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Tournament results: Motor City Open

Results for the Motor City Open are shown in the table below, which includes details of the respective winners, their scores and prize money, relevant venues and title sponsors.
1952
America
Red Run GC
274 (-14)
$2,400
x

Category

America

Winner (holder)

Middlecoff, Cary

Venue

Red Run GC

Score

274 (-14)

Prize money

$2,400

Title sponsor

x

Played as the Motor City Open (July 3-6; last played in 1950; next played in 1954). Cary Middlecoff (USA) beat Ted Kroll (USA) with a birdie at the first playoff hole (par-5 18th). [Red Run GC, Royal Oak, nr Detroit, Mich].

1948
America
Meadowbrook, Mich.
275 (-9)
$2,600
x

Category

America

Winner (holder)

Hogan, Ben

Venue

Meadowbrook, Mich.

Score

275 (-9)

Prize money

$2,600

Title sponsor

x

Played as the Motor City Open (July 2-5). Ben Hogan (USA) beat E. W "Dutch" Harrison (USA) in an 18-hole playoff (Hogan 73; Harrison 74). This was the third of six straight wins in six starts for Hogan on the PGA Tour. [Meadowbrook CC, Northville, nr Detroit, Mich.].

1949
America
Meadowbrook, Mich.
273 (-11)
$2,250
x

Category

America

Winner (holder)

Middlecoff, Cary

Venue

Meadowbrook, Mich.

Score

273 (-11)

Prize money

$2,250

Title sponsor

x

Played as the Motor City Open (June 16-19). Cary Middlecoff (USA) and Lloyd Mangrum (USA) were declared co-winners as darkness began to fall. A sudden-death playoff lasting 11 holes had failed to separate them. As at 2023, this remains the longest sudden-death playoff in PGA Tour history. [Meadowbrook CC, Northville, nr Detroit, Mich.].

1949
America
Meadowbrook, Mich.
273 (-11)
$2,250
x

Category

America

Winner (holder)

Mangrum, Lloyd

Venue

Meadowbrook, Mich.

Score

273 (-11)

Prize money

$2,250

Title sponsor

x

Played as the Motor City Open (June 16-19). Cary Middlecoff (USA) and Lloyd Mangrum (USA) were declared co-winners as darkness began to fall. A sudden-death playoff lasting 11 holes had failed to separate them. As at 2023, this remains the longest sudden-death playoff in PGA Tour history. [Meadowbrook CC, Northville, nr Detroit, Mich.].

1950
America
Red Run GC
274 (-14)
$2,600
x

Category

America

Winner (holder)

Mangrum, Lloyd

Venue

Red Run GC

Score

274 (-14)

Prize money

$2,600

Title sponsor

x

Played as the Motor City Open (July 1-4; next played in 1952). Second-placed Sam Snead (USA) finished 1 shot behind defending champion Lloyd Mangrum (USA). [Red Run GC, Royal Oak, nr Detroit, Mich].

1954
America
Meadowbrook, Mich.
278 (-6)
$3,000
x

Category

America

Winner (holder)

Middlecoff, Cary

Venue

Meadowbrook, Mich.

Score

278 (-6)

Prize money

$3,000

Title sponsor

x

Played as the Motor City Open (July 1-4; last played in 1952; next played in 1956). Second-placed Tommy Bolt (USA, Marty Furgol (USA) and Gene Littler (USA) finished 2 shots behind defending champion Cary Middlecoff (USA), who recorded the third of his three wins in this event. [Meadowbrook CC, Northville, nr Detroit, Mich.].

1962
America
Knollwood CC, Mich.
267 (-11)
$5,300
x

Category

America

Winner (holder)

Crampton, Bruce

Venue

Knollwood CC, Mich.

Score

267 (-11)

Prize money

$5,300

Title sponsor

x

Played as the Motor City Open (July 12-15; last played in 1959). Second-placed Dave Hill (USA) and Don Massengale (USA) finished 3 shots behind Bruce Crampton (Aus). [Knollwood CC, West Bloomfield, nr Detroit, Michigan].

1959
America
Meadowbrook, Mich.
268 (-16)
$3,500
x

Category

America

Winner (holder)

Souchak, Mike

Venue

Meadowbrook, Mich.

Score

268 (-16)

Prize money

$3,500

Title sponsor

x

Played as the Motor City Open (Aug 13-16; last played in 1956; next played in 1962). Second-placed Billy Casper (USA) and Doug Ford (USA) finished 9 shots behind Mike Souchak (USA). [Meadowbrook CC, Northville, nr Detroit, Mich.].

1956
America
Western G&CC
284 (-4)
$4,000
x

Category

America

Winner (holder)

Rosburg, Bob

Venue

Western G&CC

Score

284 (-4)

Prize money

$4,000

Title sponsor

x

Played as the Motor City Open (Aug 30-Sept 2; last played in 1954; next played in 1959). Bob Rosburg (USA) beat Ed Furgol (USA) with a par at the first playoff hole. [Western G&CC, Redford, nr Detroit, Mich].

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