The purse in ’45 was only $5,000, but Sam Snead and many of the game’s top names began a regular stop at El Rio Golf Course for the next 15 years.
7. The pro golf tour is first played in Tucson, 1945
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H.S. Corbett, El Rio president, hands Tucson Open winner Ray Mangrum a check for $1,000 in 1945. Sam Levitz photo
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