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Golf tournament formerly on the PGA Tour
Golf tournament
Buick Open
Tournament information
LocationGrand Blanc, Michigan
Established1958
CourseWarwick Hills Golf and Country Club
Par72
Length7,085 yards (6,479 m)
TourPGA Tour
FormatStroke play
Prize fundUS$5,100,000
Month playedJuly/August
Final year2009
Tournament record score
Aggregate262 Robert Wrenn (1987)
To par−26 as above
Final champion
👁 United States
Tiger Woods
Location map
Location in the United States
Show map of the United States

The Buick Open was a PGA Tour golf tournament from 1958 to 2009. In 2007, the tournament was held at the end of June, a change from its traditional spot between The Open Championship and the PGA Championship. Regardless, many prominent players used it as a "tune-up" for the subsequent major.

For the event's first decade, the Buick Open Invitational was played at Warwick Hills Golf and Country Club in Grand Blanc, Michigan. After 1969, professional golf events in the area fell off the PGA Tour schedule and a series of pro-ams and other similarly unofficial events took place, mostly at Flint Golf Club in Flint, Michigan.

Flint native, and PGA touring professional Larry Mancour had returned to Michigan to play in the Buick Open and stayed to build the Grand Blanc Golf Club. He then added nine holes at the Flint Elks Golf Club where he remained the professional for 20 years. He rescued the Buick Open when General Motors dropped sponsorship of the tournament. With local Buick dealers Mancour started the Little Buick Open in 1969. It drew players and fans and led to the rebirth of the Buick Open in 1977.

The Buick Open officially made its return to the PGA Tour in 1977 at the Flint Elks Club, and in 1978 the event returned to Warwick Hills G&CC, where it remained until its demise.

The Associated Press reported July 28, 2009, that General Motors would end its sponsorship of the Buick Open after the 2009 tournament, in order to devote its marketing resources to cars and trucks.[1] The PGA Tour replaced the tournament with the Greenbrier Classic at The Greenbrier in White Sulphur Springs, West Virginia.[2]

As in the 1970s, a series of pro-ams and other unofficial events now take place in Grand Blanc, with the AJGA's Randy Wise Open taking place at Warwick Hills and most pro-ams and a golf festival at the Jewel of Grand Blanc (the former Grand Blanc Golf Club).

In 2014, an unrelated tournament with the same name was started in China. The event is played on PGA Tour China.

In 2018, the former General Motors financing arm, now Ally Bank, returned to Warwick Hills to sponsor a PGA Tour Champions event, The Ally Challenge. Jim Furyk (2003, 2020) and Vijay Singh (2004, 2005, 2023) have won both events.

Long hitters

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In its final years, the tournament was dominated by long hitters. Tiger Woods, Vijay Singh, Brian Bateman, and Kenny Perry combined for eight wins in its final nine years. Several other players ranked highly in driving distance finished second during that span, including Woods, Jason Gore, Geoff Ogilvy, Bubba Watson, and John Daly.[3]

Winners

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Year Tour[a] Winner Score To par Margin of
victory
Runner(s)-up Winner's
share ($)
Buick Open
2009 PGAT 👁 United States
Tiger Woods (3)
268 −20 3 strokes 👁 Australia
Greg Chalmers
👁 Australia
John Senden
👁 United States
Roland Thatcher
918,000
2008 PGAT 👁 United States
Kenny Perry (2)
269 −19 1 stroke 👁 United States
Woody Austin
👁 United States
Bubba Watson
900,000
2007 PGAT 👁 United States
Brian Bateman
273 −15 1 stroke 👁 United States
Woody Austin
👁 United States
Jason Gore
👁 United States
Justin Leonard
882,000
2006 PGAT 👁 United States
Tiger Woods (2)
264 −24 3 strokes 👁 United States
Jim Furyk
864,000
2005 PGAT 👁 Fiji
Vijay Singh (3)
264 −24 4 strokes 👁 United States
Zach Johnson
👁 United States
Tiger Woods
828,000
2004 PGAT 👁 Fiji
Vijay Singh (2)
265 −23 1 stroke 👁 United States
John Daly
810,000
2003 PGAT 👁 United States
Jim Furyk
267 −21 2 strokes 👁 United States
Briny Baird
👁 United States
Chris DiMarco
👁 Australia
Geoff Ogilvy
👁 United States
Tiger Woods
720,000
2002 PGAT 👁 United States
Tiger Woods
271 −17 4 strokes 👁 United States
Fred Funk
👁 United States
Brian Gay
👁 United States
Mark O'Meara
👁 Mexico
Esteban Toledo
594,000
2001 PGAT 👁 United States
Kenny Perry
263 −25 2 strokes 👁 United States
Chris DiMarco
👁 United States
Jim Furyk
558,000
2000 PGAT 👁 United States
Rocco Mediate
268 −20 1 stroke 👁 United States
Chris Perry
486,000
1999 PGAT 👁 United States
Tom Pernice Jr.
270 −18 1 stroke 👁 United States
Tom Lehman
👁 United States
Ted Tryba
👁 United States
Bob Tway
432,000
1998 PGAT 👁 United States
Billy Mayfair
271 −17 2 strokes 👁 United States
Scott Verplank
324,000
1997 PGAT 👁 Fiji
Vijay Singh
273 −15 4 strokes 👁 United States
Tom Byrum
👁 United States
Russ Cochran
👁 South Africa
Ernie Els
👁 United States
Brad Fabel
👁 Japan
Naomichi Ozaki
👁 United States
Curtis Strange
270,000
1996 PGAT 👁 United States
Justin Leonard
266 −22 5 strokes 👁 United States
Chip Beck
216,000
1995 PGAT 👁 United States
Woody Austin
270 −18 Playoff 👁 United States
Mike Brisky
216,000
1994 PGAT 👁 United States
Fred Couples
270 −18 2 strokes 👁 United States
Corey Pavin
198,000
1993 PGAT 👁 United States
Larry Mize
272 −16 1 stroke 👁 United States
Fuzzy Zoeller
180,000
1992 PGAT 👁 United States
Dan Forsman
276 −12 Playoff 👁 Australia
Steve Elkington
👁 United States
Brad Faxon
180,000
1991 PGAT 👁 United States
Brad Faxon
271 −17 Playoff 👁 United States
Chip Beck
180,000
1990 PGAT 👁 United States
Chip Beck
272 −16 1 stroke 👁 United States
Mike Donald
👁 United States
Hale Irwin
👁 United States
Fuzzy Zoeller
180,000
1989 PGAT 👁 United States
Leonard Thompson
273 −15 1 stroke 👁 United States
Billy Andrade
👁 United States
Payne Stewart
👁 United States
Doug Tewell
180,000
1988 PGAT 👁 United States
Scott Verplank
268 −20 2 strokes 👁 United States
Doug Tewell
126,000
1987 PGAT 👁 United States
Robert Wrenn
262 −26 7 strokes 👁 United States
Dan Pohl
108,000
1986 PGAT 👁 United States
Ben Crenshaw
270 −18 1 stroke 👁 United States
J. C. Snead
👁 United States
Doug Tewell
90,000
1985 PGAT 👁 United States
Ken Green
268 −20 4 strokes 👁 Australia
Wayne Grady
81,000
1984 PGAT 👁 Zimbabwe
Denis Watson
271 −17 1 stroke 👁 United States
Payne Stewart
72,000
1983 PGAT 👁 United States
Wayne Levi
272 −16 1 stroke 👁 Japan
Isao Aoki
👁 United States
Calvin Peete
63,000
1982 PGAT 👁 United States
Lanny Wadkins
273 −15 1 stroke 👁 United States
Tom Kite
63,000
1981 PGAT 👁 United States
Hale Irwin
277 −11 Playoff 👁 United States
Bobby Clampett
👁 United States
Peter Jacobsen
👁 United States
Gil Morgan
63,000
Buick-Goodwrench Open
1980 PGAT 👁 United States
Peter Jacobsen
276 −12 1 stroke 👁 United States
Billy Kratzert
👁 United States
Mark Lye
45,000
1979 PGAT 👁 United States
John Fought
280 −8 Playoff 👁 United States
Jim Simons
27,000
1978 PGAT 👁 Australia
Jack Newton
280 −8 Playoff 👁 United States
Mike Sullivan
20,000
Buick Open
1977 PGAT 👁 South Africa
Bobby Cole
271 −17 1 stroke 👁 United States
Fred Marti
20,000
1976 👁 United States
Ed Sabo
279 −9 Playoff 👁 United States
Randy Erskine
12,000
1975 👁 United States
Spike Kelley
208 −8 1 stroke 👁 United States
Randy Erskine
👁 United States
Jim Marshall
👁 United States
Mike McCullough
4,200
Flint Elks Open
1974 👁 United States
Bryan Abbott
136 −8 Playoff 👁 United States
Joe Porter
2,000
Lake Michigan Classic
1973 👁 Canada
Wilf Homenuik
215 −1 Playoff 👁 United States
Jim Ferriell
3,200
Vern Parsell Buick Open
1972 👁 United States
Gary Groh
273 −15 2 strokes 👁 United States
John Mahaffey
4,000
Buick Open Invitational
1970–1971: No tournament
1969 PGAT 👁 United States
Dave Hill
277 −11 2 strokes 👁 United States
Frank Beard
25,000
1968 PGAT 👁 United States
Tom Weiskopf
280 −8 1 stroke 👁 United States
Mike Hill
25,000
1967 PGAT 👁 United States
Julius Boros (2)
283 −5 3 strokes 👁 United States
Bob Goalby
👁 United States
R. H. Sikes
👁 United States
Bert Yancey
20,000
1966 PGAT 👁 United States
Phil Rodgers
284 −4 2 strokes 👁 United States
Johnny Pott
👁 United States
Kermit Zarley
20,000
1965 PGAT 👁 United States
Tony Lema (2)
280 −8 2 strokes 👁 United States
Johnny Pott
20,000
1964 PGAT 👁 United States
Tony Lema
277 −11 1 stroke 👁 United States
Dow Finsterwald
8,000
1963 PGAT 👁 United States
Julius Boros
274 −14 5 strokes 👁 United States
Dow Finsterwald
9,000
1962 PGAT 👁 United States
Bill Collins
284 −4 1 stroke 👁 United States
Dave Ragan
9,000
1961 PGAT 👁 United States
Jack Burke Jr.
284 −4 Playoff 👁 United States
Billy Casper
👁 United States
Johnny Pott
9,000
1960 PGAT 👁 United States
Mike Souchak
282 −6 1 stroke 👁 United States
Gay Brewer
👁 United States
Art Wall Jr.
9,000
1959 PGAT 👁 United States
Art Wall Jr.
282 −6 Playoff 👁 United States
Dow Finsterwald
9,000
1958 PGAT 👁 United States
Billy Casper
285 −3 1 stroke 👁 United States
Ted Kroll
👁 United States
Arnold Palmer
9,000

Notes

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  1. ^ PGAT − PGA Tour.

References

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  1. ^ "AP Source: GM to End Sponsorship of Buick Open". The New York Times. Retrieved 2009-07-28. [dead link] (Defunct prior to 7/10)
  2. ^ "Greenbrier Classic Announcement". Bloomberg. 2009-08-05. Retrieved 2009-08-05.
  3. ^ "Buick Open Winners". Retrieved 2008-06-23.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: deprecated archival service (link)

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