Huntsville Open

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Nike Huntsville Open
Tournament information
Location Huntsville, Alabama
Established1994
Course(s)Hampton Cove Golf Course
Par72
Tour(s) Nike Tour
Format Stroke play
Prize fund US$225,000
Month playedApril
Final year1998
Tournament record score
Aggregate273 Buddy Gardner (1994)
273 Jerry Kelly (1994)
To par−15 as above
Final champion
Flag of the United States.svg Dennis Paulson
Location Map
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Hampton Cove GC
Location in the United States
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Hampton Cove GC
Location in Alabama

The Huntsville Open was a professional golf tournament on the Nike Tour. The tournament was held annually from 1994 to 1998. It was played at Cherokee Ridge Country Club in Union Grove, Alabama, from 1994 to 1997. [1] [2] It was played at Hampton Cove Golf Course (Highlands Course) in Huntsville, Alabama, in 1998. [3]

Contents

In 1998 the winner earned $40,500. [4]

Winners

YearWinnerScoreTo parMargin of
victory
Runner-upRef.
Nike Huntsville Open
1998 Flag of the United States.svg Dennis Paulson 279−9Playoff Flag of the United States.svg Brent Schwarzrock [4]
Nike Alabama Classic
1997 Flag of the United States.svg John Elliott 204 [lower-alpha 1] −122 strokes Flag of the United States.svg Tom Shaw [2]
1996 Flag of the United States.svg P. H. Horgan III 202 [lower-alpha 1] −141 stroke Flag of the United States.svg Jack O'Keefe [5]
1995 Flag of the United States.svg Jerry Kelly 273−15Playoff Flag of the United States.svg Buddy Gardner [6]
1994 Flag of the United States.svg Tommy Tolles 274−141 stroke Flag of the United States.svg Clark Burroughs [7] [8]

Notes

  1. 1 2 Shortened to 54 holes due to weather.

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