| Tournament information | |
|---|---|
| Location | West Palm Beach, Florida |
| Established | 1954 |
| Course(s) | West Palm Beach Country Club |
| Par | 71 |
| Tour(s) | PGA Tour |
| Format | Stroke play |
| Prize fund | US$20,000 |
| Month played | November/December |
| Final year | 1972 |
| Tournament record score | |
| Aggregate | 269 Pete Cooper (1958) |
| To par | −19 as above |
| Final champion | |
 Wilf Homenuik | |
| Location map | |
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The West Palm Beach Open Invitational, first played as The West Palm Beach Open, was a PGA Tour event in the late 1950s and early 1960s. It was held at the West Palm Beach Country Club,[1] now known as the West Palm Beach Golf Course, an 18-hole, par-72 championship course established in 1921 and in its present location in the southwestern corner of West Palm Beach, Florida since 1947.[2]
The West Palm Beach Open was founded in 1954 as a 54-hole event with prize money of $2,000. Prize money increased to $5,000 in 1955 and $10,000 in 1956 and 1957. The 1957 event was run by the PGA.[3] From 1958 to 1962 the tournament was a 72-hole PGA Tour event with prize money of $15,000 from 1958 to 1960 and $20,000 in 1961 and 1962. From 1963 the event returned to being a local event. The 1963 tournament was over 54 holes with a first prize of $500.
| Year | Tour[a] | Winner | Score | To par | Margin of victory |
Runner(s)-up | Winner's share ($) |
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| 1972 | Wilf Homenuik |
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| 1963 |  Jim McCoy |
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| 1962 | PGAT | Dave Ragan |
277 | −11 | Playoff | Doug Sanders |
2,800 | [5] |
| 1961 | PGAT | Gay Brewer |
274 | −14 | 4 strokes | Arnold Palmer |
2,800 | [6] |
| 1960 | PGAT | Johnny Pott |
278 | −10 | 3 strokes | Sam Snead |
2,000 | [7] |
| 1959 | PGAT | Arnold Palmer |
281 | −7 | Playoff | Gay Brewer Pete Cooper |
2,000 | [8] |
| 1958 | PGAT | Pete Cooper |
269 | −19 | Playoff | Wes Ellis |
2,000 | [9] |
| 1957 | PGAT |  Al Balding |
209 | −7 | 1 stroke | Dow Finsterwald Bert Weaver |
1,200 | [10] |
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| 1956 | Gardner Dickinson |
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| 1955 | Al Besselink |
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| 1954 | Lloyd Wadkins |
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