Valencia Open Invitational
{{Short description|Golf tournament}}
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{{Infobox golf tournament
| name = Valencia Open Invitational
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| location = Valencia, Venezuela
| establishment = 1959
| course = Carabobo Country Club
| par = 72
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| tour = Caribbean Tour
| format = Stroke play
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| final_year = 1959
| defunct =
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| final_champion = Don January
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The Valencia Open Invitational was a golf tournament held in 1959 and was part of the PGA-sponsored Caribbean Tour, which began the previous year.
It was held at Carabobo Country Club near Valencia, Venezuela, from 5 to 8 February with prize money of US$10,000. Don January led from the start after a first round of 64. Further rounds of 71-71-67 gave him victory by 11 strokes from Ernie Vossler, taking the first prize of US$1,500.{{cite news |title=Pete Cooper Is Golf King Of 1959 Caribbean Tour |newspaper=The Panama American |location=Panama |page=7 |date=25 April 1959 |first=George L. |last=Hall |url=https://ufdc.ufl.edu/AA00010883/02897/7x |via=Caribbean Newspaper Digital Collection |accessdate=9 May 2020}}
Winners
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!Year!!Player!!Country!!Score!!To par!!Margin | |||||||
1959 | Don January | {{USA}} | align=center|273 | align=center|−15 | 11 strokes | {{flagicon|USA}} Ernie Vossler | {{cite news |title=January Tops in Latin Meet |newspaper=The Spokesman-Review |location=Spokane, Washington |agency=AP |page=11 |date=9 February 1959 |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=jjNWAAAAIBAJ&sjid=pucDAAAAIBAJ&pg=2754%2C2718968 |via=Google News Archive |accessdate=9 May 2020}} |