The Philadelphia Inquirer Open was a golf tournament on the PGA Tour played at various clubs in the greater Philadelphia area in the 1940s. The first event was played as the Philadelphia Inquirer Open Invitational; it was last played in 1949. Fred Byrod was the Inquirer employee who acted as tournament promoter and liaison with the PGA. At the 1945 event, Byron Nelson won the seventh of his record-setting 11 consecutive victories.
Tournament hosts Years Course 1948–1949 Whitemarsh Valley Country Club 1947 Cedarbrook Country Club 1945–1946 Llanerch Country Club 1944 Torresdale-Frankford Country Club
Winners YearPlayerCountryScoreTo parMarginof victoryRunner(s)-upWinner'sshare ($)RefPhiladelphia Inquirer Open 1949 Joe Kirkwood, Jr. 276 −12 4 strokes Johnny Palmer 2,600 1948 Johnny Palmer 281 −7 4 strokes Ben Hogan 2,500 1947 Bobby Locke 277 −7 4 strokes Matt Kowal Lloyd Mangrum 2,500 1946 Herman Barron 277 −3 Playoff Lew Worsham 2,500 1945 Byron Nelson 269 −11 2 strokes Jug McSpaden 2,500 Philadelphia Inquirer Open Invitational 1944 Sam Byrd 274 −10 7 strokes Craig Wood 6,700
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