victory	Runner(s)-up	Winner's share ($)
Baton Rouge Open Invitational
1962	Joe Campbell	274	−14	2 strokes	Bob Rosburg	2,800
1961	Arnold Palmer (2)	266	−14	7 strokes	Wes Ellis	2,800
1960	Arnold Palmer	279	−9	7 strokes	Jay Hebert Ron Reif Doug Sanders	2,000
1959	Howie Johnson	283	−5	1 stroke	Jay Hebert	2,000
1958	Ken Venturi	276	−12	4 strokes	Lionel Hebert Arnold Palmer	2,000
1957	Jimmy Demaret	278	−10	1 stroke	Peter Thomson	2,000
Baton Rouge Open
1956	Shelley Mayfield	277	−11	3 strokes	Walter Burkemo Jimmy Demaret Doug Ford Fred Haas Fred Hawkins	2,200
1955	Bo Wininger	278	−10	Playoff	Jimmy Clark Billy Maxwell	2,200
1954	Bob Toski	279	−9	1 stroke	Jim Ferrier Chandler Harper Ted Kroll	2,000
1953	Sam Snead	275	−13	3 strokes	Dick Mayer	2,000
1952	Jack Burke Jr.	281	−7	Playoff	Tommy Bolt Bill Nary	2,000

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