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Kemper Open

Former golf tournament on the PGA Tour

Summary

Former golf tournament on the PGA Tour

Field	Value
name	Kemper Open
location	Potomac, Maryland
establishment	1968
course	TPC Potomac at Avenel Farm
par	71
yardage	6889 yd
tour	PGA Tour
format	Stroke play
purse
month_played	June
final_year	2006
aggregate	263 Billy Andrade (1991)
263 Jeff Sluman (1991)
263 Adam Scott (2004)
to-par	−21 as above
final_champion	USA Ben Curtis
map	USA#USA Maryland
map_label	TPC Potomac at Avenel Farm
map_caption	Location in the United States##Location in Maryland
map_relief	yes
map_size	200
coordinates

263 Jeff Sluman (1991) 263 Adam Scott (2004) | to-par = −21 as above The Kemper Open was a golf tournament on the PGA Tour from 1968 to 2006.

Perhaps more so than any other "regular" PGA Tour stop, the event wandered about, not just from course to course within a given metropolitan area, but along the East Coast. Originally sponsored by the Kemper Corporation, the inaugural event was played in 1968 at Pleasant Valley Country Club in Sutton, Massachusetts, before moving to the Quail Hollow Club in Charlotte, North Carolina the following year, where it stayed through 1979. (The Wells Fargo Championship is now held in Charlotte.) The event moved in 1980 to Congressional Country Club in Bethesda, Maryland, a suburb northwest of Washington, D.C., and to TPC at Avenel in 1987 in neighboring Potomac.

Kemper Insurance dropped out as sponsor after the 2002 edition and was replaced by Friedman Billings Ramsey, which renamed the event the FBR Capital Open for a single year in 2003. Booz Allen Hamilton became the main sponsor in 2004, with the tournament being titled the Booz Allen Classic. The event returned to Congressional for a year in 2005 to accommodate renovations at Avenel.

The purse in 2006 was $5.0 million, with $900,000 going to the winner; due to rain delays it concluded on Tuesday without a gallery. In 1992, Washington Redskins quarterback Mark Rypien, the reigning Super Bowl MVP, was given a sponsor's exemption into the tournament, but shot rounds of 80 and 91 and missed the cut by 28 strokes. As the Kemper Open, it was often played two or three weeks prior to the U.S. Open, making it a prime tune-up event; later it was either the week prior or after and many top players skipped it.. For 2007, the PGA Tour announced that it would reschedule the event for the fall, and Booz Allen declined to renew its sponsorship. The fall date was in turn canceled to make way for the new AT&T National, to take place at the same time as the Classic had.

Also in 2006, the tournament ended on Tuesday due to persistent storms in the D.C. area. The conclusion of what turned out to be the final Booz Allen Classic was not televised.

A new format (invitation only), new host for the tournament (Tiger Woods), and a return to Congressional Country Club marked the July 2007 stop in Washington for the FedEx Cup, the AT&T National. For record-keeping purposes, it is not a "successor" tournament officially, even though it is the "new" tour stop in the same region.

During the 1970s, the Kemper Open was among the highest purses on tour, exceeding the majors.

Tournament highlights

1968: Arnold Palmer shoots a final round 67 to win the inaugural version of the tournament. He finishes four shots ahead of Bruce Crampton and Art Wall Jr.
1971: Tom Weiskopf wins his first Kemper Open title in a four-way sudden death playoff. He makes an eight-foot birdie putt on the first extra hole to beat Lee Trevino, Gary Player, and Dale Douglass.
1972: Doug Sanders rolls in a 30-foot birdie putt on the 72nd hole to edge Lee Trevino by one shot. It would be Sanders 20th and final PGA Tour triumph.
1975: Raymond Floyd holes a 100-foot chip shot for eagle during the final round on his way to a three-shot victory over Gary Player and John Mahaffey. It is Floyd's first PGA Tour win since his 1969 PGA Championship triumph.
1977: Tom Weiskopf wins the Kemper Open for a third time. He beats Bill Rogers and George Burns by two shots.
1980: John Mahaffey wins the first Kemper Open played at the Congressional Country Club. He beats Craig Stadler by three shots.
1982: Craig Stadler becomes the first Kemper Open winner to successfully defend his title. He beats Seve Ballesteros by seven shots.
1983: This edition of the tournament may have been the most bizarre. Fred Couples, Scott Simpson, and Chen Tze-chung playing together in the final group finished over one hour later than the previous group on the golf course. In spite of rounds of 77, 76, and 77 all three players finished tied for first along with Gil Morgan and Barry Jaeckel who had finished their rounds several hours earlier. Jaeckel, who spent time in a bar waiting for regulation play to conclude, is eliminated on the first playoff hole after he hits a wild tee shot. On the second hole, Couples scores a birdie to win his first PGA Tour title.
1984: Greg Norman wins his first PGA Tour event, beating out Mark O'Meara by five shots, despite shooting a final round 73.
1985: Bill Glasson sinks a 50-foot birdie putt on the 72nd hole to finish a 7-shot comeback and earn his first PGA Tour triumph. He beats Larry Mize and Corey Pavin by one shot.
1986: Greg Norman wins the Kemper Open for a second time by defeating Larry Mize on the sixth hole of a sudden death playoff. Less than one year later, Mize would avenge his loss to Norman at the 1987 Masters Tournament.
1988: Tom Kite's bid to successfully defend his Kemper Open title is foiled when Morris Hatalsky beats him on the second hole of a sudden death playoff.
1992: Bill Glasson becomes the first and only tournament champion to win an edition of the tournament at both Congressional Country Club and TPC at Avenel. Glasson wins by one shot over Howard Twitty, Ken Green, Mike Springer, and John Daly.
1995: Lee Janzen birdies the 72nd hole to earn a spot in a sudden death playoff with Corey Pavin. Janzen then birdies the first playoff hole to earn the victory.
1996: Future number two ranked player in the world, Steve Stricker, wins for the first time on the PGA Tour. He beats Mark O'Meara, Grant Waite, Scott Hoch, and Brad Faxon by three shots.
1997: Justin Leonard wins for the second time on the PGA Tour after Mark Wiebe misses two-foot par putts on both the 71st and 72nd holes to finish one shot behind.
1999: Rich Beem becomes the first PGA Tour rookie to win the tournament. His four round scoring total of 274 (−10) is good enough for a one-stroke triumph over Bradley Hughes and Bill Glasson.
2004: Adam Scott shoots a 72-hole tournament scoring record 263 on his way to a four-shot victory over Charles Howell III.

Winners

Year	Winner	Score	To par	Margin of
victory	Runner(s)-up	Winner's
share ($)	Venue	Booz Allen Classic	FBR Capital Open	Kemper Insurance Open	Kemper Open
2006	USA Ben Curtis	264	−20	5 strokes	USA Billy Andrade
AUS Nick O'Hern
IRL Pádraig Harrington
USA Steve Stricker	900,000	TPC at Avenel
2005	ESP Sergio García	270	−14	2 strokes	USA Ben Crane
USA Davis Love III
AUS Adam Scott	900,000	Congressional
(Blue Course)
2004	AUS Adam Scott	263	−21	4 strokes	USA Charles Howell III	864,000	TPC at Avenel
2003	ZAF Rory Sabbatini	270	−14	4 strokes	USA Joe Durant
USA Fred Funk
USA Duffy Waldorf	810,000	TPC at Avenel
2002	USA Bob Estes	273	−11	1 stroke	USA Rich Beem	648,000	TPC at Avenel
2001	USA Frank Lickliter	268	−16	1 stroke	USA J. J. Henry	630,000	TPC at Avenel
2000	USA Tom Scherrer	271	−13	2 strokes	AUS Greg Chalmers
JPN Kazuhiko Hosokawa
USA Franklin Langham
USA Justin Leonard
USA Steve Lowery	540,000	TPC at Avenel
1999	USA Rich Beem	274	−10	1 stroke	USA Bill Glasson
AUS Bradley Hughes	450,000	TPC at Avenel
1998	AUS Stuart Appleby	274	−10	1 stroke	USA Scott Hoch	360,000	TPC at Avenel
1997	USA Justin Leonard	274	−10	1 stroke	USA Mark Wiebe	270,000	TPC at Avenel
1996	USA Steve Stricker	270	−14	3 strokes	USA Brad Faxon
USA Scott Hoch
USA Mark O'Meara
NZL Grant Waite	270,000	TPC at Avenel
1995	USA Lee Janzen	272	−12	Playoff	USA Corey Pavin	252,000	TPC at Avenel
1994	USA Mark Brooks	271	−13	3 strokes	USA Bobby Wadkins
USA D. A. Weibring	234,000	TPC at Avenel
1993	NZL Grant Waite	275	−9	1 stroke	USA Tom Kite	234,000	TPC at Avenel
1992	USA Bill Glasson (2)	276	−8	1 stroke	USA John Daly
USA Ken Green
USA Mike Springer
USA Howard Twitty	198,000	TPC at Avenel
1991	USA Billy Andrade	263	−21	Playoff	USA Jeff Sluman	180,000	TPC at Avenel
1990	USA Gil Morgan	274	−10	1 stroke	AUS Ian Baker-Finch	180,000	TPC at Avenel
1989	USA Tom Byrum	268	−16	5 strokes	USA Tommy Armour III
USA Billy Ray Brown
USA Jim Thorpe	162,000	TPC at Avenel
1988	USA Morris Hatalsky	274	−10	Playoff	USA Tom Kite	144,000	TPC at Avenel
1987	USA Tom Kite	270	−14	7 strokes	USA Chris Perry
USA Howard Twitty	126,000	TPC at Avenel
1986	AUS Greg Norman (2)	277	−11	Playoff	USA Larry Mize	90,000	Congressional
1985	USA Bill Glasson	278	−10	1 stroke	USA Larry Mize
USA Corey Pavin	90,000	Congressional
1984	AUS Greg Norman	280	−8	5 strokes	USA Mark O'Meara	72,000	Congressional
1983	USA Fred Couples	287	−1	Playoff	TWN Chen Tze-chung
USA Barry Jaeckel
USA Gil Morgan
USA Scott Simpson	72,000	Congressional
1982	USA Craig Stadler (2)	275	−13	7 strokes	ESP Seve Ballesteros	72,000	Congressional
1981	USA Craig Stadler	270	−10	6 strokes	USA Tom Watson
USA Tom Weiskopf	72,000	Congressional
1980	USA John Mahaffey	275	−5	3 strokes	USA Craig Stadler	72,000	Congressional
1979	USA Jerry McGee	272	−16	1 stroke	USA Jerry Pate	63,000	Quail Hollow Club
1978	USA Andy Bean	273	−15	5 strokes	USA Mark Hayes
USA Andy North	60,000	Quail Hollow Club
1977	USA Tom Weiskopf (3)	277	−11	2 strokes	USA George Burns
USA Bill Rogers	50,000	Quail Hollow Club
1976	USA Joe Inman	277	−11	1 stroke	USA Grier Jones
USA Tom Weiskopf	50,000	Quail Hollow Club
1975	USA Raymond Floyd	278	−10	3 strokes	USA John Mahaffey
ZAF Gary Player	50,000	Quail Hollow Club
1974	USA Bob Menne	270	−18	Playoff	USA Jerry Heard	50,000	Quail Hollow Club
1973	USA Tom Weiskopf (2)	271	−17	3 strokes	USA Lanny Wadkins	40,000	Quail Hollow Club
1972	USA Doug Sanders	275	−13	1 stroke	USA Lee Trevino	35,000	Quail Hollow Club
1971	USA Tom Weiskopf	277	−11	Playoff	USA Dale Douglass
ZAF Gary Player
USA Lee Trevino	30,000	Quail Hollow Club
1970	USA Dick Lotz	278	−10	1 stroke	USA Lou Graham
USA Larry Hinson
USA Grier Jones
USA Tom Weiskopf	30,000	Quail Hollow Club
1969	USA Dale Douglass	274	−14	4 strokes	USA Charles Coody	30,000	Quail Hollow Club
1968	USA Arnold Palmer	276	−12	4 strokes	AUS Bruce Crampton
USA Art Wall Jr.	30,000	Pleasant Valley

References

(June 28, 2006). "Curtis finally wins title after rain delays". Spokesman-Review.
(March 31, 1992). "Rypien gets invitation to Kemper". Free Lance-Star.
(May 29, 1992). "Rypien gets strokes from fans". Spokane Chronicle.
Ginsburg, David. (May 30, 1992). "Rypien misses Kemper cut". Kentucky New Era.
[https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=eLNeAAAAIBAJ&sjid=8C8MAAAAIBAJ&pg=2541,2838120&dq=rookie+kemper+open&hl=en Palmer Charges Home To Kemper Win]
[https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=DUBCAAAAIBAJ&sjid=qqoMAAAAIBAJ&pg=7035,4577966&dq=tom+weiskopf+kemper+open&hl=en Tom Weiskopf Wins Kemper in Playoff]
[https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=uKNUAAAAIBAJ&sjid=tI8DAAAAIBAJ&pg=4803,3763504&dq=doug+sanders+kemper+open&hl=en Sanders fend Lee for Kemper cash]
[https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=g-kbAAAAIBAJ&sjid=4FEEAAAAIBAJ&pg=6855,3687903&dq=raymond+floyd+kemper+open&hl=en Floyd makes the circle complete]
[https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=14lSAAAAIBAJ&sjid=la8MAAAAIBAJ&pg=1521,4107414&dq=tom+weiskopf+kemper+open&hl=en Weiskopf wins Kemper Open by two strokes]
[https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=mOULAAAAIBAJ&sjid=rVgDAAAAIBAJ&pg=5655,184040&dq=john+mahaffey+kemper+open&hl=en Mahaffey's Walking Tall]
(November 2025)
[https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=ebtLAAAAIBAJ&sjid=eVADAAAAIBAJ&pg=7086,6588457&dq=barry+jaeckel+bar+kemper&hl=en Kemper Open replay unlikely]
[https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=B8JNAAAAIBAJ&sjid=r_sDAAAAIBAJ&pg=4928,2278473&dq=fred+couples+kemper+open&hl=en Couples claims Kemper in sudden death]
[https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=xolUAAAAIBAJ&sjid=Z48DAAAAIBAJ&pg=2828,8290208&dq=bill+glasson+kemper+open&hl=en Kemper first win for Glasson]
[https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=XClDAAAAIBAJ&sjid=rawMAAAAIBAJ&pg=3884,3149865&dq=greg+norman+larry+mize+kemper+open&hl=en Norman wins playoff]
[https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=kstRAAAAIBAJ&sjid=3m0DAAAAIBAJ&pg=6860,1534117&dq=morris+hatalsky+kemper+open&hl=en Hatalsky puts away Kite in Kemper Open playoff]
[https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=_GQwAAAAIBAJ&sjid=ETMDAAAAIBAJ&pg=2944,142230&dq=bill+glasson+kemper+open&hl=en Glasson clips foursome to claim Kemper]
[https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=nkhWAAAAIBAJ&sjid=JOsDAAAAIBAJ&pg=1261,2341623&dq=lee+janzen+kemper+open&hl=en Janzen wins Kemper Open]
[https://www.nytimes.com/1996/05/27/sports/results-plus-077003.html?scp=7&sq=Steve+Stricker+Kemper+Open&st=nyt GOLF Another First-Time Winner on PGA Tour]
[https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=gas_AAAAIBAJ&sjid=2lYMAAAAIBAJ&pg=1752,3506383&dq=justin+leonard+kemper+open&hl=en Leonard wins Kemper Open]
[https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=JClUAAAAIBAJ&sjid=M44DAAAAIBAJ&pg=6748,4142504&dq=rich+beem+kemper+open&hl=en Beem wins Kemper Open]
"Scott staves off Howell to win Booz Allen".

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