Gulfport Open
The Gulfport Open was a golf tournament on the PGA Tour that played in the 1940s on Mississippi's oldest golf course, the Great [Southern Golf Club] of Gulfport.
At the 1945 event, Byron Nelson and Sam Snead finished play in regulation tied for the lead. Nineteen holes later, Nelson conceded a putt to Snead giving him the tournament. Later that year, Nelson would complete a record-setting season by winning eighteen tournaments, 11 of them consecutively.
The Great Southern golf club was designed by Donald [Ross (golfer)|Donald Ross] in 1908.
Winners
- 1945 Sam Snead
- 1944 Harold "Jug" McSpaden