Danny Thomas-Diplomat Classic
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The Danny Thomas-Diplomat Classic was a golf
tournament on the PGA Tour
that played from December 4-7, 1969 at south Florida's Diplomat Presidential Country Club located between Miami
and Fort Lauderdale
. Arnold Palmer
won the tournament, which earned him $25,000. It was the last event of the year, and played opposite a satellite event, the West End Classic
. Although the tournament played for only one year, Danny Thomas
would continue to lend his name to a PGA Event for the next 15 years: the Danny Thomas Memphis Classic played from 1970–1984.
Golf
Golf is a precision club and ball sport, in which competing players use many types of clubs to hit balls into a series of holes on a golf course using the fewest number of strokes....
tournament on the PGA Tour
PGA Tour
The PGA Tour is the organizer of the main men's professional golf tours in the United States and North America...
that played from December 4-7, 1969 at south Florida's Diplomat Presidential Country Club located between Miami
Miami, Florida
Miami is a city located on the Atlantic coast in southeastern Florida and the county seat of Miami-Dade County, the most populous county in Florida and the eighth-most populous county in the United States with a population of 2,500,625...
and Fort Lauderdale
Fort Lauderdale, Florida
Fort Lauderdale is a city in the U.S. state of Florida, on the Atlantic coast. It is the county seat of Broward County. As of the 2010 census, the city had a population of 165,521. It is a principal city of the South Florida metropolitan area, which was home to 5,564,635 people at the 2010...
. Arnold Palmer
Arnold Palmer
Arnold Daniel Palmer is an American professional golfer, who is generally regarded as one of the greatest players in the history of men's professional golf. He has won numerous events on both the PGA Tour and Champions Tour, dating back to 1955...
won the tournament, which earned him $25,000. It was the last event of the year, and played opposite a satellite event, the West End Classic
West End Classic
The West End Classic was PGA Tour satellite event that was played at the Grand Bahama Hotel and Country Club in West End on Grand Bahama Island.The tournament was won by Jim Wiechers, a 25-year-old Californian, by two strokes over Al Besselink and Johnny Pott...
. Although the tournament played for only one year, Danny Thomas
Danny Thomas
Danny Thomas was an American nightclub comedian and television and film actor, best known for starring in the television sitcom Make Room for Daddy . He was also the founder of St. Jude Children's Research Hospital...
would continue to lend his name to a PGA Event for the next 15 years: the Danny Thomas Memphis Classic played from 1970–1984.