Tournament information | |
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Location | Thornbury, Ontario, Canada |
Established | 2008 |
Course(s) | Georgian Bay Club Raven Golf Club |
Par | 71 (GB) 72 (R) |
Length | 7,139 yards (6,528 m) (GB) 7,105 yards (6,497 m) (R) |
Tour(s) | Nationwide Tour |
Format | Stroke play |
Prize fund | US$800,099 |
Month played | July |
Final year | 2010 |
Tournament record score | |
Aggregate | 261 Peter Tomasulo (2010) |
To par | −24 as above |
Final champion | |
Peter Tomasulo | |
Location Map | |
The Ford Wayne Gretzky Classic was a golf tournament on the Nationwide Tour from 2008 to 2010. It was played at the Georgian Bay Club in Clarksburg and the Raven Golf Club at Lora Bay in Thornbury, Ontario, Canada.
The 2010 purse was US$ 800,099, with $144,018 going to the winner. The extra $99 was a homage to Wayne Gretzky, the tournament host and Hall of Fame hockey player who wore the number 99 during his career. [1]
Year | Winner | Score | To par | Margin of victory | Runner-up |
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2010 | Peter Tomasulo | 261 | −24 | 1 stroke | Keegan Bradley |
2009 | Roger Tambellini | 265 | −20 | 4 strokes | Blake Adams |
2008 | Justin Hicks | 269 | −16 | Playoff | Casey Wittenberg |
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