Buick Open
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Buick
Played as the Buick Open (Jul 30-Aug 2). Second-placed Roland Thatcher (USA), John Senden (Aus) and Greg Chalmers (Aus) finished 3 shots behind Tiger Woods (USA), who his third win in this event and 69th PGA Tour victory overall. [Warwick Hills G&CC, Grand Blanc, Michigan].
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Buick
Played as the Buick Open (June 26-29). Second-placed Woody Austin (USA) and Bubba Watson (USA) finished 1 shot behind Kenny Perry (USA), who recorded a second win in his last four starts on the PGA Tour. [Warwick Hills G&CC, Grand Blanc, Michigan].
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Buick
Played as the Buick Open (Jun 28-Jul 1). Second-placed Jason Gore (USA), Justin Leonard (USA) and Woody Austin (USA) finished 1 shot behind 34-year-old Brian Bateman (USA), who recorded his first and only PGA Tour win. [Warwick Hills G&CC, Grand Blanc, Michigan].
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Buick
Played as the Buick Open (Aug 3-6). Second-placed Jim Furyk (USA) finished 3 shots behind Tiger Woods (USA), who recorded his 50th PGA Tour win. 30-year-old Woods became the youngest player to achieve this milestone, eclipsing Jack Nicklaus who achieved the same feat aged 33 yrs. [Warwick Hills G&CC, Grand Blanc, Michigan].
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Buick
Played as the Buick Open (July 28-31). Second-placed Tiger Woods (USA) and Zach Johnson (USA) finished 4 shots behind defending champion Vijay Singh (Fiji), who became the first three-time winner of the Buick Open. [Warwick Hills G&CC, Grand Blanc, Michigan].
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Buick
Played as the Buick Open (Jul 29-Aug 1). Second-placed John Daly (USA) finished 1 shot behind Vijay Singh (Fiji). [Warwick Hills G&CC, Grand Blanc, Michigan].
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Buick
Played as the Buick Open (Jul 31-Aug 3). Second-placed Briny Baird (USA), Chris DiMarco (USA), Geoff Ogilvy (Aus) and defending champion Tiger Woods (USA) finished 2 shots behind Furyk (USA). [Warwick Hills G&CC, Grand Blanc, Michigan].
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Buick
Played as the Buick Open (Aug 8-11). Second-placed Fred Funk (USA), Brian Gay (USA), Mark O'Meara (USA) and Esteban Toledo (Mex) finished 4 shots behind Tiger Woods (USA). [Warwick Hills G&CC, Grand Blanc, Michigan].
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Buick
Played as the Buick Open (Aug 9-12). Second-placed Chris DiMarco (USA) and Jim Furyk (USA) finished 2 shots behind Kenny Perry (USA). In the final round Billy Mayfair (USA) shot an 11-under 61, including a back-nine of 27. [Warwick Hills G&CC, Grand Blanc, Michigan].
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Buick
Played as the Buick Open (Aug 10-13). Second-placed Chris Perry (USA) finished 1 shot behind Rocco Mediate (USA). [Warwick Hills G&CC, Grand Blanc, Michigan].
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Buick
Played as the Buick Open (Aug 5-8). Second-placed Tom Lehman (USA), Bob Tway (USA) and Ted Tryba (USA) finished 1 shot behind 39-year-old Tom Pernice Jr (USA). Playing in his 213th PGA Tour event, Pernice recorded the first of his two PGA Tour wins. [Warwick Hills G&CC, Grand Blanc, Michigan].
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Buick
Played as the Buick Open (Aug 6-9). Second-placed Scott Verplank (USA) finished 2 shots behind Billy Mayfair (USA), who recorded the last of his five PGA Tour wins. [Warwick Hills G&CC, Grand Blanc, Michigan].
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Buick
Played as the Buick Open (Aug 7-10). Second-placed Curtis Strange (USA), Tom Byrum (USA), Russ Cochran (USA), Brad Fabel (USA), Ernie Els (RSA) and Naomichi "Joe" Ozaki (Jpn) finished 4 shots behind Vijay Singh (Fiji), who recorded his fifth PGA Tour win. [Warwick Hills G&CC, Grand Blanc, Michigan].
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Buick
Played as the Buick Open (Aug 1-4). Second-placed Chip Beck (USA) finished 5 shots behind 24-year-old Justin Leonard (USA), who recorded his first PGA Tour win. [Warwick Hills G&CC, Grand Blanc, Michigan].
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Buick
Played as the Buick Open (Aug 3-6). 31-year-old Woody Austin (USA) beat Mike Brisky (USA) with a par at the second playoff hole, to record his first PGA Tour win. [Warwick Hills G&CC, Grand Blanc, Michigan].
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Buick
Played as the Buick Open (Aug 4-7). Second-placed Corey Pavin (USA) finished 2 shots behind Fred Couples (USA). [Warwick Hills G&CC, Grand Blanc, Michigan].
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Buick
Played as the Buick Open (Aug 5-8). Second-placed Fuzzy Zoeller (USA) finished 1 shot behind Larry Mize (USA), who recorded the last of his four PGA Tour wins. [Warwick Hills G&CC, Grand Blanc, Michigan].
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Buick
Played as the Buick Open (Aug 6-9). Dan Forsman (USA) beat Steve Elkington (Aus) with a par at the second playoff hole. Defending champion Brad Faxon (USA) was eliminated at the first playoff hole. [Warwick Hills G&CC, Grand Blanc, Michigan].
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Buick
Played as the Buick Open (Aug 1-4). Brad Faxon (USA) beat defending champion Chip Beck (USA) with a par at the first playoff hole, to record his first PGA Tour win. Faxon celebrated his 30th birthday on the opening day. [Warwick Hills G&CC, Grand Blanc, Michigan].
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Buick
Played as the Buick Open (Jul 26-29). Second-placed Hale Irwin (USA), Fuzzy Zoeller (USA) and Mike Donald (USA) finished 1 shot behind Chip Beck (USA). [Warwick Hills G&CC, Grand Blanc, Michigan].
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Buick
Played as the Buick Open (July 27-30). Second-placed Payne Stewart (USA), Doug Tewell (USA) and Billy Andrade (USA) finished 1 shot behind Leonard Thompson (USA), who recorded the last of his three PGA Tour wins. [Warwick Hills G&CC, Grand Blanc, Michigan].
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Buick
Played as the Buick Open (July 28-31). Second-placed Doug Tewell (USA) finished 2 shots behind Scott Verplank (USA). [Warwick Hills G&CC, Grand Blanc, Michigan].
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Buick
Played as the Buick Open (Jul 23-26). Second-placed Dan Pohl (USA) finished 7 shots behind 27-year-old Robert Wrenn (USA), who recorded his first and only PGA Tour win. [Warwick Hills G&CC, Grand Blanc, Michigan].
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Buick
Played as the Buick Open (July 24-27). Second-placed Doug Tewell (USA) and J.C. Snead (USA) finished 1 shot behind Ben Crenshaw (USA). [Warwick Hills G&CC, Grand Blanc, Michigan].
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Buick
Played as the Buick Open (Aug 14-18). Second-placed Wayne Grady (Aus) finished 4 shots behind 27-year-old Ken Green (USA), who recorded the first of his five PGA Tour wins. [Warwick Hills G&CC, Grand Blanc, Michigan].
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Buick
Played as the Buick Open (Aug 9-12). Second-placed Payne Stewart (USA) finished 1 shot 28-year-old Denis Watson (Zim), who recorded the first of his three PGA Tour wins. [Warwick Hills G&CC, Grand Blanc, Michigan].
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Buick
Played as the Buick Open (Aug 11-14). Second-placed Calvin Peete (USA) and Isao Aoki (Jpn) finished 1 shot behind Wayne Levi (USA). [Warwick Hills G&CC, Grand Blanc, Michigan].
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Buick
Played as the Buick Open (Aug 19-22). Second-placed Tom Kite (USA) finished 1 shot behind Lanny Wadkins (USA), who recorded his tenth PGA Tour win. [Warwick Hills G&CC, Grand Blanc, Michigan].
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Buick
Played as the Buick Open (Aug 20-23). Hale Irwin (USA) beat Bobby Clampett (USA), Gil Morgan (USA) and defending champion Peter Jacobsen (USA) with a birdie at the second playoff hole. [Warwick Hills G&CC, Grand Blanc, Michigan].
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Buick
Played as the Buick Goodwrench Open (Aug 21-24). Second-placed Billy Kratzert (USA) and Mark Lye (USA) finished 1 shot behind 26-year-old Peter Jacobsen (USA), who recorded his first PGA Tour win. [Warwick Hills G&CC, Grand Blanc, Michigan].
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Buick
Played as the Buick Goodwrench Open (Sept 13-16). 25-year-old John Fought USA) beat Jim Simons (USA) with a par at the second playoff hole, to record the first of his two PGA Tour wins. [Warwick Hills G&CC, Grand Blanc, Michigan].
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Buick
Played as the Buick Goodwrench Open (June 15-18). 28-year-old Jack Newton (Aus) beat Mike Sullivan (USA) with a 15-foot birdie putt at the first playoff hole, to record his first PGA Tour win. [Warwick Hills G&CC, Grand Blanc, Michigan].
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Buick
Played as the Buick Open (Sept 1-4; first time as a full PGA Tour event since 1969). Second-placed Fred Marti (USA) finished 1 shot behind 29-year-old Bobby Cole (RSA), who recorded his first and only PGA Tour win. [Flint Elks CC, Grand Blanc, nr Flint, Michigan].
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Played as the Buick Open (Aug 26-29; PGA Second Tour event). Ed Sabo (USA) beat Randy Erskine (USA) with a birdie four at the third playoff hole. [Flint Elks CC, Grand Blanc, nr Flint, Michigan].
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Played as the Buick Open (June 19-21; 54-hole PGA Second Tour event). Randy Erskine (USA), Jim Marshall (USA) and Mike McCullough (USA) finished 1 shot behind Spike Kelley (USA). [Flint Elks CC, Grand Blanc, nr Flint, Michigan].
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Played as the Flint Elks Open (June 20/21; 36-hole PGA Second Tour event). Bryan Abbott (USA) beat Joe Porter (USA) in a playoff. [Flint Elks CC, Grand Blanc, nr Flint, Michigan].
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Played as the Lake Michigan Classic (June 29/30; 54-hole PGA satellite tour event). Wilf Homenuik (Can) beat Jim Ferriell (USA) with a par at the first playoff hole. [Benton Harbor Elks CC, Benton Harbor, Michigan].
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Vern Parcell Buick
Played as the Vern Parsell Buick Open (July 27-30; PGA satellite tour event). John Mahaffey (USA) finished 2 shots behind Gary Groh (USA), who recorded his first significant win as a professional with an 80-foot chip-in birdie at the final hole. [Flint Elks CC, Grand Blanc, nr Flint, Michigan].
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Buick Open not played in 1971.
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Buick Open not played in 1970.
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Buick
Played as the Buick Open Invitational (July 3-6; last time as a full PGA Tour event until 1977). Second-placed Frank Beard (USA) finished 2 shots behind Dave Hill (USA). [Warwick Hills G&CC, Grand Blanc, Michigan].
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Buick
Played as the Buick Open Invitational (July 4-7). Second-placed Mike Hill (USA) finished 1 shot behind Tom Weiskopf (USA), who recorded his second PGA Tour win. [Warwick Hills G&CC, Grand Blanc, Michigan].
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Buick
Played as the Buick Open Invitational (June 8-11). Second-placed R.H. Sykes (USA), Bert Yancey (USA) and Bob Goalby (USA) finished 3 shots behind Julius Boros (USA), who won this event for the second time. [Warwick Hills G&CC, Grand Blanc, Michigan].
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Buick
Played as the Buick Open Invitational (June 9-12). Second-placed Johnny Pott (USA) and Kermit Zarley (USA) finished 2 shots behind Phil Rodgers (USA), who recorded the last of his five PGA Tour wins. [Warwick Hills G&CC, Grand Blanc, Michigan].
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Buick
Played as the Buick Open Invitational (June 3-6). Second-placed Johnny Pott (USA) finished 2 shots behind defending champion Tony Lema (USA), who recorded his tenth PGA Tour win. [Warwick Hills G&CC, Grand Blanc, Michigan].
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Buick
Played as the Buick Open Invitational (June 11-14). Second-placed Dow Finsterwald (USA) finished 1 shot behind Tony Lema (USA). This was the second of four PGA Tour wins recorded by Lema in the space of a hugely successful six weeks on the Tour. [Warwick Hills G&CC, Grand Blanc, Michigan].
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Buick
Played as the Buick Open Invitational (June 6-9). Second-placed Dow Finsterwald (USA) finished 5 shots behind Julius Boros (USA). [Warwick Hills G&CC, Grand Blanc, Michigan].
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Buick
Played as the Buick Open Invitational (July 5-8). Second-placed Dave Ragan (USA) finished 1 shot behind Bill Collins (USA), who recorded the last of his four PGA Tour wins. [Warwick Hills G&CC, Grand Blanc, Michigan].
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Buick
Played as the Buick Open Invitational (Jun 29-Jul 3). Jack Burke Jr (USA) beat Billy Casper (USA) and Johnny Pott (USA) in an 18-hole Monday playoff (Burke 71, Casper 74, Pott 74). [Warwick Hills G&CC, Grand Blanc, Michigan].
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Buick
Played as the Buick Open Invitational (July 1-4). Second-placed Gay Brewer (USA) and defending champion Art Wall Jr (USA) finished 1 shot behind Mike Souchak (USA). [Warwick Hills G&CC, Grand Blanc, Michigan].
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Buick
Played as the Buick Open Invitational (July 2-5, 7). Art Wall Jr (USA) beat Dow Finsterwald (USA) in an 18-hole Tuesday playoff (Wall 71, Finstwerwald 73). Wall recorded his tenth PGA Tour win. [Warwick Hills G&CC, Grand Blanc, Michigan].
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Buick
Played as the inaugural Buick Open Invitational (June 19-23). Second-placed Arnold Palmer (USA) and Ted Kroll (USA) finished 1 shot behind Billy Casper (USA). This event marked Buick becoming the first corporate sponsor on the PGA Tour. Monday finish required after Friday second round was rained out. [Warwick Hills G&CC, Grand Blanc, Michigan].
Tournaments:
2021 Opens: whether by accident or design, four of the top five mens’ Open Championships played in the British Isles occupy consecutive weeks in July: the Irish Open (1-4), Scottish Open (8-11), The Open (15-18) and Wales Open (22-25). The recently relaunched English Open is scheduled for early-August.
Hoag Classic: Ernie Els defends his title in this prestigious PGA Tour Champions event, played since 1991 at the Newport Beach Country Club, CA (Mar 5-7).
Who's Who:
Brooks Koepka: won his second Phoenix Open title, with a chip-in eagle at TPC Scottsdale’s short par-4 17th included in his final round.
Annika Sörenstam: the legendary Swede makes a return to the LPGA Tour in the Gainbridge LPGA, to be played at Lake Nona, her home club (Feb 25-28).
Traigh Golf Course (pronounced "try", and meaning "beach" in Gaelic): You'll find this nine-hole seaside gem on the scenic coast road (as opposed to the more inland and quicker A830) between Arisaig and Morar. Although not on the well-beaten path of Scotland's "trophy" courses, if you are passing through this area, it's a must play.
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Cullen Links Golf Club: "immensely scenic", "quirky as golf can get", "short!", "hugely enjoyable" ... Cullen Links attracts as wide a variety of comments as it lays down golfing challenges. Shoehorned into this 4,600 yard treasure trove are ten par-3s, seven par-4s and a good-length par-5. Here you'll find all the seaside scenery a golfer could ask for, and a lot more besides. Read More...
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