Frank Sinatra Open Invitational
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The Frank Sinatra Open Invitational was a PGA Tour
event that was played at the Canyon Club in Palm Springs, California
. It was played for only a single year—1963—although it was intended to be an annual affair. The five-day event was designed to allow the heavyweights in golf
and show business
to come together and pay tribute to the icon who meant so much to both industries. The four day golf tournament was followed by a black-tie gala in the ballroom of the Palm Springs Riviera Hotel.
The tournament was won by a then 24-year-old in his second year on Tour, Frank Beard, after having to Monday qualify. It was Beard's first win at an official PGA Tour event. First place prize money was $9,000, which was in the upper eschelon for winner's earnings in 1963.
PGA Tour
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event that was played at the Canyon Club in Palm Springs, California
Palm Springs, California
Palm Springs is a desert city in Riverside County, California, within the Coachella Valley. It is located approximately 37 miles east of San Bernardino, 111 miles east of Los Angeles and 136 miles northeast of San Diego...
. It was played for only a single year—1963—although it was intended to be an annual affair. The five-day event was designed to allow the heavyweights in golf
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....
and show business
Show business
Show business, sometimes shortened to show biz, is a vernacular term for all aspects of entertainment. The word applies to all aspects of the entertainment industry from the business side to the creative element ....
to come together and pay tribute to the icon who meant so much to both industries. The four day golf tournament was followed by a black-tie gala in the ballroom of the Palm Springs Riviera Hotel.
The tournament was won by a then 24-year-old in his second year on Tour, Frank Beard, after having to Monday qualify. It was Beard's first win at an official PGA Tour event. First place prize money was $9,000, which was in the upper eschelon for winner's earnings in 1963.