Tournament information | |
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Location | Chattanooga, Tennessee |
Established | 1983 |
Course(s) | Council Fire Golf and Country Club |
Par | 72 |
Length | 6,999 yards (6,400 m) |
Tour(s) | PGA Tour |
Format | Stroke play |
Prize fund | US$800,000 |
Month played | July |
Final year | 1992 |
Tournament record score | |
Aggregate | 260 Peter Persons (1990) 260 Dillard Pruitt (1991) |
To par | −20 as above |
Final champion | |
Mark Carnevale | |
Location map | |
Location in the United States Location in Tennessee |
The Chattanooga Classic was a golf tournament on the PGA Tour from 1986 to 1992. It was played at Valleybrook Country Club in Hixson, Tennessee from 1983 to 1991 and at the Council Fire Golf and Country Club in Chattanooga, Tennessee.
It was founded in 1983 as the Michelob-Chattanooga Gold Cup Classic and from 1983 to 1985, it was part of the PGA Tour's "Tournament Players Series", a "satellite tour". In 1986, it was played opposite the U.S. Open and although the prize money counted as official the win did not. From 1987 to 1990, it was played opposite the NEC World Series of Golf and from 1991 to 1992 it was played opposite The Open Championship.
The purse for the 1992 tournament was $800,000 with $144,000 going to the winner.
Year | Tour [lower-alpha 1] | Winner | Score | To par | Margin of victory | Runner(s)-up | Ref. |
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Chattanooga Classic | |||||||
1992 | PGAT | Mark Carnevale | 269 | −19 | 2 strokes | Ed Dougherty Dan Forsman | [1] |
1991 | PGAT | Dillard Pruitt | 260 | −20 | 2 strokes | Lance Ten Broeck | [1] |
1990 | PGAT | Peter Persons | 260 | −20 | 2 strokes | Richard Zokol | [1] |
1989 | PGAT | Stan Utley | 263 | −17 | 3 strokes | Ray Stewart | [1] |
Provident Classic | |||||||
1988 | PGAT | Phil Blackmar | 264 | −16 | Playoff | Payne Stewart | [1] |
1987 | PGAT | John Inman | 265 | −15 | 1 stroke | Bill Glasson Rocco Mediate | [1] |
1986 | Brad Faxon | 261 | −19 | 1 stroke | Scott Hoch | [1] | |
1985 | TPS | Billy Pierot | 200 | −10 | Playoff | Joe Hager John McComish | [2] |
1984 | TPS | David Canipe | 200 | −10 | Playoff | Bill Bergin | [3] |
Michelob-Chattanooga Gold Cup Classic | |||||||
1983 | TPS | Jim Dent | 272 | −12 | 1 stroke | Lance Ten Broeck | [4] |
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