- Johnnie Walker Championship at Gleneagles
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Johnnie Walker Championship Tournament information Location Scotland Established 1999 Course(s) Gleneagles Hotel Par 72 Length 7,316 yards (6,690 m) Tour(s) European Tour Format Stroke play Prize fund £1,400,000 Month played August Tournament record score Aggregate 262 Adam Scott 2002 To par -26 (as above) Current champion Thomas Bjørn The Johnnie Walker Championship at Gleneagles is a European Tour golf tournament which is played at the Gleneagles Hotel in Scotland. The tournament was founded in 1999 as the Scottish PGA Championship, and despite maintaining the same sponsor, has since changed name on several occasions, as Diageo has looked to promote different brands. It is currently contested over the PGA Centenary Course, formerly called the Monarch's Course, venue for the 2014 Ryder Cup matches.
Aside from The Open Championship, which is played in Scotland most years on a rotational basis, the tournament is one of three on the current European Tour schedule which take place in "The Home of Golf", the others being the Scottish Open and the Dunhill Links Championship.
The event is not be confused with the Johnnie Walker Classic, which is a longer established golf tournament played in the Asia-Pacific region, and co-sanctioned by the European, Australasian and Asian tours.
Winners
Year Winner Score Johnnie Walker Championship at Gleneagles 2011 Thomas Bjørn 277 (−11)PO 2010 Edoardo Molinari 278 (−10) 2009 Peter Hedblom 275 (−13) 2008 Grégory Havret 278 (−14) 2007 Marc Warren 280 (−12)PO 2006 Paul Casey 276 (−16) 2005 Emanuele Canonica 281 (−7) Diageo Championship at Gleneagles 2004 Miles Tunnicliff 275 (−13) 2003 Søren Kjeldsen 279 (−9) Diageo Scottish PGA Championship 2002 Adam Scott 262 (−26) Gleneagles Scottish PGA Championship 2001 Paul Casey 274 (−14) Scottish PGA Championship 2000 Pierre Fulke 271 (−17) 1999 Warren Bennett 282 (−6)PO External links
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