Mayor of Baltimore Tommy D'Alesandro, Jr. and Eastern Open Champion Dick Mayer

Doris and Dick Mayer

Golf World reported: "Sam Snead and Cary Middlecoff did not show up. Sam got $500 appearance money at this tourney last year and asked for double this year. The sponsors said no dice; half a thousand would be the limit for getting the defending champion to return. Cary won the tourney two years ago and boiled over when he got no appearance cash last year."

Cary Middlecoff returned to play in the Eastern Open in 1954 (T9; won $665) and in 1958 (T29; won $40). Sam Snead returned to play in 1958 (T9; won $692).

In 1960, the general chairman of the tournament, Irv Kovens, complained to PGA officials that Sam Snead and Arnold Palmer were playing an exhibition match in Pennsylvania in violation of the contract the Eastern Open had with the PGA that forbade such matches within 200 miles of the Eastern Open site during play of the tournament. Bob Rosburg, chairman of the PGA tournament committee, promised action that would mollify or compensate the tournament. However, further investigation revealed that Kovens himself had had an undisclosed agreement with Snead, in violation of the contract, whereby Snead was paid an appearance fee of $500 to play in the Eastern Open pro-am, and that Kovens had offered an under-the-table payment of $1,000 to Palmer, likewise in violation of contract, to play in the tournament proper. Snead beat Palmer in an exhibition match before 3,000 fans at Lulu Temple Golf Course near Philadelphia as Gene Littler held off Gary Player’s charge to win the 1960 Eastern Open. Littler won $3,500, and Player collected second-place money of $2,300. The amounts of the fees paid to Snead and Palmer for playing the exhibition match were not disclosed.

Bob Rosburg himself played several times in the Eastern Open: T7 in 1954; T3 in 1956; he lost a playoff in 1958; and T32 in 1962.

Blue Rows Indicate Maryland Golfers
Green Rows Rows Indicate African-American Golfers
Golfer	Rd. 1	Rd. 2	Rd. 3	Rd. 4	Total	Winnings
Dick Mayer	69	70	70	70	279	2,400
Doug Ford	70	69	70	74	283	1,466
Charlie Bassler	73	69	68	71	283	1,466
Charlie Harper	71	70	71	71	283	1,466
Jerry Barber	73	69	70	72	284	900
Ed Oliver	72	69	69	74	284	900
Al Smith	72	71	71	71	285	700
Fred Hawkins	73	68	74	71	286	460
Shelley Mayfield	72	70	73	71	286	460
Ralph Lomeli	66	74	71	75	286	460
Julius Boros	68	71	71	76	286	460
Pete Cooper	70	67	73	76	286	460
Tommy Bolt	74	71	72	70	287	283
Jim Turnesa	71	70	72	74	287	283
Leo Biagetti	74	68	70	75	287	283
Marty Furgol	72	73	72	71	288	235
Otto Greiner	71	67	73	77	288	235
Wally Ulrich	70	69	77	73	289	215
Avery Beck	69	72	74	74	289	215
John Palmer	75	69	75	71	290	200
Bob Toski	71	76	71	73	291
Walter Burkemo	72	71	72	76	291
Milond Marusic	70	72	73	76	291
Al Zimmerman	71	69	75	76	291
Andy Gibson	69	72	74	76	291
Lawson Little	70	73	73	76	292
Skee Riegel	69	71	77	75	292
Dave Douglas	74	72	72	75	293
Johnnie Musser	74	72	72	75	293
Bill Moran	72	71	73	77	293
Walter Romans	70	76	71	77	294
Mike Homa	75	69	75	75	294
Bill Nary	75	68	74	77	294
John O'Donnell	68	76	75	76	295
Mike Krak	73	72	77	75	297
Ted Rhodes	74	72	75	76	297
Howard Wheeler	71	73	77	77	298
Ray Heins A	74	78	75	72	299
Hans Merrell	73	75	75	77	300
Bill Spiller	75	74	76	76	301
Rod Munday	75	71	73	82	301
Walter Greiner A	79	75	73	75	302
Bill Markham	77	72	77	77	303
Roy McKenzie	76	72	75	80	303
William Mays	74	74	79	78	305
Frank Michalek A	81	74	74	77	306
Severn White, Jr.	77	73	76	80	306
Johnnie Bass	76	74	77	80	307
John Bruff A	73	73	81	81	308
Ralph Bogart A	75	79	79	76	309
Rick McHale	74	76	81	79	310
Frank Tenney	76	75	80	80	311
Eddie Johnston A	79	80	77	77	313
Bill Buppert A	78	74	82	81	315
Buddy Heckman	77	74	75	WD
Max Evans	74	77	77	WD
Jim Warga	72	76	78	WD
John Serafin	72	76	78	WD
Jim Ferrier	74	72	74	WD
Art Wall	73	74	76	WD
Bill Collins	78	70	75	WD
Fred Wampler	72	74	71	WD
George Fazio	71	71	76	WD
Al Besselink	72	73	WD
Ansel Snow	75	76	WD
Jack Isaacs	70	76	WD
Dutch Harrison	73	75	WD
Out of the Final 36
Charles Sifford	77	76			153
Cosmo Tiso	81	72			153
Bob Gajda	78	75			153
Mike Rooney	78	75			153
Steve Tobash	78	75			153
Roger Peacock A	79	75			154
Dave Wallace	78	76			154
Frank Invernizzi	76	79			155
Jim Gantz	79	76			155
Jack Ford	76	80			156
Harold Graham	78	78			156
Hugh McLellan	76	80			156
Matt More	78	79			157
Jimmy Nichols	80	78			158
Jim Flattery	80	80			160
Art Jones, Jr.	82	80			162
John Knipe	82	81			163
Carroll McAllister, Sr.	82	81			163
C. A. Harmon	85	79			164
Charlie Weiler	79	85			164
Eddie Bray	81	83			164
Charlie Betschler	83	82			165
Ed Graefe	81	85			166
Dick Tyson	86	85			171
Bill Cole A	73	WD
Robert Lewis	77	WD
Ed Finnessy A	77	WD
Archie Mahew	80	WD
Dick James	81	WD
Bill Weber	81	WD
Milton Logan	83	WD
Jimmy Roche	84	WD
Tommy Sullivan	WD