Fig Garden Village Open Invitational

This article is about the former PGA Tour event. For the former Ben Hogan Tour event, see Fresno Open.

The Fig Garden Village Open Invitational was a golf tournament on the PGA Tour that was played at the San Joaquin Country Club in Fresno, California.[1][2] It was first held in October 1963, and was won by Mason Rudolph, a 29-year-old native of Tennessee by three strokes over Tommy Aaron and Al Geiberger.[3] In 1964, it was called the Fresno Open Invitational and was again played at San Joaquin CC with Canadian George Knudson the winner in a playoff with fellow Canadian Al Balding.[4]

Winner

Fresno Open Invitational

Fig Garden Village Open Invitational

References

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  2. Sal Johnson and Dave Seanor, ed. (2009). The USA Today Golfers Encyclopedia. New York, New York: Skyhorse Publishing. p. 643, 649. ISBN 978-1-60239-302-8.
  3. "1963 winners sorted by age". PGA Tour. Retrieved 2009-05-12.
  4. "1964 winners sorted by age". PGA Tour. Retrieved 2009-05-12.
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