At one time wasn't this the old Robinson Open?
by ProV1x (2019-07-16 16:04:51)
Edited on 2019-07-16 16:29:56

In reply to: The kids all call it the John Deere Classic now.  posted by IAND75


I mean like in the 50's type "one time". There were several tournaments like it around the southern Indiana-Illinois-Kentucky-Ohio area at the time, all played in late summer-early fall so many of the club professionals could get away from their own club jobs to play. Evansville had two good ones, one at Hellfrich the other at Fendrich. Good money for the pros at that time and decent prizes for us amateurs. I only played at Robinson once because we were already in class at ND.

Edit...Forgot, the Robinson Open got PGA Tour status for a few years after it was the mini tour event I referred to.