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Buick Open

Golf tournament formerly on the PGA Tour

Summary

Golf tournament formerly on the PGA Tour

FieldValue
nameBuick Open
locationGrand Blanc, Michigan
establishment1958
courseWarwick Hills Golf and Country Club
par72
yardage7085 yd
tourPGA Tour
formatStroke play
purse
month_playedJuly/August
final_year2009
aggregate262 Robert Wrenn (1987)
to-par−26 as above
final_championUSA Tiger Woods
coordinates
mapUnited States#USA Michigan
map_labelWarwick Hills G&CC
map_captionLocation in the United States##Location in Michigan
map_reliefyes
map_size200px

| to-par = −26 as above The Buick Open was a PGA Tour golf tournament from 1958 to 2009. In 2007, the tournament was held at the end of June, a change from its traditional spot between The Open Championship and the PGA Championship. Regardless, many prominent players used it as a "tune-up" for the subsequent major.

For the event's first decade, the Buick Open Invitational was played at Warwick Hills Golf and Country Club in Grand Blanc, Michigan. After 1969, professional golf events in the area fell off the PGA Tour schedule and a series of pro-ams and other similarly unofficial events took place, mostly at Flint Golf Club in Flint, Michigan.

Flint native, and PGA touring professional Larry Mancour had returned to Michigan to play in the Buick Open and stayed to build the Grand Blanc Golf Club. He then added nine holes at the Flint Elks Golf Club where he remained the professional for 20 years. He rescued the Buick Open when General Motors dropped sponsorship of the tournament. With local Buick dealers Mancour started the Little Buick Open in 1969. It drew players and fans and led to the rebirth of the Buick Open in 1977.

The Buick Open officially made its return to the PGA Tour in 1977 at the Flint Elks Club, and in 1978 the event returned to Warwick Hills G&CC, where it remained until its demise.

The Associated Press reported July 28, 2009, that General Motors would end its sponsorship of the Buick Open after the 2009 tournament, in order to devote its marketing resources to cars and trucks. The PGA Tour replaced the tournament with the Greenbrier Classic at The Greenbrier in White Sulphur Springs, West Virginia.

As in the 1970s, a series of pro-ams and other unofficial events now take place in Grand Blanc, with the AJGA's Randy Wise Open taking place at Warwick Hills and most pro-ams and a golf festival at the Jewel of Grand Blanc (the former Grand Blanc Golf Club).

In 2014, an unrelated tournament with the same name was started in China. The event is played on PGA Tour China.

In 2018, the former General Motors financing arm, now Ally Bank, returned to Warwick Hills to sponsor a PGA Tour Champions event, The Ally Challenge. Jim Furyk (2003, 2020) and Vijay Singh (2004, 2005, 2023) have won both events.

Long hitters

In its final years, the tournament was dominated by long hitters. Tiger Woods, Vijay Singh, Brian Bateman, and Kenny Perry combined for eight wins in its final nine years. Several other players ranked highly in driving distance finished second during that span, including Woods, Jason Gore, Geoff Ogilvy, Bubba Watson, and John Daly.

Winners

YearTourWinnerScoreTo parMargin of
victoryRunner(s)-upWinner's
share ($)Buick OpenBuick-Goodwrench OpenBuick OpenFlint Elks OpenLake Michigan ClassicVern Parsell Buick OpenBuick Open Invitational
2009PGATUSA Tiger Woods (3)268−203 strokesAUS Greg Chalmers
AUS John Senden
USA Roland Thatcher918,000
2008PGATUSA Kenny Perry (2)269−191 strokeUSA Woody Austin
USA Bubba Watson900,000
2007PGATUSA Brian Bateman273−151 strokeUSA Woody Austin
USA Jason Gore
USA Justin Leonard882,000
2006PGATUSA Tiger Woods (2)264−243 strokesUSA Jim Furyk864,000
2005PGATFIJ Vijay Singh (3)264−244 strokesUSA Zach Johnson
USA Tiger Woods828,000
2004PGATFIJ Vijay Singh (2)265−231 strokeUSA John Daly810,000
2003PGATUSA Jim Furyk267−212 strokesUSA Briny Baird
USA Chris DiMarco
AUS Geoff Ogilvy
USA Tiger Woods720,000
2002PGATUSA Tiger Woods271−174 strokesUSA Fred Funk
USA Brian Gay
USA Mark O'Meara
MEX Esteban Toledo594,000
2001PGATUSA Kenny Perry263−252 strokesUSA Chris DiMarco
USA Jim Furyk558,000
2000PGATUSA Rocco Mediate268−201 strokeUSA Chris Perry486,000
1999PGATUSA Tom Pernice Jr.270−181 strokeUSA Tom Lehman
USA Ted Tryba
USA Bob Tway432,000
1998PGATUSA Billy Mayfair271−172 strokesUSA Scott Verplank324,000
1997PGATFIJ Vijay Singh273−154 strokesUSA Tom Byrum
USA Russ Cochran
ZAF Ernie Els
USA Brad Fabel
JPN Naomichi Ozaki
USA Curtis Strange270,000
1996PGATUSA Justin Leonard266−225 strokesUSA Chip Beck216,000
1995PGATUSA Woody Austin270−18PlayoffUSA Mike Brisky216,000
1994PGATUSA Fred Couples270−182 strokesUSA Corey Pavin198,000
1993PGATUSA Larry Mize272−161 strokeUSA Fuzzy Zoeller180,000
1992PGATUSA Dan Forsman276−12PlayoffAUS Steve Elkington
USA Brad Faxon180,000
1991PGATUSA Brad Faxon271−17PlayoffUSA Chip Beck180,000
1990PGATUSA Chip Beck272−161 strokeUSA Mike Donald
USA Hale Irwin
USA Fuzzy Zoeller180,000
1989PGATUSA Leonard Thompson273−151 strokeUSA Billy Andrade
USA Payne Stewart
USA Doug Tewell180,000
1988PGATUSA Scott Verplank268−202 strokesUSA Doug Tewell126,000
1987PGATUSA Robert Wrenn262−267 strokesUSA Dan Pohl108,000
1986PGATUSA Ben Crenshaw270−181 strokeUSA J. C. Snead
USA Doug Tewell90,000
1985PGATUSA Ken Green268−204 strokesAUS Wayne Grady81,000
1984PGATZIM Denis Watson271−171 strokeUSA Payne Stewart72,000
1983PGATUSA Wayne Levi272−161 strokeJPN Isao Aoki
USA Calvin Peete63,000
1982PGATUSA Lanny Wadkins273−151 strokeUSA Tom Kite63,000
1981PGATUSA Hale Irwin277−11PlayoffUSA Bobby Clampett
USA Peter Jacobsen
USA Gil Morgan63,000
1980PGATUSA Peter Jacobsen276−121 strokeUSA Billy Kratzert
USA Mark Lye45,000
1979PGATUSA John Fought280−8PlayoffUSA Jim Simons27,000
1978PGATAUS Jack Newton280−8PlayoffUSA Mike Sullivan20,000
1977PGATZAF Bobby Cole271−171 strokeUSA Fred Marti20,000
1976USA Ed Sabo279−9PlayoffUSA Randy Erskine12,000
1975USA Spike Kelley208−81 strokeUSA Randy Erskine
USA Jim Marshall
USA Mike McCullough4,200
1974USA Bryan Abbott136−8PlayoffUSA Joe Porter2,000
1973CAN Wilf Homenuik215−1PlayoffUSA Jim Ferriell3,200
1972USA Gary Groh273−152 strokesUSA John Mahaffey4,000
1970–1971: No tournament
1969PGATUSA Dave Hill277−112 strokesUSA Frank Beard25,000
1968PGATUSA Tom Weiskopf280−81 strokeUSA Mike Hill25,000
1967PGATUSA Julius Boros (2)283−53 strokesUSA Bob Goalby
USA R. H. Sikes
USA Bert Yancey20,000
1966PGATUSA Phil Rodgers284−42 strokesUSA Johnny Pott
USA Kermit Zarley20,000
1965PGATUSA Tony Lema (2)280−82 strokesUSA Johnny Pott20,000
1964PGATUSA Tony Lema277−111 strokeUSA Dow Finsterwald8,000
1963PGATUSA Julius Boros274−145 strokesUSA Dow Finsterwald9,000
1962PGATUSA Bill Collins284−41 strokeUSA Dave Ragan9,000
1961PGATUSA Jack Burke Jr.284−4PlayoffUSA Billy Casper
USA Johnny Pott9,000
1960PGATUSA Mike Souchak282−61 strokeUSA Gay Brewer
USA Art Wall Jr.9,000
1959PGATUSA Art Wall Jr.282−6PlayoffUSA Dow Finsterwald9,000
1958PGATUSA Billy Casper285−31 strokeUSA Ted Kroll
USA Arnold Palmer9,000

Notes

References

References

  1. (September 2010). "AP Source: GM to End Sponsorship of Buick Open". The New York Times}} {{Dead link.
  2. (2009-08-05). "Greenbrier Classic Announcement". Bloomberg.
  3. "Buick Open Winners".
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