Greater Jacksonville Open Tournament on the PGA Tour
First played: 1945
Last played: 1976
Also known as: Jacksonville Open Invitational and Jacksonville Open
Winners of the Greater Jacksonville Open
1976 — Hubert Green
1975 — Larry Ziegler
1974 — Hubert Green
1973 — Jim Colbert
1972 — Tony Jacklin
1971 — Gary Player
1970 — Don January
1969 — Raymond Floyd
1968 — Tony Jacklin
1967 — Dan Sikes
1966 — Doug Sanders
1965 — Bert Weaver
1954-64 — Not played
1953 — Lew Worsham
1952 — Doug Ford
1951 — Jim Ferrier
1950 — Cary Middlecoff
1949 — Cary Middlecoff
1948 — Chick Harbert
1947 — Clayton Heafner
1946 — Sam Snead
1945 — Sam Snead
At the 1952 tournament, Doug Ford won a playoff against Sam Snead after Snead forfeited. Why did Snead forfeit? He was feeling antsy about a favorable ruling he'd received earlier in the tournament. Read the story.
Golf Courses: The last two courses to host the tournament were Hidden Hills Country Club and Deerwood Country Club, both located within Jacksonville proper.