The Mayfair Inn Open was a PGA Tour event that was played for four years in the 1950s. The Mayfair Inn was a 155-room resort hotel on the shores of Lake Monroe in Sanford, Florida known for its opulence and isolation. The PGA Tour event was played in mid-December from 1955–1958 at the Mayfair Country Club, some distance from the hotel. Total prize money was $15,000. The hotel closed in the early 1960s.[1]

Mayfair Inn Open
Tournament information
LocationSanford, Florida
Established1955
Course(s)Mayfair Country Club
Par71
Tour(s)PGA Tour
FormatStroke play
Prize fundUS$15,000
Month playedDecember
Final year1958
Tournament record score
Aggregate263 Mike Fetchick (1956)
To par−17 as above
Final champion
United States George Bayer
Location map
Mayfair CC is located in the United States
Mayfair CC
Mayfair CC
Location in the United States
Mayfair CC is located in Florida
Mayfair CC
Mayfair CC
Location in Florida

Winners edit

Year Winner Score To par Margin of
victory
Runner(s)-up Winner's
share ($)
Ref.
1958   George Bayer 272 −12 1 stroke   Chick Harbert 2,000 [2]
1957   Walter Burkemo 269 −11 1 stroke   Jay Hebert
  Ed Oliver
2,000 [3]
1956   Mike Fetchick 263 −17 2 strokes   Frank Stranahan 2,400 [4]
1955   Al Balding 269 −11 1 stroke   Ed Oliver
  Mike Souchak
2,400 [5]

References edit

  1. ^ Cobb, Charles (March 21, 1982). "A snowbird sanctuary Mayfield Inn brought a spark to Central Florida" (PDF). Seminole Little Sentinel. Retrieved November 4, 2007.
  2. ^ "Bayer Wins Golf Tourney". Youngstown Vindicator. December 15, 1958. p. 15.
  3. ^ "Burkemo Is Golf Winner". Youngstown Vindicator. December 16, 1957. p. 15.
  4. ^ "Fetchick Is Golf Victor". Youngstown Vindicator. December 17, 1956. p. 30.
  5. ^ "Al Balding Golf Victor". Youngstown Vindicator. December 19, 1955. p. 15.