Michelob Championship

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Michelob Championship at Kingsmill
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Winners' sign at Kingsmill Resort
Tournament information
Location Williamsburg, Virginia
Established1968
Course(s) Kingsmill Resort
Par71
Length6,588 yards (6,024 m) [1]
Tour(s) PGA Tour
Format Stroke play
Prize fund US$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
Flag of the United States.svg Charles Howell III
Location map
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Kingsmill Resort
Location in the United States
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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.

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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

Winners

YearWinnerScoreTo parMargin of
victory
Runner(s)-upWinner's
share ($)
Michelob Championship at Kingsmill
2002 Flag of the United States.svg Charles Howell III 270−142 strokes Flag of the United States.svg Scott Hoch
Flag of the United States.svg Brandt Jobe
666,000
2001 Flag of the United States.svg David Toms (2)269−151 stroke Flag of the United States.svg Kirk Triplett 630,000
2000 Flag of the United States.svg David Toms 271−13Playoff Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Mike Weir 540,000
1999 Flag of the United States.svg Notah Begay III 274−10Playoff Flag of the United States.svg Tom Byrum 450,000
1998 Flag of the United States.svg David Duval (2)268−163 strokes Flag of New Zealand.svg Phil Tataurangi 342,000
1997 Flag of the United States.svg David Duval 271−13Playoff Flag of New Zealand.svg Grant Waite
Flag of the United States.svg Duffy Waldorf
279,000
1996 Flag of the United States.svg Scott Hoch 265−194 strokes Flag of the United States.svg Tom Purtzer 225,000
Anheuser-Busch Golf Classic
1995 Flag of the United States.svg Ted Tryba 271−121 stroke Flag of the United States.svg Scott Simpson 198,000
1994 Flag of the United States.svg Mark McCumber (2)267−173 strokes Flag of the United States.svg Glen Day 198,000
1993 Flag of the United States.svg Jim Gallagher Jr. 269−152 strokes Flag of the United States.svg Chip Beck 198,000
1992 Flag of the United States.svg David Peoples 271−131 stroke Flag of the United States.svg Bill Britton
Flag of the United States.svg Ed Dougherty
Flag of the United States.svg Jim Gallagher Jr.
198,000
1991 Flag of the United States.svg Mike Hulbert 266−18Playoff Flag of the United States.svg Kenny Knox 180,000
1990 Flag of the United States.svg Lanny Wadkins 266−185 strokes Flag of the United States.svg Larry Mize 180,000
1989 Flag of the United States.svg Mike Donald 268−16Playoff Flag of the United States.svg Tim Simpson
Flag of the United States.svg Hal Sutton
153,000
1988 Flag of the United States.svg Tom Sieckmann 270−14Playoff Flag of the United States.svg Mark Wiebe 117,000
1987 Flag of the United States.svg Mark McCumber 267−171 stroke Flag of the United States.svg Bobby Clampett 110,160
1986 Flag of the United States.svg Fuzzy Zoeller 274−102 strokes Flag of the United States.svg Jodie Mudd 90,000
1985 Flag of the United States.svg Mark Wiebe 273−11Playoff Flag of the United States.svg John Mahaffey 90,000
1984 Flag of the United States.svg Ronnie Black 267−171 stroke Flag of the United States.svg Willie Wood 63,000
1983 Flag of the United States.svg Calvin Peete (2)276−81 stroke Flag of the United States.svg Tim Norris 63,000
1982 Flag of the United States.svg Calvin Peete 203−102 strokes Flag of the United States.svg Bruce Lietzke 63,000
1981 Flag of the United States.svg John Mahaffey 276−82 strokes Flag of the United States.svg Andy North 54,000
1980 Flag of the United States.svg Ben Crenshaw 272−164 strokes Flag of the United States.svg Jack Renner 54,000
1979 Flag of the United States.svg John Fought 273−151 stroke Flag of the United States.svg Buddy Gardner
Flag of the United States.svg Alan Tapie
Flag of the United States.svg Bobby Wadkins
54,000
1978 Flag of the United States.svg Tom Watson 270−183 strokes Flag of the United States.svg Ed Sneed 40,000
1977 Flag of the United States.svg Miller Barber (2)272−162 strokes Flag of the United States.svg George Archer 40,000
Kaiser International Open Invitational
1976 Flag of the United States.svg J. C. Snead 274−142 strokes Flag of the United States.svg Gibby Gilbert
Flag of the United States.svg Johnny Miller
35,000
1975 Flag of the United States.svg Johnny Miller (2)272−163 strokes Flag of the United States.svg Rod Curl 35,000
1974 Flag of the United States.svg Johnny Miller 271−178 strokes Flag of the United States.svg Billy Casper
Flag of the United States.svg Lee Trevino
30,000
1973 Flag of the United States.svg Ed Sneed 275−13Playoff Flag of the United States.svg John Schlee 30,092
1972 Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg George Knudson 271−173 strokes Flag of the United States.svg Hale Irwin
Flag of the United States.svg Bobby Nichols
30,000
1971 Flag of the United States.svg Billy Casper 269−194 strokes Flag of the United States.svg Fred Marti 30,000
1970 Flag of the United States.svg Ken Still 278−10Playoff Flag of the United States.svg Lee Trevino
Flag of the United States.svg Bert Yancey
30,000
1969
(Nov)
Flag of the United States.svg Jack Nicklaus 273−15Playoff Flag of the United States.svg George Archer
Flag of the United States.svg Billy Casper
Flag of the United States.svg Don January
28,000
1969
(Jan)
Flag of the United States.svg Miller Barber 135 [lower-alpha 1] −91 stroke Flag of Australia (converted).svg Bruce Devlin 13,500
1968 Flag of the United States.svg Kermit Zarley 273−151 stroke Flag of the United States.svg Dave Marr 25,000

Notes

  1. Shortened to 36 holes due to weather.

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