Havana Invitational

Havana Invitational

Tournament information
Location	Havana, Cuba
Established	1948
Course(s)	Havana Country Club
Par	72
Tour(s)	PGA Tour
Format	Stroke play
Prize fund	US$15,000
Month played	November
Final year	1958
Tournament record score
Aggregate	267 Jim Turnesa (1950)
To par	−27 as above
Final champion
Billy Casper
Location map
Havana CC Location in Cuba

The Havana Invitational was a pro-am golf tournament held from 1948 to 1958. It was played at Havana Country Club in Havana, Cuba. In 1958 a second unrelated event was held two weeks before the pro-am, the Havana International. This was held at the Villa Real Golf Club.

The 1948 event was a 54 hole event played from Monday 13 December to Wednesday 15 December immediately after the Miami Open which had finished on 12 December. Sam Snead won the individual event with a score of 209 and also won the best-ball with a score of 193.^[1] Later events were part of the PGA schedule.

Winners

Year	Winner	Score	To par	Margin of victory	Runner(s)-up	Winner's share ($)	Venue	Ref.
Havana Invitational
1958[a]	Billy Casper	278	−10	2 strokes	Bo Wininger	2,400	Havana CC	[2]
Havana International
1958	George Bayer	286	+6	Playoff[b]	Sam Snead	6,500	Villa Real GC	[3]
Havana Invitational
1957	Al Balding	281	−7	Playoff[c]	Al Besselink	2,400	Havana CC	[4]
1956	Al Besselink	276	−12	2 strokes	Ed Furgol	2,500	Havana CC	[5]
1955	Mike Souchak	273	−15	2 strokes	Ed Oliver	2,000	Havana CC	[6]
1954	Ed Furgol	273	−15	1 stroke	Walter Burkemo	2,000	Havana CC	[7]
1953	Bob Toski	272	−16	1 stroke	Al Besselink Walter Burkemo Fred Haas	1,500	Havana CC	[8]
1952	Dutch Harrison	270	−18	6 strokes	Al Besselink Tommy Bolt Fred Haas	1,500	Havana CC	[9]
1951	Jimmy Demaret	275	−13	1 stroke	Bob Toski	1,500	Havana CC	[10]
1950	Jim Turnesa	267	−21	3 strokes	Pete Cooper	1,500	Havana CC	[11]
1949	Claude Harmon	271	−17	2 strokes	Chick Harbert	1,200	Havana CC	[12]
1948	Sam Snead	209	−7	1 strokes	Jimmy Demaret	1,500	Havana CC	[1]

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