Cajun Classic Open Invitational
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The Cajun Classic Open Invitational was a golf tournament on the PGA Tour
usually played in late November in the late 1950s and 1960s. It was played at the Oakbourne Country Club in Lafayette, Louisiana
. It was first played as the Lafayette Open Invitational in 1958. For many years it was the last tournament on the PGA Tour schedule and attracted players fighting for position on the money list. It lost the last tournament slot on the 1969 schedule and the resulting smaller field caused monetary problems that resulted in the tournament folding.
John Barnum
, the only man in the history of the PGA Tour to earn his first win after age 50, won this event in 1962 at age 51. Barnum was also the first player to win on Tour using a Ping
putter.
Lafayette Open Invitational
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usually played in late November in the late 1950s and 1960s. It was played at the Oakbourne Country Club in Lafayette, Louisiana
Lafayette, Louisiana
Lafayette is a city in and the parish seat of Lafayette Parish, Louisiana, United States, on the Vermilion River. The population was 120,623 at the 2010 census...
. It was first played as the Lafayette Open Invitational in 1958. For many years it was the last tournament on the PGA Tour schedule and attracted players fighting for position on the money list. It lost the last tournament slot on the 1969 schedule and the resulting smaller field caused monetary problems that resulted in the tournament folding.
John Barnum
John Barnum
John O. Barnum was an American professional golfer who played on the PGA Tour in the 1950s and 1960s....
, the only man in the history of the PGA Tour to earn his first win after age 50, won this event in 1962 at age 51. Barnum was also the first player to win on Tour using a Ping
Ping (golf)
PING is an American brand of high-quality golf equipment, as well as one of the largest of the remaining American manufacturers of golf clubs, based in Phoenix, Arizona, founded by Karsten Solheim, who was an engineer at the General Electric company. In 1959, he started making his own putters in...
putter.
Winners
Cajun Classic Open Invitational- 1968 Ron CerrudoRon CerrudoRonald John Cerrudo is an American professional golfer who currently works as a club teaching professional and formerly played on the PGA Tour....
- 1967 Marty FleckmanMarty FleckmanMartin A. Fleckman is an American professional golfer who played on the PGA Tour in the 1960s and 1970s.Fleckman was born in Port Arthur, Texas. He credits Byron Nelson, Carl Lohren and Jim Hardy with teaching him how to play golf. At the age of 20 in 1964, Fleckman won the individual title at the...
- 1966 Jacky CupitJacky CupitJacky D. Cupit is an American professional golfer who has played on both the PGA Tour and the Senior PGA Tour ....
- 1965 Babe HiskeyBabe HiskeyBryant "Babe" Hiskey is an American professional golfer who played on the PGA Tour and the Champions Tour.Hiskey was born in Burley, Idaho. He won the Idaho Amateur three times. He attended the University of Houston and was a member of the golf team...
- 1964 Miller BarberMiller BarberMiller Barber is an American professional golfer who enjoyed significant success on the PGA Tour in the 1960s and 1970s, and a greater degree of success on the Senior PGA Tour in the 1980s.-Career:...
- 1963 Rex BaxterRex BaxterRex Bernice Baxter, Jr. is an American professional golfer who played on the PGA Tour and the Senior PGA Tour.A native of Amarillo, Texas, Baxter won the U.S. Junior Amateur Golf Championship at Tulsa's Southern Hills Country Club in 1953...
- 1962 John BarnumJohn BarnumJohn O. Barnum was an American professional golfer who played on the PGA Tour in the 1950s and 1960s....
- 1961 Doug SandersDoug SandersGeorge Douglas Sanders is a former American professional golfer who won twenty PGA Tour events during his career.-Early years:Sanders was born in Cedartown, Georgia. He grew up in a poor family, and picked cotton as a teenager...
- 1960 Lionel HebertLionel HebertLionel P. Hebert was an American golfer. He won five times on the PGA Tour including the 1957 PGA Championship, the last to be held at match play. His older brother Jay won the same event at stroke play in 1960. Lionel also played on the 1957 Ryder Cup team...
Lafayette Open Invitational
- 1959 Billy CasperBilly CasperWilliam Earl Casper, Jr. is an American professional golfer who was one of the most prolific tournament winners on the PGA Tour from the mid 1950s to the mid 1970s.-Early years:...
- 1958 Jay Hebert