- Buick Challenge
The Buick Challenge was a
golf tournament on thePGA Tour from 1970 to 2002. It was played at the Callaway Gardens Resort (Mountain View Course), Pine Mountain, Georgia from 1991 to 2002 and at the Green Island Country Club inColumbus, Georgia from 1970 to 1990. It was founded in 1970 as the Green Island Open Invitational but was known for most of its existence as the Southern Open. The purse for the 2002 tournament was $3,700,000, with $666,000 going to the winner.Winners
Buick Challenge
*2002 Jonathan Byrd
*2001Chris DiMarco
*2000David Duval
*1999David Toms
*1998Steve Elkington
*1997Davis Love III
*1996 Michael Bradley
*1995Fred Funk Buick Southern Open
*1994Steve Elkington
*1993 John Inman
*1992Gary Hallberg
*1991 David Peoples
*1990Kenny Knox Southern Open
*1989Ted Schulz
*1988 David Frost
*1987 Ken Brown
*1986Fred Wadsworth
*1985Tim Simpson
*1984Hubert Green
*1983Ronnie Black
*1982Bobby Clampett
*1981J. C. Snead
*1980 Mike Sullivan
*1979Ed Fiori
*1978Jerry Pate
*1977Jerry Pate
*1976Mac McLendon
*1975Hubert Green
*1974Forrest Fezler
*1973Gary Player
*1972 DeWitt WeaverSouthern Open Invitational
*1971Johnny Miller Green Island Open Invitational
*1970Mason Rudolph External links
* [http://66.128.148.121/cgi.pan$winners&Buick_Challenge&&pga?golfstats Tournament results from 1970 to 2002 at GolfObserver.com] - Click-on a year for scores and earnings of the particular year.
* [http://www.golftoday.co.uk/tours/2002/buickchall/preview.html 2002 Tournament preview] - at GolfToday.co.uk
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