BellSouth Classic
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The BellSouth Classic is a regular golf tournament on the PGA Tour. It is played annually in May in Duluth, Georgia. Since 1997 the tournament has been held on the course at the TPC of Sugarloaf. BellSouth is the main sponsor of the tournament.
The 2006 purse was $5,300,000, with $954,000 going to the winner. The tournament, in recent years, is often played the week before The Masters, and therefore, usually gives an increased amount of sponsor's exemptions for international players who will play in Augusta. With the overhaul of the PGA Tour's schedule due to the introduction of the FedEx Cup, this trend will likely subside.
From the event's inception until 1996 it was played at Atlanta Country Club in Marietta, Georgia. Since then, it has been played over the Stables and Meadows Courses at the TPC at Sugarloaf in Duluth, Georgia.
[edit] Winners
- 2006 Phil Mickelson
- 2005 Phil Mickelson
- 2004 Zach Johnson
- 2003 Ben Crane
- 2002 Retief Goosen
- 2001 Scott McCarron
- 2000 Phil Mickelson
- 1999 David Duval
- 1998 Tiger Woods
- 1997 Scott McCarron
- 1996 Paul Stankowski
- 1995 Mark Calcavecchia
- 1994 John Daly
- 1993 Nolan Henke
- 1992 Tom Kite
BellSouth Atlanta Golf Classic
- 1991 Corey Pavin
- 1990 Wayne Levi
- 1989 Scott Simpson
Georgia-Pacific Atlanta Golf Classic
- 1988 Larry Nelson
- 1987 Dave Barr
- 1986 Bob Tway
- 1985 Wayne Levi
- 1984 Tom Kite
- 1983 Calvin Peete
- 1982 Keith Fergus
Atlanta Classic
- 1981 Tom Watson
- 1980 Larry Nelson
- 1979 Andy Bean
- 1978 Jerry Heard
- 1977 Hale Irwin
- 1975 Hale Irwin
- 1973 Jack Nicklaus
- 1972 Bob Lunn
- 1971 Gardner Dickinson
- 1970 Tommy Aaron
- 1969 Bert Yancey
- 1968 Bob Lunn
- 1967 Bob Charles
