Colonial National Invitation

The tournament was founded 74 years ago in 1946, [2] and honors the history of golf by using an
official Scottish tartan plaid jacket for its champions and top committee chairmen. Another tradition
feeding Colonial history is the Wall of Champions on the first tee, engraved with the name and score
of each champion dating back to 1946, plus the 1975 Tournament Players Championship, 1941 U.S.
Open, and 1991 U.S. Women's Open.
The tournament is unofficially associated with Ben Hogan (1912–1997), the long-time Fort
Worth resident who won the tournament five times,[3] the most of any player. One of the top players
in golf history, he won nine major titles, six after a near-fatal automobile collision in 1949 that kept
him hospitalized for two months. Hogan's final three major wins were consecutive in 1953; a statue
of him at swing completion is near the clubhouse. [4]
Annika Sörenstam played in the 2003 tournament and became the first woman to play in a PGA
Tour event in 58 years, since Babe Zaharias made three cuts as an amateur in 1945.[5][6] Sörenstam's
participation drew high media attention, but she shot 71 and 74 and missed the cut by four strokes. [7]
In 2020, the tournament is scheduled to be played June 11–14, as the first PGA Tour event staged
since the interruption of the regular schedule due to the COVID-19 pandemic. In the interests of
maximum health and safety, the tournament will be played with no spectators attending.