- Booz Allen Classic
The Booz Allen Classic was a regular
golf tournament on thePGA Tour from 1968 to 2006.Perhaps more so than any other "regular" PGA Tour stop, the event has wandered about, not just from course to course within a given metropolitan area, but along the east coast. Originally known as the Kemper Open, the inaugural event was played in
1968 at Pleasant Valley Country Club inSutton, Massachusetts , before moving to theQuail Hollow Club inCharlotte, North Carolina the following year, where it stayed through1979 . (TheWachovia Championship is now held in Charlotte.) The event moved toCongressional Country Club inBethesda, Maryland in 1980. In 1987, the tournament moved toTPC at Avenel course in neighboringPotomac, Maryland . The "Kemper" name was dropped after the 2002 tournament, which then became the "FBR Capital Open" for a single year in 2003.Booz Allen Hamilton was the main sponsor of the tournament from 2004-06. The event returned to Congressional for a year in 2005 to accommodate renovations at Avenel.The 2006 purse was $5.0 million, with $900,000 going to the winner. In 1992,
Washington Redskins quarterback Mark Rypien was given a sponsor's exemption into the tournament and shot rounds of 80-91. Many up and coming players have first won here as top players often take the week off since it was usually played the week after the U.S. Open. For 2007, the PGA Tour announced it would reschedule the event for the fall and Booz Allen has declined to renew its sponsorship. The fall date tournament was in turn canceled to make way for the newAT&T National , to take place at the same time the Classic had.Also in 2006, the tournament ended on Tuesday due to persistent storms in the D.C. area. It was the first time a Tour event has been played on a Tuesday since 1968. The conclusion of what turned out to be the final Booz Allen Classic was not televised.
A new format (invitation only), new host for the tournament (
Tiger Woods ), and a return toCongressional Country Club marked the July 2007 stop in Washington for the FedEx Cup, theAT&T National . For record-keeping purposes, it is not a "successor" tournament officially, even though it is the "new" tour stop in the same market.Winners
*2006 Ben Curtis
*2005Sergio García
*2004Adam Scott FBR Capital Open
*2003Rory Sabbatini Kemper Insurance Open
*2002Bob Estes
*2001Frank Lickliter II
*2000Tom Scherrer Kemper Open
*1999Rich Beem
*1998Stuart Appleby
*1997Justin Leonard
*1996Steve Stricker
*1995Lee Janzen
*1994 Mark Brooks
*1993Grant Waite
*1992 Bill Glasson
*1991Billy Andrade
*1990Gil Morgan
*1989Tom Byrum
*1988Morris Hatalsky
*1987Tom Kite
*1986Greg Norman
*1985 Bill Glasson
*1984Greg Norman
*1983Fred Couples
*1982Craig Stadler
*1981Craig Stadler
*1980John Mahaffey
*1979Jerry McGee
*1978Andy Bean
*1977Tom Weiskopf
*1976Joe Inman
*1975Raymond Floyd
*1974Bob Menne
*1973Tom Weiskopf
*1972Doug Sanders
*1971Tom Weiskopf
*1970Dick Lotz
*1969Dale Douglass
*1968Arnold Palmer External links
* [http://www.boozallenclassic.com/ Official website]
* [http://www.pgatour.com/tournaments/r024 PGATOUR.com Tournament website]
* [http://www.boozallen.com/ Booz Allen Hamilton]
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