Danny Thomas-Diplomat Classic

Danny Thomas-Diplomat Classic
Tournament information
LocationHallandale, Florida
Established1969
Course(s)Diplomat Presidential Country Club
Par72
Length6,964 yards (6,368 m)
Tour(s)PGA Tour
FormatStroke play
Prize fundUS$125,000
Month playedDecember
Final year1969
Tournament record score
Aggregate270 Arnold Palmer (1969)
To par−18 as above
Final champion
United States Arnold Palmer
Location map
Diplomat Presidential CC is located in the United States
Diplomat Presidential CC
Diplomat Presidential CC
Location in the United States
Diplomat Presidential CC is located in Florida
Diplomat Presidential CC
Diplomat Presidential CC
Location in Florida

The Danny Thomas-Diplomat Classic was a golf tournament in south Florida on the PGA Tour that was played only once, in early December 1969. Held at Diplomat Presidential Country Club, between Miami and Fort Lauderdale,[1] it had a $125,000 purse and a winner's share of $25,000.[2] The last event of the year, it was played opposite a satellite event, the West End Classic in The Bahamas.

Six strokes back at the start of the final round, Arnold Palmer shot 65 (−7) and won by two strokes over runner-up Gay Brewer, the leader after each of the first three rounds.[1][2][3] It was consecutive victories for the forty-year-old Palmer, who had broken a winless drought the previous week at the new Heritage Classic in southern South Carolina.[4]

Although this tournament played for only one year, Danny Thomas continued to lend his name to a PGA Tour event for the next fifteen years (1970–84), at the Danny Thomas Memphis Classic in southwest Tennessee.

Winner

Year Winner Score To par Margin of
victory		 Runner-up
1969 United States Arnold Palmer 270 −18 2 strokes United States Gay Brewer

References

  1. ^ a b "Arnie's charge carries away Diplomat's trophy". St. Petersburg Times. (Florida). Associated Press. December 8, 1969. p. 1C.
  2. ^ a b "Arnie charges to victory". Spokane Daily Chronicle. (Washington). Associated Press. December 8, 1969. p. 18.
  3. ^ "tournament information from Arnold Palmer's website". Archived from the original on 2007-09-12. Retrieved 2009-05-18.
  4. ^ "Comeback of the year: Palmer ends long slump". St. Petersburg Times. (Florida). Associated Press. December 1, 1969. p. 1C.

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