National Airlines Open Invitational

{{short description|Golf tournament formerly on the PGA Tour}}

{{Infobox golf tournament

| name = National Airlines Open Invitational

| establishment = 1969

| image =

| location = Hialeah, Florida

| course = Country Club of Miami
(West Course)

| par = 72

| yardage = {{convert|6970|yd|m}}

| tour = PGA Tour

| org =

| format = Stroke play

| purse = {{currency|200,000|USD}}

| month_played = March

| aggregate = 274 Bob Menne (1970)
274 Lee Trevino (1970)
274 Gary Player (1971)

| to-par = −14 as above

| current_champion =

| final_year = 1971

| final_champion = {{flagicon|ZAF|1928}} Gary Player

| map = USA#USA Florida

| map_relief = yes

| map_label = CC of Miami

| map_caption = Location in the United States##Location in Florida

| coordinates = {{coord|25.944|-80.314}}

}}

The National Airlines Open Invitational was a professional golf tournament in south Florida on the PGA Tour. It was held in late March in Hialeah at the West Course of the Country Club of Miami in 1969, 1970, and 1971{{cite web | title=History of National Airlines Open | url=http://66.128.148.121/cgi.pan$winners&National_Airlines_Open&1&pga?golfstats | access-date=2007-11-18 }}{{dead link|date=February 2018 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }} At the time, it was among the richest events on tour, with a $200,000 purse and a $40,000 winner's share.{{cite news |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=Bt4eAAAAIBAJ&sjid=3WUEAAAAIBAJ&pg=4990%2C9273047 |work=Sarasota Herald-Tribune |location=(Florida) |agency=Associated Press |title=Henry gains Miami Victory |date=March 31, 1969 |page=20}}

Gary Player was the final champion in 1971, two strokes ahead of defending champion Lee Trevino,{{cite news|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=jbkqAAAAIBAJ&sjid=S2YEAAAAIBAJ&pg=5197%2C4605209 |work=Sarasota Herald-Tribune |location=(Florida) |agency=Associated Press|title=Player - 4 strokes isn't safe |date=March 29, 1971 |page=1-C}} who won the previous year in a playoff over Bob Menne.{{cite news |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=4UVWAAAAIBAJ&sjid=a-sDAAAAIBAJ&pg=7116%2C4744657 |work=Spokesman-Review |location=(Spokane, Washington) |agency=Associated Press |title=No jokes in playoff; Trevino tips Menne |date=March 30, 1970 |page=11}} Player's win was his 75th worldwide.

In 1972, it was replaced on the schedule by the Jackie Gleason Inverrary Classic in Lauderhill, initially a month earlier in late February. Miami-based National Airlines co-sponsored its second edition in 1973, also won by Trevino,{{cite news |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=CKNYAAAAIBAJ&sjid=m_gDAAAAIBAJ&pg=5317%2C2718040 |work=Spokane Daily Chronicle |location=(Washington) |agency=Associated Press |title=Trevino benefits as foe hits snag |date=February 26, 1973 |page=14 }} but not after. That tournament ended its affiliation with Gleason after 1980 and continues today as The Honda Classic in Palm Beach Gardens.

The other PGA Tour event in the Miami area was the Doral Open, which began in 1962 and was usually played in early March. It was sponsored by competing carrier Eastern Air Lines, also Miami-based, from 1970 through 1986.