The Motor City Open was a PGA Tour event played at various clubs in and around Detroit, USA, eight times between 1948 and 1962.

The PGA Tour record for the longest sudden-death playoff was established at the 1949 Motor City Open. Cary Middlecoff and Lloyd Mangrum played 11 holes at Meadowbrook Country Club in Northville, Michigan and were still stalemated when darkness arrived. Tournament officials, with their mutual consent, declared them joint winners.

In 1955, the Motor City Open was originally to be played at Meadowbrook Country Club. This was abandoned however, when Meadowbrook's professional, Chick Harbert, won the PGA Championship in 1954. Meadowbrook petitioned for and won the opportunity to host the 1955 PGA Championship and, because of this development, the Motor City Open was not held in 1955. This is the only time that a defending champion of a major championship has hosted the tournament the following year.[citation needed]

In 2019, the Rocket Mortgage Classic at Detroit Golf Club in the city of Detroit replaced The National in the Washington, DC, metropolitan area.[citation needed]

Tournament hosts

Winners

YearWinnerScoreTo parMargin of victoryRunner(s)-up
1948United States Ben Hogan275−9PlayoffUnited States Dutch Harrison
1949United States Lloyd Mangrum United States Cary Middlecoff273−11Title shared
1950United States Lloyd Mangrum (2)274−141 strokeUnited States Sam Snead
1951: No tournament
1952United States Cary Middlecoff (2)274−14PlayoffUnited States Ted Kroll
1953: No tournament
1954United States Cary Middlecoff (3)278−62 strokesUnited States Tommy Bolt United States Marty Furgol United States Gene Littler
1956United States Bob Rosburg284−4PlayoffUnited States Ed Furgol
1957–58: No tournament
1959United States Mike Souchak268−169 strokesUnited States Billy Casper United States Doug Ford
1960–61: No tournament
1962Australia Bruce Crampton267−173 strokesUnited States Dave Hill United States Don Massengale