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Thomasville Open (PGA Tour)

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Thomasville Open
Tournament information
Location	Thomasville, Georgia, U.S.
Established	1936
Course(s)	Glen Arven County Club
Par	72
Tour(s)	PGA Tour
Format	Stroke play
Prize fund	$3,000
Final year	1941
Tournament record score
Aggregate	280 Byron Nelson (1938) (72-hole) 203 Lloyd Mangrum (1940) (54-hole)
To par	−8 Byron Nelson (1938) (72-hole) −13 Lloyd Mangrum (1940) (54-hole)
Final champion
Harold "Jug" McSpaden

The Thomasville Open was a golf tournament on the PGA Tour from 1936 to 1941. It was held at the Glen Arven Country Club in Thomasville, Georgia. The purse each year was $3,000 with a winner's share of $700.^[1]^[2]^[3]^[4]^[5]^[6] From 1936 to 1938 it was a 72-hole event^[7]^[2]^[3] and from 1939 to 1941 it was a 54-hole tournament.^[4]^[5]^[6]

Winners[edit]

Year	Date	Winner	Country	Score	To par	Ref
1941	Feb 23	Harold "Jug" McSpaden	United States	207	−9	^[6]
1940	Mar 11	Lloyd Mangrum	United States	203	−13	^[5]
1939	Feb 26	Henry Picard	United States	211	−5	^[4]
1938	Feb 27	Byron Nelson	United States	280	−8	^[3]
1937	Feb 22	Dick Metz	United States	284	−4	^[2]^[8]
1936	Feb 16	Johnny Revolta	United States	283	−5	^[1]^[7]

References[edit]

^ ^a ^b "Revolta to Play". The Milwaukee Journal. Wisconsin. February 2, 1936. p. Sports-5.

^ ^a ^b ^c Moshier, Jeff (February 22, 1937). "Golfing Caravan Heads for City". The Evening Independent. St. Petersburg, Florida. p. 5-A.

^ ^a ^b ^c "Nelson Takes Cash In Thomasville Open". Prescott Evening Courier. Arizona. Associated Press. February 28, 1938. p. 5.

^ ^a ^b ^c "Picard Wins Coin In Thomasville Tourney". The Tuscaloosa News. Alabama. Associated Press. February 27, 1939. p. 7.

^ ^a ^b ^c "13 Under Par Wins Tourney". Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. Pennsylvania. United Press. March 12, 1940. p. 20.

^ ^a ^b ^c "McSpaden Takes Georgia Open". The Tuscaloosa News. Alabama. Associated Press. February 24, 1941. p. 7.

^ ^a ^b "Revolta Wins First Prize In Golf". The Spartanburg Herald. South Carolina. Associated Press. February 17, 1936.

^ "Dick Metz Beats Dudley in Playoff". The Pittsburgh Press. Pennsylvania. United Press. February 23, 1937. p. 30.

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