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Michelob Championship

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Michelob Championship at Kingsmill
Winners' sign at Kingsmill Resort
Tournament information
LocationWilliamsburg, Virginia
Established1968
Course(s)Kingsmill Resort
Par71
Length6,588 yards (6,024 m)[1]
Tour(s)PGA Tour
FormatStroke play
Prize fundUS$3,700,000
Month playedOctober
Final year2002
Tournament record score
Aggregate265 Scott Hoch (1996)
To par−19 Billy Casper (1971)
−19 Scott Hoch (1996)
Final champion
United States Charles Howell III
Location map
Kingsmill Resort is located in the United States
Kingsmill Resort
Kingsmill Resort
Location in the United States
Kingsmill Resort is located in Virginia
Kingsmill Resort
Kingsmill Resort
Location in Virginia

The Michelob Championship at Kingsmill was a golf tournament on the PGA Tour from 1968 to 2002. It was played in Virginia at the River Course of Kingsmill Golf Club outside of Williamsburg, from 1981 to 2002. From 1977 through 1995, it was known as the Anheuser-Busch Golf Classic.

The event was founded in 1968 as the Kaiser International Open Invitational, which was played in northern California at Silverado Country Club in Napa through 1980. In its second year, it was played twice. At the second edition in January 1969, three days of rain washed out the final two rounds of play and 36-hole leader Miller Barber was declared the winner, but only half the prize money was distributed.[2][3] The tournament was rescheduled for late October/early November and Jack Nicklaus was the winner in a four-man playoff, decided on the second extra hole on Monday.[4][5]

The purse of the inaugural event in 1968 was $125,000, and Kermit Zarley took the winner's share of $25,000 in January for his first tour win.[6] The final event in 2002 had a purse of $3.7 million, with a winner's share of $666,000 to Charles Howell III in early October.[1]

From 2003 to 2009, an LPGA Tour event, the Michelob ULTRA Open at Kingsmill, was played at the same location. In 2012, the LPGA Tour event returned, renamed the Kingsmill Championship.

Tournament highlights

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Winners

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Year Winner Score To par Margin of
victory
Runner(s)-up Winner's
share ($)
Michelob Championship at Kingsmill
2002 United States Charles Howell III 270 −14 2 strokes United States Scott Hoch
United States Brandt Jobe
666,000
2001 United States David Toms (2) 269 −15 1 stroke United States Kirk Triplett 630,000
2000 United States David Toms 271 −13 Playoff Canada Mike Weir 540,000
1999 United States Notah Begay III 274 −10 Playoff United States Tom Byrum 450,000
1998 United States David Duval (2) 268 −16 3 strokes New Zealand Phil Tataurangi 342,000
1997 United States David Duval 271 −13 Playoff New Zealand Grant Waite
United States Duffy Waldorf
279,000
1996 United States Scott Hoch 265 −19 4 strokes United States Tom Purtzer 225,000
Anheuser-Busch Golf Classic
1995 United States Ted Tryba 271 −12 1 stroke United States Scott Simpson 198,000
1994 United States Mark McCumber (2) 267 −17 3 strokes United States Glen Day 198,000
1993 United States Jim Gallagher Jr. 269 −15 2 strokes United States Chip Beck 198,000
1992 United States David Peoples 271 −13 1 stroke United States Bill Britton
United States Ed Dougherty
United States Jim Gallagher Jr.
198,000
1991 United States Mike Hulbert 266 −18 Playoff United States Kenny Knox 180,000
1990 United States Lanny Wadkins 266 −18 5 strokes United States Larry Mize 180,000
1989 United States Mike Donald 268 −16 Playoff United States Tim Simpson
United States Hal Sutton
153,000
1988 United States Tom Sieckmann 270 −14 Playoff United States Mark Wiebe 117,000
1987 United States Mark McCumber 267 −17 1 stroke United States Bobby Clampett 110,160
1986 United States Fuzzy Zoeller 274 −10 2 strokes United States Jodie Mudd 90,000
1985 United States Mark Wiebe 273 −11 Playoff United States John Mahaffey 90,000
1984 United States Ronnie Black 267 −17 1 stroke United States Willie Wood 63,000
1983 United States Calvin Peete (2) 276 −8 1 stroke United States Tim Norris 63,000
1982 United States Calvin Peete 203 −10 2 strokes United States Bruce Lietzke 63,000
1981 United States John Mahaffey 276 −8 2 strokes United States Andy North 54,000
1980 United States Ben Crenshaw 272 −16 4 strokes United States Jack Renner 54,000
1979 United States John Fought 273 −15 1 stroke United States Buddy Gardner
United States Alan Tapie
United States Bobby Wadkins
54,000
1978 United States Tom Watson 270 −18 3 strokes United States Ed Sneed 40,000
1977 United States Miller Barber (2) 272 −16 2 strokes United States George Archer 40,000
Kaiser International Open Invitational
1976 United States J. C. Snead 274 −14 2 strokes United States Gibby Gilbert
United States Johnny Miller
35,000
1975 United States Johnny Miller (2) 272 −16 3 strokes United States Rod Curl 35,000
1974 United States Johnny Miller 271 −17 8 strokes United States Billy Casper
United States Lee Trevino
30,000
1973 United States Ed Sneed 275 −13 Playoff United States John Schlee 30,092
1972 Canada George Knudson 271 −17 3 strokes United States Hale Irwin
United States Bobby Nichols
30,000
1971 United States Billy Casper 269 −19 4 strokes United States Fred Marti 30,000
1970 United States Ken Still 278 −10 Playoff United States Lee Trevino
United States Bert Yancey
30,000
1969
(Nov)
United States Jack Nicklaus 273 −15 Playoff United States George Archer
United States Billy Casper
United States Don January
28,000
1969
(Jan)
United States Miller Barber 135[a] −9 1 stroke Australia Bruce Devlin 13,500
1968 United States Kermit Zarley 273 −15 1 stroke United States Dave Marr 25,000

Notes

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  1. ^ Shortened to 36 holes due to weather.

References

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  1. ^ a b "Golf: Michelob". Reading Eagle. Pennsylvania. October 7, 2002. p. D8.
  2. ^ "Barber nabs top spot in Kaiser Open". Toledo Blade. (Ohio). Associated Press. January 18, 1969. p. 19.
  3. ^ "Barber wins tourney". Daytona Beach Morning Journal. (Florida). Associated Press. January 21, 1969. p. 6.
  4. ^ "Nick eyes top dollar". Toledo Blade. (Ohio). Associated Press. October 31, 1969. p. 26.
  5. ^ "Another for Jack". Montreal Gazette. Associated Press. November 4, 1969. p. 31.
  6. ^ a b "Zarley cards torrid 65 for first pro golf crown". Spokesman-Review. (Spokane, Washington). Associated Press. January 22, 1968. p. 10.
  7. ^ Sargis, Joe (January 22, 1968). "Kermit Zarley cashes in at Kaiser Open". Bryan Times. Ohio. UPI. p. 7.
  8. ^ "Kaiser golf tournament called off". Lodi News-Sentinel. California. UPI. January 21, 1969. p. 8.
  9. ^ "Jack Nicklaus takes Kaiser golf tourney". Spokane Daily Chronicle. (Washington). Associated Press. November 3, 1969. p. 18.
  10. ^ Green, Bob (October 26, 1970). "Ken Still collects Kaiser golf title". Portsmouth Times. (New Hampshire). Associated Press. p. 14.
  11. ^ "Miller wins Kaiser International". Ellensburg Daily Record. (Washington). UPI. September 30, 1974. p. 9.
  12. ^ "Johnny Miller astounds self with giant win". The Bulletin. (Bend, Oregon). Associated Press. September 30, 1974. p. 12.
  13. ^ "Miller wins Kaiser Open". Milwaukee Sentinel. UPI. October 6, 1975. p. 5, part 2.
  14. ^ "J.C. Snead wins Kaiser". Montreal Gazette. UPI. September 27, 1976. p. 22.
  15. ^ "Barber's 65 overtakes Archer, ends drought". Milwaukee Sentinel. UPI. October 3, 1977. p. 5, part 2.
  16. ^ "Fought earns second big payday". Tuscaloosa News. (Alabama). Associated Press. September 24, 1979. p. 12.
  17. ^ "John Mahaffey wins Busch open classic". Bangor Daily News. (Maine). Associated Press. July 27, 1981. p. 21.
  18. ^ "Peete wins by stroke as Sutton collapses". Ottawa Citizen. (Canada). Associated Press. July 25, 1983. p. 33.
  19. ^ Black rallies for Anheuser-Busch title
  20. ^ "Fuzzy Zoeller wins Busch Classic by two". Gainesville Sun. (Florida). Associated Press. July 14, 1986. p. 3B.
  21. ^ "Peoples courts disaster; wins Busch Classic". The News. (Boca Raton, Florida). Associated Press. July 13, 1992. p. 2B.
  22. ^ "Hoch wins Michelob". Beaver County Times. (Pennsylvania). staff and wire reports. July 15, 1996. p. B8.
  23. ^ Kurz, Hank Jr. (October 13, 1997). "Duval wins playoff in Michelob". Daily Courier. (Prescott, Arizona). Associated Press. p. 14A.
  24. ^ "Duval runs away with Michelob". Toledo Blade. (Ohio). October 12, 1998. p. 27.
  25. ^ "Begay goes for it, wins Michelob". Toledo Blade. (Ohio). wire reports. October 11, 1999. p. 30.
  26. ^ Golf Roundup; Begay wins in a playoff
  27. ^ "Michelob win just what Toms needed". Toledo Blade. (Ohio). Associated Press. October 8, 2001. p. C2.
  28. ^ PLUS: GOLF; Toms Wins Michelob With a 3-Under 68
  29. ^ "Howell wins first in last tournament at Kingsmill". Toledo Blade. (Ohio). Associated Press. October 7, 2002. p. C8.
  30. ^ "Howell breaks through in final PGA event at Kingsmill". ESPN. Associated Press. October 6, 2002. Retrieved April 27, 2018.
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