The Tallahassee Open was a

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tournament on the

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from 1969 to 1989. It was played at Killearn Country Club in

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. It was founded in 1969 as the Tallahassee Open Invitational. From 1983 to 1985, it was part of the PGA Tour's "Tournament Players Series", a "satellite tour". The purse for the 1989 tournament was $750,000 with 135,000 going to the winner. The 1974 tournament featured the highest round scores in PGA history by a player who made the 36-hole cut. Mike Reasor severely injured himself horse riding between the second and third rounds. Needing to complete the tournament in order to gain an exemption for the

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, Reasor played the final two rounds using only a 5-iron and swinging using just one arm, recording scores of 123 and 114. From 1990 to 1992, Killearn Country Club hosted a

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event by the

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