The Eastern Open Invitational, first played as the Eastern Open, was a golf tournament on the PGA Tour that was played in Maryland in the 1950s and early 1960s. The first nine events were played at Mt. Pleasant Municipal Golf Club in Baltimore, an 18-hole par-71 public course designed by Gus Hook and opened in 1933. For the next three years beginning with the 1959 event, the tournament moved to the new Pine Ridge Golf Club in Lutherville, three miles north of downtown Towson. This course, which overlooks the Loch Raven Reservoir, was built by Gus Hook in 1958. The tournament moved back to Mt. Pleasant after the 1961 event.
Winners YearWinnerScoreTo parMargin ofvictoryRunner(s)-upWinner'sshare ($)Eastern Open Invitational 1962 Doug Ford 279 −9 1 stroke Bob Goalby 5,300 1961 Doug Sanders 275 −13 1 stroke Ken Venturi 5,300 1960 Gene Littler 273 −15 2 strokes Gary Player 3,500 1959 Dave Ragan 273 −15 1 stroke Gene Littler 2,800 1958 Art Wall Jr. 276 −12 Playoff Jack Burke Jr. Bob Rosburg 2,800 1957 Tommy Bolt 276 −12 4 strokes Billy Casper Fred Hawkins 2,800Eastern Open 1956 Arnold Palmer 277 −11 2 strokes Dow Finsterwald 3,800 1955 Frank Stranahan 280 −8 1 stroke Art Wall Jr. 3,000 1954 Bob Toski 277 −11 7 strokes Jack Burke Jr. 4,000 1953 Dick Mayer 279 −9 4 strokes Charlie Bassler Doug Ford Chandler Harper 2,400 1952 Sam Snead 275 −13 2 strokes Ed Oliver 2,400 1951 Cary Middlecoff 279 −9 1 stroke Jerry Barber 2,400 1950 Lloyd Mangrum 279 −9 2 strokes Clayton Heafner 2,600
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