[1] Bob Goalby won[3] the 1961 event after making eight consecutive birdies in the final round, a PGA Tour record at the time.

Other golfers tied Goalby's mark but nobody surpassed it till 2009.

[4] In 1963, Raymond Floyd won the event at 20 years 6 months of age becoming the youngest player to win a PGA Tour event since 1928.

[1][5] Bruce Devlin, an Australian golfer who had recently moved to the United States, won the first of his eight PGA Tour titles at the last one in 1964.

The tournament succumbed to financial pressure when the St. Petersburg City Council voted to postpone a decision on sponsorship of the 1965 event, and then Jacksonville announced the resumption of the Jacksonville Open during week the tournament was to be held.