- Michigan Golf Classic
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The Michigan Golf Classic was a tournament on the PGA Tour that was played in September 1969 at the Shenandoah Golf & Country Club, a par-70, 6,708-yard course in Walled Lake, Michigan. The event was won by Larry Ziegler, a 30-year-old from Bonne Terre, Missouri, and was his first PGA Tour win.[1] He defeated former University of Houston star Homero Blancas with a birdie on the second hole of a sudden-death playoff.[2][3]
Red-faced Tournament Supervisor George Walsh shocked the players when he revealed that the sponsors of the fledgling tournament said they didn't have enough money to pay all the prizes.[4] Players had been promised a total purse of $100,000 with $20,000 and a new car going to the winner.[2][3]
Winner
- 1969 Larry Ziegler
References
- ^ "1969 winners sorted by age". PGA Tour. http://www.pgatour.com/2008/r/winners1969/. Retrieved 2010-03-18.
- ^ a b Shook, Richard L. (September 8, 1969). "Larry Ziegler wins Michigan Golf Classic, but no money". The Bryan (Ohio) Times. http://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=799&dat=19690908&id=a2sxAAAAIBAJ&sjid=TlIDAAAAIBAJ&pg=7167,3613063. Retrieved 2010-03-18.
- ^ a b Paladino, Larry (September 8, 1969). "Ziegler Victor in Michigan Golf". (Spartanburg SC) Herald-Journal. http://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1876&dat=19690908&id=U4EsAAAAIBAJ&sjid=K80AAAAIBAJ&pg=3083,1527827. Retrieved 2010-03-18.
- ^ "A Roundup Of The Sports Information Of The Week- 09.15.69". Sports Illustrated. 1969-09-15. http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/vault/article/magazine/MAG1146657/index.htm. Retrieved 2010-03-18.
Categories:- Former PGA Tour events
- Golf in Michigan
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