Buick Challenge
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The Buick Challenge was a golf tournament on the PGA Tour from 1970 to 2002. It was played at the Callaway Gardens Resort (Mountain View Course), Pine Mountain, Georgia from 1991 to 2002 and at the Green Island Country Club in Columbus, Georgia from 1970 to 1990. It was founded in 1970 as the Green Island Open Invitational but was known for most of its existence as the Southern Open. The purse for the 2002 tournament was $3,700,000, with $666,000 going to the winner.
[edit] Winners
Buick Challenge
- 2002 Jonathan Byrd
- 2001 Chris DiMarco
- 2000 David Duval
- 1999 David Toms
- 1998 Steve Elkington
- 1997 Davis Love III
- 1996 Michael Bradley
- 1995 Fred Funk
Buick Southern Open
- 1994 Steve Elkington
- 1993 John Inman
- 1992 Gary Hallberg
- 1991 David Peoples
- 1990 Kenny Knox
Southern Open
- 1989 Ted Schulz
- 1988 David Frost
- 1987 Ken Brown
- 1986 Fred Wadsworth
- 1985 Tim Simpson
- 1984 Hubert Green
- 1983 Ronnie Black
- 1982 Bobby Clampett
- 1981 J. C. Snead
- 1980 Mike Sullivan
- 1979 Ed Fiori
- 1978 Jerry Pate
- 1977 Jerry Pate
- 1976 Mac McLendon
- 1975 Hubert Green
- 1974 Forrest Fezler
- 1973 Gary Player
- 1972 DeWitt Weaver
Southern Open Invitational
- 1971 Johnny Miller
Green Island Open Invitational
- 1970 Mason Rudolph
[edit] External links
- Tournament results from 1970 to 2002 at GolfObserver.com - Click-on a year for scores and earnings of the particular year.
- 2002 Tournament preview - at GolfToday.co.uk