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

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 19551958 at the Mayfair Country Club, some distance from the hotel. Total prize money was $15,000. The hotel closed in the early 1960s.[1]

Winners

YearWinnerScoreTo parMargin of
victory
Runner(s)-upWinner's
share ($)
Ref.
1958United States George Bayer272−121 strokeUnited States Chick Harbert2,000[2]
1957United States Walter Burkemo269−111 strokeUnited States Jay Hebert
United States Ed Oliver
2,000[3]
1956United States Mike Fetchick263−172 strokesUnited States Frank Stranahan2,400[4]
1955Canada Al Balding269−111 strokeUnited States Ed Oliver
United States Mike Souchak
2,400[5]

References

  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.


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