Waco Turner Open

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title: "Waco Turner Open" type: doc version: 1 created: 2026-02-28 author: "Wikipedia contributors" status: active scope: public tags: ["former-pga-tour-events", "golf-tournaments-in-oklahoma", "recurring-sporting-events-established-in-1961", "recurring-sporting-events-disestablished-in-1964", "1961-establishments-in-oklahoma", "1964-disestablishments-in-oklahoma"] description: "Golf tournament" topic_path: "sports" source: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Waco_Turner_Open" license: "CC BY-SA 4.0" wikipedia_page_id: 0 wikipedia_revision_id: 0

::summary Golf tournament ::

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Field	Value
name	Waco Turner Open
location	Burneyville, Oklahoma
establishment	1961
course	Turner's Lodge
par	72
tour	PGA Tour
format	Stroke play
purse
month_played	April/May
final_year	1964
aggregate	276 Johnny Pott (1962)
to-par	−16 as above
final_champion	USA Pete Brown
map	USA#USA Oklahoma
map_relief	yes
map_label	Turner's Lodge
map_caption	Location in the United States##Location in Oklahoma
coordinates
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| name = Waco Turner Open | image = | location = Burneyville, Oklahoma | establishment = 1961 | course = Turner's Lodge | par = 72 | yardage = | tour = PGA Tour | format = Stroke play | purse = | month_played = April/May | final_year = 1964 | aggregate = 276 Johnny Pott (1962) | to-par = −16 as above | final_champion = USA Pete Brown | map = USA#USA Oklahoma | map_relief = yes | map_label = Turner's Lodge | map_caption = Location in the United States##Location in Oklahoma | coordinates = The Waco Turner Open was a PGA Tour event that was played in Burneyville, Oklahoma in the early 1960s.

The founder of the tournament, Waco Turner, was a millionaire Oklahoma oilman with a passion for golf. He started Turner's Lodge, a golf resort on what he hoped would flourish into a 2700 acre grand development of 3,000 homes with a hotel, restaurants, tennis courts, swimming pools and an airstrip built around three lakes. The project ran into financial difficulties and the PGA left after the 1964 event.

The greatest claim to fame for the tournament is that in 1964 an African American golfer, Pete Brown, won an official PGA Tour event for the first time at this event.

The development, now called Falconhead Resort, has changed hands repeatedly in the ensuing decades, and only about 400 homes have been built on the 3,000 home sites.

Winners

::data[format=table] | Year | Winner | Score | To par | Margin of victory | Runner-up | |---|---|---|---|---|---| | 1964 | USA Pete Brown | 280 | −8 | 1 stroke | USA Dan Sikes | | 1963 | USA Gay Brewer | 280 | −12 | 1 stroke | AUS Ted Ball | | 1962 | USA Johnny Pott | 276 | −16 | 6 strokes | USA Mason Rudolph | | 1961 | USA Butch Baird | 281 | −7 | 1 stroke | USA Rex Baxter | ::

References

References

1. Streuli, Ted. (April 12, 2006). "500 OK-based Falconhead Resort lots go on auction block". The Oklahoma City Journal Record.
2. "The Year in Golf, 1964".
3. "Pete Brown the Facts!".

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