The Arlington Hotel Open was a PGA Tour

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 event that was played from 1955 to 1963 at the Arlington golf courses of the Hot Springs Country Club adjacent to the Arlington Hotel, now known as the Arlington Resort Hotel and Spa, a 484-room resort in the Ouachita Mountains

Ouachita Mountains

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 of Hot Springs National Park

Hot Springs National Park

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 in Arkansas

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. The event was also known as the Hot Springs Open or Hot Springs Open Invitational. The Majestic Golf Course was constructed by Willie Park, Jnr.

Willie Park, Jnr.

Willie Park, Jr. was one of the top professional golfers of his era, winning The Open Championship twice. Park was also a successful golf equipment maker and golf writer...

 in 1898. The Arlington Golf Course was designed and built by William Diddle in 1927. Golf legend Jimmy Demaret

Jimmy Demaret

James Newton Demaret was an American professional golfer. He won 31 PGA Tour events in a long career between 1935 and 1957, and was the first three-time winner of the Masters....

 won the last of his 31 PGA Tour wins at this event in 1957.

Winners

Hot Springs Open Invitational

• 1963 Dave Hill
  Dave Hill (golfer)
  James David Hill was an American professional golfer. He was the brother of golfer Mike Hill.Hill was born in Jackson, Michigan. He attended the University of Detroit, where he played on the golf team. Hill won 13 times on the PGA Tour, three of which came during his career year of 1969, when he...
  
  
• 1962 Al Johnston
  Al Johnston
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• 1961 Doug Sanders
  Doug Sanders
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• 1960 Bill Collins
  Bill Collins (golfer)
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Arlington Hotel Open

• 1959 Gene Littler
  Gene Littler
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• 1958 Julius Boros
  Julius Boros
  Julius Nicholas Boros was a Hungarian-American professional golfer.-Early years:Boros was born in Bridgeport, Connecticut...
  
  
• 1957 Jimmy Demaret
  Jimmy Demaret
  James Newton Demaret was an American professional golfer. He won 31 PGA Tour events in a long career between 1935 and 1957, and was the first three-time winner of the Masters....
  
  
• 1956 Billy Maxwell
  Billy Maxwell
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Hot Springs Open

• 1955 Bo Wininger
  Bo Wininger
  Francis G. "Bo" Wininger was an American professional golfer who played on the PGA Tour in the 1950s and 1960s....