Bakersfield Open

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Nike Bakersfield Open
Tournament information
Location Bakersfield, California
Established1990
Course(s) Bakersfield Country Club
Par72
Tour(s) Nike Tour
Format Stroke play
Prize fund US$150,000
Month playedOctober
Final year1993
Tournament record score
Aggregate202 Clark Dennis (1993)
202 Jim Furyk (1993)
202 Sonny Skinner (1993)
To par−14 as above
Final champion
Flag of the United States.svg Clark Dennis
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Bakersfield CC
Location in the United States
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Bakersfield CC
Location in California

The Bakersfield Open was a golf tournament on the Nike Tour. It ran from 1990 to 1993, and was played in Bakersfield, California. In 1990 and 1991, it was played at Bakersfield Country Club. In 1992 and 1993, it was played at Seven Oaks Country Club. The 1990 event was the first played on the tour, then called the Ben Hogan Tour. [1]

Winners

YearWinnerScoreTo parMargin of
victory
Runner(s)-up
Nike Bakersfield Open
1993 Flag of the United States.svg Clark Dennis 202−14Playoff Flag of the United States.svg Jim Furyk
Flag of the United States.svg Sonny Skinner
Ben Hogan Bakersfield Open
1992 Flag of the United States.svg Tom Garner 205−112 strokes Flag of the United States.svg Steve Lowery
1991 Flag of the United States.svg Olin Browne 207−94 strokes Flag of the United States.svg Bob Friend
Flag of the United States.svg Ron Streck
1990 Flag of the United States.svg Mike Springer 209−72 strokes Flag of the United States.svg David Tentis

Bolded golfers graduated to the PGA Tour via the final Ben Hogan Tour money list.

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References

  1. "Web.com Tour chronology". PGA Tour. Archived from the original on October 5, 2016. Retrieved October 27, 2016.