500 Festival Open Invitation 1961 — leaderboard and results
1961-05-24 to 1961-05-28 · Speedway GC · Purse $50,000
| Pos | Player | To par | R1 | R2 | R3 | R4 | Prize money |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Doug Ford | -11 | 69 | 69 | 67 | 68 | |
| 2 | Arnold Palmer | -11 | 67 | 70 | 70 | 66 | |
| 3 | Gary Player | -10 | 70 | 70 | 67 | 67 | |
| T4 | Billy Casper | -5 | 69 | 74 | 70 | 66 | |
| T4 | Mason Rudolph | -5 | 70 | 69 | 73 | 67 | |
| T6 | Art Wall | -4 | 68 | 72 | 69 | 71 | |
| T6 | Billy Maxwell | -4 | 68 | 73 | 70 | 69 | |
| T6 | Jim Ferree | -4 | 67 | 76 | 70 | 67 | |
| T9 | Bob Shave, Jr. | -2 | 68 | 74 | 69 | 71 | |
| T9 | Dave Ragan | -2 | 69 | 75 | 69 | 69 | |
| T9 | Johnny Pott | -2 | 67 | 72 | 73 | 70 | |
| T9 | Paul Harney | -2 | 69 | 71 | 72 | 70 | |
| T9 | Peter Thomson | -2 | 68 | 71 | 70 | 73 | |
| T14 | Bobby Nichols | -1 | 70 | 72 | 70 | 71 | |
| T14 | Chico Miartuz | -1 | 70 | 75 | 71 | 67 | |
| T14 | George Bayer | -1 | 68 | 77 | 69 | 69 | |
| T14 | Jack Burke Jr | -1 | 72 | 74 | 66 | 71 | |
| T14 | Jacky Cupit | -1 | 70 | 72 | 67 | 74 | |
| T19 | Bill Collins | E | 68 | 73 | 72 | 71 | |
| T19 | Gene Littler | E | 75 | 71 | 71 | 67 | |
| T19 | Ken Still | E | 68 | 73 | 71 | 72 | |
| T22 | Bob Harris | +1 | 71 | 74 | 68 | 72 | |
| T22 | Bud Sullivan | +1 | 72 | 75 | 68 | 70 | |
| T22 | Dave Hill | +1 | 73 | 73 | 70 | 69 | |
| T22 | Gordon Jones | +1 | 72 | 74 | 68 | 71 | |
| T22 | Jay Hebert | +1 | 74 | 75 | 68 | 68 | |
| T22 | Ken Venturi | +1 | 69 | 73 | 68 | 75 | |
| T28 | Al Atkins | +2 | 69 | 77 | 69 | 71 | |
| T28 | Bob Rosburg | +2 | 71 | 72 | 70 | 73 | |
| T28 | Don Fairfield | +2 | 70 | 71 | 72 | 73 | |
| T28 | Frank Boynton | +2 | 72 | 73 | 72 | 69 | |
| T28 | Fred Hawkins | +2 | 70 | 76 | 70 | 70 | |
| T28 | Gardner Dickinson | +2 | 72 | 73 | 70 | 71 | |
| T28 | Jack Fleck | +2 | 70 | 75 | 70 | 71 | |
| T28 | Len Woodward | +2 | 70 | 75 | 71 | 70 | |
| T28 | Marty Furgol | +2 | 71 | 75 | 71 | 69 | |
| T37 | Bert Weaver | +3 | 71 | 73 | 70 | 73 | |
| T37 | Bob Goetz | +3 | 69 | 75 | 70 | 73 | |
| T37 | Dale Morey | +3 | 71 | 74 | 68 | 74 | |
| T37 | Jerry Barber | +3 | 70 | 72 | 72 | 73 | |
| T37 | Julius Boros | +3 | 71 | 71 | 70 | 75 | |
| T37 | Kel Nagle | +3 | 73 | 71 | 72 | 71 | |
| T37 | Stan Leonard | +3 | 70 | 75 | 70 | 72 | |
| T44 | Butch Baird | +4 | 74 | 73 | 70 | 71 | |
| T44 | Jerry Steelsmith | +4 | 75 | 73 | 70 | 70 | |
| T44 | Joe Moore, Jr. | +4 | 71 | 74 | 72 | 71 | |
| T44 | Mac Main | +4 | 71 | 72 | 73 | 72 | |
| T44 | Tony Lema | +4 | 74 | 72 | 69 | 73 | |
| T49 | Hulen Coker | +5 | 68 | 74 | 70 | 77 | |
| T49 | Miller Barber | +5 | 75 | 71 | 72 | 71 | |
| T51 | Don Whitt | +6 | 71 | 77 | 69 | 73 | |
| T51 | Doug Sanders | +6 | 70 | 71 | 72 | 77 | |
| T51 | Huston La Clair | +6 | 73 | 71 | 71 | 75 | |
| T51 | Tom Nieporte | +6 | 73 | 75 | 70 | 72 | |
| 55 | Al Geiberger | +7 | 74 | 73 | 70 | 74 | |
| T56 | Joe Campbell | +8 | 69 | 75 | 73 | 75 | |
| T56 | Ron Royer | +8 | 75 | 73 | 74 | 70 | |
| T58 | Don Essig | +9 | 70 | 74 | 73 | 76 | |
| T58 | Dow Finsterwald | +9 | 69 | 72 | 76 | 76 | |
| 60 | Bud Holscher | +10 | 74 | 73 | 70 | 77 | |
| 61 | Bill Heinlein | +11 | 72 | 74 | 72 | 77 | |
| 62 | James Guinnup | +12 | 72 | 74 | 72 | 78 | |
| 63 | John Foley | +26 | 74 | 79 | 81 | 76 | |
| T64 | Bob Wilke | +30 | 75 | 82 | 78 | 79 | |
| T64 | Joe Werner | +30 | 83 | 76 | 76 | 79 | |
| 66 | Robert Fay | +31 | 75 | 83 | 77 | 80 | |
| T67 | Dick Perk | +32 | 78 | 77 | 82 | 79 | |
| T67 | Tom Thomas | +32 | 80 | 75 | 80 | 81 | |
| CUT | Al Balding | +8 | 78 | 72 | |||
| CUT | Al Johnston | +9 | 73 | 78 | |||
| CUT | Art Hall | +14 | 78 | 78 | |||
| CUT | Bill Eggers | +18 | 77 | 83 | |||
| CUT | Bill Gruenert | +30 | 85 | 87 | |||
| CUT | Bob Benning | +12 | 77 | 77 | |||
| CUT | Bob Brue | +6 | 70 | 72 | 77 | ||
| CUT | Bob Bruno | +10 | 73 | 75 | 75 | ||
| DQ | Bob Foist | +21 | 78 | 80 | 76 | ||
| CUT | Bob Goalby | +6 | 70 | 79 | 70 | ||
| CUT | Bob McCallister | +13 | 77 | 78 | |||
| CUT | Bob Pratt | +7 | 72 | 74 | 74 | ||
| CUT | Bob Spence | +8 | 73 | 76 | 72 | ||
| CUT | Bob Verwey | +9 | 74 | 77 | |||
| CUT | Bob Wilkinson | +20 | 85 | 77 | |||
| CUT | Bruce Crampton | +8 | 76 | 74 | |||
| CUT | Charles Almony | +12 | 75 | 79 | |||
| CUT | Charles Harter | +10 | 77 | 75 | |||
| CUT | Charles Sifford | +10 | 74 | 78 | |||
| CUT | Chris Gers | +13 | 73 | 76 | 77 | ||
| CUT | Dan Sikes | +7 | 71 | 74 | 75 | ||
| DQ | Dave Marr | E | 72 | 72 | 69 | ||
| CUT | Dean Refram | +10 | 72 | 80 | |||
| CUT | Dick Mayer | +7 | 72 | 75 | 73 | ||
| CUT | Don Bisplinghoff | +12 | 76 | 73 | 76 | ||
| CUT | Don Massengale | +7 | 72 | 74 | 74 | ||
| CUT | Don Pauley | +20 | 82 | 80 | |||
| CUT | Don Street | +10 | 73 | 75 | 75 | ||
| CUT | E. Harrison | +7 | 73 | 74 | 73 | ||
| CUT | Ed Davis | +20 | 80 | 82 | |||
| CUT | Ed Lawson | +27 | 84 | 85 | |||
| CUT | Ellis Brown | +22 | 82 | 82 | |||
| CUT | Ernie Vossler | +9 | 73 | 78 | |||
| CUT | Floyd Hamblen | +15 | 78 | 79 | |||
| CUT | Frank Phillips | +9 | 74 | 77 | |||
| CUT | Frank Stranahan | +10 | 69 | 79 | 75 | ||
| CUT | Frank Wharton | +10 | 73 | 74 | 76 | ||
| CUT | Fred Brant | +14 | 76 | 80 | |||
| CUT | Fred Gronauer | +10 | 74 | 78 | |||
| CUT | Gay Brewer | +7 | 73 | 73 | 74 | ||
| CUT | Gene Cotchonis | +7 | 71 | 74 | 75 | ||
| CUT | Harry Lipscomb | +24 | 83 | 83 | |||
| CUT | Howie Johnson | +13 | 79 | 76 | |||
| CUT | Ivan Gantz | +15 | 78 | 79 | |||
| CUT | Jack Ellis | +10 | 75 | 77 | |||
| CUT | Jerry Cooper | +7 | 73 | 75 | 72 | ||
| CUT | Jerry Magee | +11 | 72 | 77 | 75 | ||
| CUT | Jerry Pittman | +6 | 70 | 76 | 73 | ||
| CUT | Jerry Priddy | +11 | 75 | 74 | 75 | ||
| CUT | Jim Bourne | +11 | 76 | 77 | |||
| CUT | Jim Dowling | +15 | 77 | 80 | |||
| CUT | Jim Ferrier | +11 | 77 | 76 | |||
| CUT | Jimmy Clark | +9 | 75 | 76 | |||
| CUT | Jimmy Scott | +11 | 73 | 80 | |||
| CUT | Joe Dodich | +18 | 81 | 79 | |||
| CUT | Joe Hesselgrave | +41 | 88 | 95 | |||
| CUT | Joe Kirkwood Sr. | +13 | 73 | 76 | 77 | ||
| CUT | John Brodie | +12 | 76 | 73 | 76 | ||
| CUT | John Cleary | +13 | 77 | 78 | |||
| CUT | John Frillman | +12 | 74 | 80 | |||
| CUT | John McMullen | +10 | 75 | 77 | |||
| CUT | Larry Mancour | +12 | 75 | 79 | |||
| CUT | Lee Raymond | +11 | 72 | 77 | 75 | ||
| CUT | Leonard Wagner | +6 | 73 | 75 | 71 | ||
| CUT | Lionel Hebert | +9 | 75 | 76 | |||
| CUT | Mal McMullen | +10 | 72 | 80 | |||
| CUT | Merle Backlund | +14 | 78 | 78 | |||
| CUT | Mike Haywood | +20 | 78 | 84 | |||
| CUT | Mike Kosar | +20 | 78 | 84 | |||
| CUT | Moon Mullins | +8 | 73 | 72 | 76 | ||
| CUT | Ralph Montoya | +13 | 76 | 79 | |||
| CUT | Ralph Synder | +19 | 81 | 80 | |||
| CUT | Rex Baxter | +8 | 71 | 79 | |||
| CUT | Ron Atwell | +8 | 73 | 77 | |||
| CUT | Sal Monte | +13 | 78 | 77 | |||
| CUT | Ted Kroll | +6 | 75 | 72 | 72 | ||
| CUT | Tom Garrity | +8 | 69 | 79 | 73 | ||
| CUT | Tommy Aaron | +15 | 76 | 81 | |||
| WD | Tommy Bolt | +7 | 72 | 77 | |||
| CUT | Tommy Jacobs | +9 | 76 | 75 | |||
| CUT | Trevor Williams | +9 | 74 | 77 | |||
| CUT | Walker Inman | +10 | 75 | 74 | 74 | ||
| CUT | Wally Ulrich | +8 | 73 | 77 |
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