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Top tournament results: Starmount Forest

The main tournaments played at Starmount Forest are shown in the table below, which also includes relevant information on the winners, their scores and prize money.

1960
America
Starmount Forest
270 (-14)
$2,800
x

Category

America

Winner (holder)

Snead, Sam

Venue

Starmount Forest

Score

270 (-14)

Prize money

$2,800

Title sponsor

x

Played as the Greater Greensboro Open (April 14-17). Second-placed and defending champion Dow Finsterwald (USA) finished 2 shots behind Snead (USA). This was the seventh of Snead's eight wins in this event. [Starmount Forest CC, Greensboro, NC].

1959
America
Starmount Forest
278 (-6)
$2,000
x

Category

America

Winner (holder)

Finsterwald, Dow

Venue

Starmount Forest

Score

278 (-6)

Prize money

$2,000

Title sponsor

x

Played as the Greater Greensboro Open (April 9-12). Second-placed Art Wall Jr (USA) finished 2 shots behind Finsterwald (USA). [Starmount Forest CC, Greensboro, NC].

1958
America
Starmount Forest
275 (-9)
$2,000
x

Category

America

Winner (holder)

Goalby, Bob

Venue

Starmount Forest

Score

275 (-9)

Prize money

$2,000

Title sponsor

x

Played as the Greater Greensboro Open (April 10-13). Second-placed Dow Finsterwald (USA), Don January (USA), Tony Lema (USA), Sam Snead (USA) and Art Wall Jr (USA) finished 2 shots behind first-time PGA Tour winner Goalby (USA). [Starmount Forest CC, Greensboro, NC].

1956
America
Starmount Forest
279 (-5)
$2,200
x

Category

America

Winner (holder)

Snead, Sam

Venue

Starmount Forest

Score

279 (-5)

Prize money

$2,200

Title sponsor

x

Played as the Greater Greensboro Open (April 12-15). Defending champion Snead (USA) beat Fred Wampler (USA) with a 30-foot birdie putt at the second playoff hole. This was the sixth of Snead's eight wins in this event. [Starmount Forest CC, Greensboro, NC].

1955
America
Starmount Forest
273 (-7)
$2,200
x

Category

America

Winner (holder)

Snead, Sam

Venue

Starmount Forest

Score

273 (-7)

Prize money

$2,200

Title sponsor

x

Played as the Greater Greensboro Open (April 14-17). Second-placed Art Wall Jr (USA) and Julius Boros (USA) finished 1 shot behind Snead (USA). This was the fifth of Snead's eight wins in this event. [Starmount Forest CC, Greensboro, NC].

1954
America
Starmount Forest
283 (-1)
$2,000
x

Category

America

Winner (holder)

Ford, Doug

Venue

Starmount Forest

Score

283 (-1)

Prize money

$2,000

Title sponsor

x

Played as the Greater Greensboro Open (April 1-5). Ford (USA) beat Marty Furgol (USA) by 3 shots in an 18-hole playoff (Ford 72, Furgol 75). [Starmount Forest CC, Greensboro, NC].

1952
America
Douglas, Dave
Starmount Forest
277 (-7)
$2,000
x

Category

America

Winner (holder)

Douglas, Dave

Venue

Starmount Forest

Score

277 (-7)

Prize money

$2,000

Title sponsor

x

Played as the Greater Greensboro Open (April 11-14). Second-placed Bobby Locke (S Africa) finished 1 shot behind Douglas (USA). Sam Snead looked likely to claim his fifth win in this event, but a quadruple-bogey seven at the par-3 17th, which included a two shot penalty, saw him finish tied third. [Starmount Forest CC, Greensboro, NC].

1951
America
Doering, Art
Starmount Forest
279 (-5)
$2,000
x

Category

America

Winner (holder)

Doering, Art

Venue

Starmount Forest

Score

279 (-5)

Prize money

$2,000

Title sponsor

x

Played as the Greater Greensboro Open (March 23-26). Second-placed Jim Ferrier (Aus/USA) finished 5 shots behind 31-year-old Doering (USA), who recorded his first and only PGA Tour win. Monday finish. [Starmount Forest CC, Greensboro, NC].

1949
America
Starmount Forest
276 (-8)
$2,000
x

Category

America

Winner (holder)

Snead, Sam

Venue

Starmount Forest

Score

276 (-8)

Prize money

$2,000

Title sponsor

x

Played as the Greater Greensboro Open (March 25-29). Snead (USA) beat defending champion Lloyd Mangrum (USA) in an 18-hole playoff (Snead 68, Mangrum 70). This was the third of Snead's eight wins in this event. [Starmount Forest CC, Greensboro, NC].

1947
America
Starmount Forest
286 (+2)
$2,000
x

Category

America

Winner (holder)

Ghezzi, Vic

Venue

Starmount Forest

Score

286 (+2)

Prize money

$2,000

Title sponsor

x

Played as the Greater Greensboro Open (March 20-23). Second-placed Frank Stranahan (USA, amateur) finished 2 shots behind Ghezzi (USA). [Starmount Forest CC, Greensboro, NC].

1947
Majors
Starmount Forest
295 (-9)
$1,200
WPGA

Category

Majors

Winner (holder)

Jameson, Betty

Venue

Starmount Forest

Score

295 (-9)

Prize money

$1,200

Title sponsor

WPGA

The US Women's Open (2nd) (June 26-29; first time on a stroke-play basis). Second-placed Sally Sessions (USA, amateur) and Polly Riley (USA, amateur) finished 6 shots behind Jameson (USA). [Starmount Forest CC, Greensboro, NC].

1945
America
Starmount Forest
271 (-13)
$1,333
x

Category

America

Winner (holder)

Nelson, Byron

Venue

Starmount Forest

Score

271 (-13)

Prize money

$1,333

Title sponsor

x

Played as the Greater Greensboro Open (March 22-25). Second-placed and defending champion Sam Byrd (USA) finished 8 shots behind Nelson (USA), who recorded his second win in this event. [Starmount Forest CC, Greensboro, NC].

1942
America
Byrd, Sam
Starmount Forest
279 (-5)
$1,000
x

Category

America

Winner (holder)

Byrd, Sam

Venue

Starmount Forest

Score

279 (-5)

Prize money

$1,000

Title sponsor

x

Played as the Greater Greensboro Open (March 27-30). Second-placed Ben Hogan (USA) and Lloyd Mangrum (USA) finished 2 shots behind first-time PGA Tour winner Byrd (USA). [Starmount Forest CC, Greensboro, NC].

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