San Antonio Championship

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San Antonio Championship
Tournament information
Location San Antonio, Texas
Established1985
Course(s) TPC San Antonio,
AT&T Canyons Course
Par72
Length6,932 yards (6,339 m)
Tour(s) Champions Tour
Format Stroke play
Prize fund $1.8 million
Month playedOctober
Final year2015
Final champion
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San Antonio

The San Antonio Championship was a golf tournament on the Champions Tour. It was played annually in October in San Antonio, Texas, and was the final full-field event of the Champions Tour season. AT&T was the main sponsor of the tournament from 2006 to 2014. The Canyons Course at TPC San Antonio took over as host beginning in 2011. It was previously played at the Oak Hills Country Club.

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The purse for the 2015 tournament was US$1,800,000, with $270,000 going to the winner. The tournament was founded in 1985 as the Dominion Seniors.

Winners

All winners are Americans unless otherwise indicated.

San Antonio Championship
AT&T Championship
SBC Championship
Southwestern Bell Dominion
SBC Dominion Seniors
SBC presents The Dominion Seniors
Vantage at The Dominion
RJR at The Dominion
Vantage at The Dominion
Benson & Hedges Invitational
Dominion Seniors

Source: [1]

Multiple winners

Three men have won the event more than once.

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References

  1. "2009 Champions Tour Official Media Guide". PGA Tour. p. 5:24–42.

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