Reading Open

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

The Reading Open was a golf tournament on the PGA Tour that was played in Reading, Pennsylvania in the late 1940s and early 1950s. It was played at three locations.

Tournament hosts

class=wikitable !Year(s)!!Venue
1947–48	Berkshire Country Club[http://www.gapgolf.org/clubs.asp?cid=13 Berkshire Country Club] at The Golf Association of Philadelphia site
1949	Reading Country Club[http://www.co.berks.pa.us/exeter/cwp/view.asp?a=2453&q=498760 Reading Country Club History]
1950	Berkshire Country Club{{cite web\|title=Cary Middlecoff defends Reading Open Golf title\|publisher=St. Petersburg Times\|date=September 7, 1950\|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=888&dat=19500907&id=i8YKAAAAIBAJ&sjid=V04DAAAAIBAJ&pg=3600,2172271}}
1951	Berkleigh Country Club{{cite web\|title=Turnesa Wins Reading Open \|publisher=Pittsburgh Post-Gazette \|date=September 24, 1951 \|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1129&dat=19510924&id=PBcNAAAAIBAJ&sjid=pWoDAAAAIBAJ&pg=3820,6247670}}

Winners

class="wikitable" style="font-size:95%" !Year!!Player!!Country!!Score!!To par!!Margin of victory!!Runner-up!!Winner's share ($)!!Ref
1951	Jim Turnesa	{{flagcountry\|USA\|1959}}	align=center\|280	align=center\|−4	3 strokes	{{flagicon\|USA}} Jack Burke Jr.	align=right\|2,400
1950	Sam Snead	{{flagcountry\|USA\|1959}}	align=center\|268	align=center\|−20	8 strokes	{{flagicon\|AUS}} Jim Ferrier	align=right\|2,600	{{cite web \|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=RsRRAAAAIBAJ&sjid=PGoDAAAAIBAJ&pg=4841%2C2359431 \|title=Snead Sets Record, Wins Reading Golf \|publisher=Pittsburgh Post-Gazette \|date=September 11, 1950 \|page=20}}
1949	Cary Middlecoff	{{flagcountry\|USA\|1959}}	align=center\|266	align=center\|−14	1 stroke	{{flagicon\|USA}} Sam Snead	align=right\|2,600	{{cite web \|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=DRkNAAAAIBAJ&sjid=SmoDAAAAIBAJ&pg=4030%2C1731720 \|title=Middlecoff, Reading Golf Winner, En Route Here \|publisher=Pittsburgh Post-Gazette \|date=July 11, 1949 \|page=20}}
1948	Ben Hogan	{{flagcountry\|USA\|1959}}	align=center\|269	align=center\|−19	1 stroke	{{flagicon\|USA}} Fred Haas	align=right\|2,600	{{cite web \|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=TuYMAAAAIBAJ&sjid=X2oDAAAAIBAJ&pg=1811%2C5049961 \|title=Hogan Cops Reading Open; Has 8-Under-Par Round \|publisher=Pittsburgh Post-Gazette \|date=July 26, 1948 \|page=15}}
1947	Dutch Harrison	{{flagcountry\|USA\|1959}}	align=center\|277	align=center\|−7	3 strokes	{{flagicon\|ZAF\|1928}} Bobby Locke	align=right\|2,000	{{cite web \|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=wpEyAAAAIBAJ&sjid=UGoDAAAAIBAJ&pg=5631%2C1564965 \|title=Reading Open to Harrison \|publisher=Pittsburgh Post-Gazette \|date=October 6, 1947 \|page=19}}

References

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