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Virginia Beach Open: Doug Ford
Course: Cavalier Yacht and Country Club This was the first of four pro tournaments held at the 6,065-yard, par 69 course in Virginia Beach. Doug Ford, 3-up after three rounds, wins by 2 strokes despite Ansel Snow's final-round 62. Dick Metz blitzed the course with a first-round 61. Winner’s earnings: $2,000. Total purse: $10,000. -
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Virginia Beach Open: Pete Cooper
Course: Cavalier Yacht and Country Club Tommy Bolt had the tournament won until he double bogeyed the 18th hole on Sunday. That enabled Pete Cooper to sneak past Bolt and win by a stroke. He had trailed Bolt and Shelly Mayfield by one stroke after three rounds. Wally Ulrich opened the tournament with a 29-31-60 on the 6,065-yard Cavalier Yacht and Country Club course. Winner’s earnings: $2,400. Total purse: $15,000. -
Virginia Beach Open: Chandler Harper
Course: Cavalier Yacht and Country Club Hampton Roads favorite Chandler Harper shots rounds of 66-65-65-64 to win by four shots. He and Ed Oliver had tied for the third-round lead, but Oliver “skied” to a 69 on the short course. Winner’s earnings: $2,400. Total purse: $15,000. -
Triangle Round-Robin: Marlene Bauer Hagge
Course: Cavalier Yacht and Country Club Marlene Bauer Hagge won this unique 90-hole tournament . Players earned points for their finish in each day’s foursome and Hagge came out on top with 50 points. Added to her winning check was an additional $83.33 for the longest drive, closest to pin and lowest 18-hole score. Winner’s earnings: $2,000. Total purse: $12,000 -
Triangle Round-Robin: Fay Crocker
Course: Cavalier Yacht and Country Club Fay Crocker was a 20-time champion of Uruguay and and an 11-time LPGA winner. She won the 90-hole, points-driven tournament with 51 points. Winner’s earnings: $1,500. Total purse: $9.600. -
Cavalier Open: Mickey Wright
Course: Cavalier Yacht and Country Club The tournament was Beverly Hanson’s to win. She needed a birdie on 18 to win the tournament, but hit into a trap and finished with a double bogey. That enabled Mickey Wright, who had finished her round, to win the tournament by two strokes. Winner’s earnings: $997. Total purse: $5,500 -
United Virginia Bank Classic: Amy Alcott
Course: Elizabeth Manor Country Club Amy Alcott wins the first United Virginia Bank Classic at Elizabeth Manor Country Club in Portsmouth. Susie McAllister handed Alcott the victory when she missed a four-foot putt on 18 that would have forced a playoff. Winner’s earnings: $15,000. Total purse: $100,000. -
United Virginia Bank Classic: Donna Caponi Young
Course: Elizabeth Manor Country Club Donna Caponi Young took command of the tournament in the second round. She only had one birdie on Sunday and shot a 2-over 74, but won by four shots over Nancy Lopez-Melton. Beth Daniel finished fifth, but became the first LPGA pro to surpass $200,000 in winnings in a season. Winner’s earnings: $15,000. Total purse: $100,000. -
Anheuser-Busch Golf Classic: John Mahaffey
Course: Kingsmill River Course John Mahaffey's final-round 67 beat Andy North by two shots in the first Anheuser-Busch Golf Classic at Kingsmill after its previous incarnation as the Kaiser International at Silverado Country Club in Napa, Calif. Mahaffey's winner's check put him over the $1 million mark in career earnings. Winner’s earnings: $54,000. Total purse: $300,000. -
United Virginia Bank Classic: Jan Stephenson
Course: Sleepy Hole The LPGA tournament moved to Sleepy Hole Golf Course in Suffolk, where it would stay for eight years. Jan Stephenson won by three shots after leading by two after two rounds. Stephenson shot a final-round 68 for her three-round score of 14-under 205 Winner’s earnings: $18,750. Total purse: $125,000. -
United Virginia Bank Classic: Sally Little
Course: Sleepy Hole Sally Little started the final round six shots behind leader Jan Stephenson, but rallied to force a playoff with Kathy Whitworth, then won the tournament on the first extra hole. Little finished the regulation 54 holes at 11-under 208. Winner’s earnings: $18,750. Total purse: $125,000. -
Anheuser-Busch Golf Classic: Calvin Peete
Course: Kingsmill River Course Calvin Peete, one of the PGA Tour's straightest hitters, carded one bogey in 54 holes in the rain-shortened A-B Classic. Heavy rains Friday caused tournament officials to shorten the event, but Anheuser-Busch decided to distribute the full $350,000 purse -- the first time in Tour history that a full purse was paid out for a weather-shortened tournament. Winner’s earnings: $64,000. Total purse $350,000. -
United Virginia Bank Classic: Lenore Muraoka
Course: Sleepy Hole Lenore Murakoa, known later under her married name of Lenore Rittenhouse, played in 497 LPGA Tour events and won once … this one. She shot a 212 to win by three shots over Debbie Massey. Winner’s earnings: $22,500. Total purse: $150,000 purse. -
Anheuser-Busch Golf Classic: Calvin Peete
Course: Kingsmill River Course Calvin Peete proved his previous year's win was no fluke, shooting a final- round 69 to overtake Hal Sutton. Peete began the day six shots behind Sutton and played in the final threesome with him and Payne Stewart. Winners’ earnings: $63,000. Total purse: $350,000 -
United Virginia Bank Classic: Amy Alcott
Course: Sleepy Hole Amy Alcott won for the first time in 13 months on the LPGA tour. Sally Little led after two rounds, but bogeyed two of her first three holes to fall out of contention. Alcott shot 210, two shots better than Cathy Marino. Winner’s earnings: $26,250. Total purse: $175,000 -
Anheuser-Busch Golf Classic: Ronnie Black
Course: Kingsmill River Couers Six days before his wedding, Ronnie Black shot 63 on Sunday to overtake Willie Wood and win by a stroke for his second tournament victory. Black began the day seven strokes behind Wood, who led after the first three rounds and was ahead by three shots at the turn Sunday. Winner’s earnings: $63,000. Total purse: $350,000. -
United Virginia Bank Classic: Kathy Whitworth
Course: Sleepy Hole Kathy Whitworth won 88 tournaments on the LPGA Tour – more than any other professional golfer – and victory No. 88 came at Sleepy Hole. She finished with a 9-under 207, beating Amy Alcott by a stroke. Winner’s earnings: $30,000. Total purse $200,000. -
Anheuser-Busch Golf Classic: Mark Wiebe
Course: Kingsmill River Course Mark Wiebe's 15-foot birdie putt on the first playoff hole gave him his first victory and jump-started a solid career. Wiebe defeated Mahaffey, Kingsmill's inaugural winner in 1982, after both finished at 11-under 273. Those two emerged from a Sunday logjam in which seven players were either tied for the lead or held it on the back nine. Winner’s earnings: $90,000. Total purse: $500,000 -
United Virginia Bank Clasic: Muffin Spencer-Devlin
Course: Sleepy Hole Muffin Spencer-Devlin won a tight battle, so tight that her group was fourth from the last to finish. There were four lead changes on Sunday, and at one point there were nine golfers within a stroke of the lead. Winner’s earnings: $37,500. Total purse $250,000. -
Anheuser-Busch Golf Classic: Fuzzy Zoeller
Course: Kingsmill River Coruse Fuzzy Zoeller's 7-under 64 on Sunday vaulted him past 11 players to his third PGA Tour victory of the year. Zoeller, then representing Ford's Colony, was aggravated with himself after a third-round 72. Eleven players were ahead of him at the start of the round, and he was tied at 3-under with 13 others. Winner’s earnings: $90,000. Total purse: $500,000 -
United Virginia Bank Classic: Jody Rosenthal
Course: Sleepy Hole Jody Rosenthal made five putts between 12 and 25 yards in her final round en route to a 66. That surpassed Cindy Hill, who led after the first two rounds, but shot 73 on Sunday. Winner’s earnings: $37,500. Total purse: $250,000. -
Anheuser-Busch Golf Classic: Mark McCumber
Course: Kingsmill River Course Mark McCumber shot 5-under 66 to hold off Bobby Clampett and Scott Hoch, giving McCumber his first Tour victory in two years. McCumber's eagle on the par-5 15th put him two strokes ahead with three holes to play. His 5-foot par putt on No. 17 circled the cup before falling in. He parred 18 to finish the tournament at 17-under 267, one stroke ahead of Clampett and three up on Hoch. Winners’ Earnings: $110,160. Total purse: $612,000 -
Crestar Classic: Juli Inkster
Course:Sleepy Hole Juli Inkster ended an 18-month winless streak by winning a four-way playoff over Nancy Lopez, Betsy King and Rosie Jones. It was a wild Sunday as 12 players challenged for the lead and three others – Amy Alcott, Missie Bertiotti and Sherri Turner – missed the playoff by one stroke. Winner’s earnings: $45,000. Total purse: $300,000. -
Anheuser-Busch Golf Classic: Tom Sieckmann
Course: Kingsmill River Course Tom Sieckmann's only Tour victory came in dramatic fashion, on the second playoff hole over Mark Wiebe. Sieckmann had missed 10 of 12 cuts in the first half of the '88 season, but was tied for the lead on Friday and Saturday after consecutive 66s, and a 69 on Sunday put him in a playoff with Wiebe, the '85 champ. The two parred No. 16, the first playoff hole. Then Sieckmann won the tournament on 17. Winner’s earnings: $117,000. Total purse: $650,000 -
Crestar Classic: Juli Inkster
Course: Greenbrier Country Club The tournament moved to the Greenbrier Country Club after eight years at Sleepy Hole. Juli Inkster repeated her 1988 championship, but in a different way. In 1988, she won a four-way playoff. In 1989, Inkster won by 5 strokes. Weather was horrible and the third round was suspended, so Inkster wound up playing 28 holes on Sunday. Her 6-under 210 was the highest winning score on the LPGA Tour to date in 1989. Winner’s earnings: $45,000. Total purse: $300,000. -
Anheuser-Busch Golf Classic: Mike Donald
Course: Kingsmill River Course Journeyman Mike Donald made short work of the longest playoff in A-B Golf Classic history, coming back on Monday morning to beat Tim Simpson on the fourth extra hole. Donald, Simpson and Hal Sutton finished at 16-under 268 to force the only three-man playoff in the tournament's history, an event suspended twice Sunday by rain. Winner’s earnings: $153,000. Total purse: $850,000 -
Anheuser-Busch Golf Classic: Lanny Wadkins
Course: Kingsmill River Course Lanny Wadkins turned what many hoped would be a two-man Virginia duel into a Sunday stroll as the A-B purse reached $1 million for the first time. Wadkins shot a 3-under 68 on the final day, while playing partner Curtis Strange faded with a 2-over 73. Wadkins cruised to a five-stroke victory over Larry Mize. Strange began the day two strokes behind his buddy Wadkins, a Richmond native transplanted to Dallas, Winner’s earnings $180,000. Total purse: $1,000,000 -
Crestar-Farm Fresh Classic: Hollis Stacy
Course: Greenbrier Country Club With crowds dwindling and Crestar unsure whether to continue sponsorship, Farm Fresh became the tournament co-sponsor. The purse was increased to $400,000 and the tournament expanded from 54 to 72 holes. On the course, Hollis Stacy won her first tournament in six years by one strokeAs for Farm Fresh: "Our intention is to be in this for the long run," president Mike Julian said, but that long run lasted two years.
Winner’s earnings: $60,000. Total purse: $400,000 -
Anheuser-Busch Golf Classic: Mike Hulbert
Course: Kingsmill River Course Mike Hulbert's putt in the gloaming, on the first playoff hole, gave him the third PGA Tour victory of his career on a soggy Sunday. Hulbert led the '89 A-B by a stroke with three holes to play. But bogeys at 16 and 18 left him one shot out of the playoff that Mike Donald won. Winner’s earnings: $180,000. Total purse: $1,000,000 -
Crestar-Farm Fresh Classic: Jennifer Wyatt
Course: Greenbrier Country Club Jennifer Wyatt won the tournament by two strokes, but three months later, Crestar and Farm Fresh pulled their sponsorship. After more than a month of exploring other sponsors and potentially moving the tournament to Kiln Creek on the Peninsula, tournament officials gave up and folded the event. Winner’s earnings: $63,750. Total purse: $425,000. -
Anheuser-Busch Golf Classic: David Peoples
Course: Kingsmill River Course David Peoples' victory wasn't artistic, but no one asked him to return the trophy or the $198,000 check.
Peoples finished bogey-bogey, his 13-under 271 one stroke better than Ed Dougherty, Bill Britton and Jim Gallagher Jr. Winner’s earnings: $198,000. Total purse: $1,100,000 -
Anheuser-Busch Golf Classic: Jim Gallagher, Jr.
Course: Kingsmill River Course Jim Gallagher Jr. came from four strokes back on Sunday to win the second tournament of his career, the springboard for an excellent year. Gallagher went eagle-birdie at 15 and 16 to take the lead for good on the way to a 6-under 65. He finished at 15-under 269, two shots better than Chip Beck. Winner’s earnings: $118,800. Total purse: $1,100,000 -
Anheuser-Busch Golf Classic: Mark McCumber
Course: Kingsmill River Course Mark McCumber ended the longest victory drought of his career and won his second event at Kingsmill. Clinging to a one-stroke lead over eventual runner-up Glen Day, McCumber chipped in from 40 feet for birdie on the par-5 15th. After a 91-minute lightning delay on the 16th hole, McCumber found himself 60 feet from the hole and chipped in again for birdie, essentially sealing his eighth victory. Winner’s earnings: $198,000. Total purse: $1,100,000 -
Anheuser-Busch Golf Classic: Ted Tryba
Course: Kingsmill River Course Ted Tryba weathered triple-digit temperatures, his own nerves and a late charge by Scott Simpson for his first career victory. Tryba, a Tour ironman who plays nearly every event, shot four consecutive rounds in the 60s and finished at 12-under 272. He was ahead by four shots with seven holes remaining and held on to beat Simpson by a stroke. Winner’s earnings: $198,000. Total purse: $1,100,000. -
Michelob Championship: Scott Hoch
Course: Kingsmill River Course Same tournament, different beer, as the Anheuser-Busch Golf Classic became the Michelob Championship, and Scott Hoch set a tournament record (19-under 265) in a wire-to-wire victory.Hoch birdied his first three holes Sunday and beat Tom Purtzer by four strokes. Winner’s earnings: $225,000 Total purse: $1,25 -
Michelob Championship: David Duval
Course: Kingsmill River Course A star was born, or more accurately, a star emerged at the Michelob's first October date. David Duval defeated Duffy Waldorf and Grant Waite on the first playoff hole for his first Tour victory.
The Michelob was the first of three consecutive wins by Duval, including the Walt Disney World and Tour Championship, and he finished second on the money list with nearly $1.9 million. Winner’s earnings: $279,000 Total purse: $1,550,000. -
Michelob Championship: David Duval
Course: Kingsmill River Course David Duval concluded a remarkable 12-month stretch by defending his title and becoming the first player to repeat at Kingsmill since Peete in '82 and '83. Duval beat Phil Tataurangi by three shots to win his fourth event of '98 and his seventh in the previous year, the most successful 12-month span since Tom Watson won eight
tournaments in '79 and '80. Winner’s earnings: $342,000. Total purse: $1,900,000. -
Michelob Championship: Notah Begay III
Course: Kingsmill River Course Notah Begay III came to Kingsmill known primarily as Tiger Woods' former Stanford teammate and departed with his second tour win of the year. Begay defeated Tom Byrum on the second playoff hole after a late charge in regulation. Begay trailed third-round leader Mike Weir by three strokes with four holes to play, but birdied 15, 17 and 18 to finish at 10-under 274 and tied with Byrum. Winner’s earnings: $450,000. Total purse: $2,500,000 -
Michelob Championship: David Toms
David Toms persevered on Friday, with the help of a handful of Advil, and eventually defeated Mike Weir in a playoff in 40-degree temperatures. Toms made a five-foot par putt on the first playoff hole, which seemed a long time after Friday's walk up the ninth fairway, when he considered withdrawing because of a painful disc in his neck. Winner’s earnings: $540,000. Total purse: $3,000,000. -
Michelob Championship: David Toms
Course: Kingsmill River Course David Toms finished an exceptional year by repeating at Kingsmill. Toms surprised himself with the victory. He had missed the cut and played miserably the week before at the Texas Open. But he threw down the gauntlet, at Kingsmill with an opening round 64 and led by two shots after three rounds. Then he held off to win by a stroke over Kirk Triplett. Winner’s earnings: $630,000. Total purse: $3,500,000 -
Michelob Championship: Charles Howell III
Course: Kingsmill River Course The Michelob Championship's last call became Charles Howell III's first professional victory Sunday after he carded a 14-under 270 to defeat Scott Hoch and Brandt Jobe by two strokes at Kingsmill. Six months earlier, Anheuser-Busch officials revealed they were dropping the PGA Tour event in favor of an LPGA tournament. The last PGA tournament had a total purse of $3.7 million. The first LPGA purse was $1.6 million. Winner’s earnings: $666,000. -
Michelob Light Open: Grace Park
Course: Kingsmill River Course The LPGA returned to the Hampton Roads area for the first time since 1992 and Grace Park came away with the trophy after her 18th-hole putt prevented a four-way playoff. Park led all contenders in both birdies and double-bogeys. It was her fourth LPGA Tour victory. Winner’s earnings: $240,000. Total purse: $1,600,000. -
Michelob ULTRA Open: Se Ri Pak
Course: Kingsmill River Course Se Ri Pak earned her way into the LPGA Hall of Fame by winning the tournament by two shots. She rallied for a four-stroke deficit for her 22nd career victory, the number needed to qualify for the Hall of Fame. Winner’s earnings: $330,000. Total purse: $2,200,000 -
Michelob ULTRA Open: Cristie Kerr
Course: Kingsmill River Course Because of previous rain, Kerr played 36 holes on Sunday. The marathon didn’t bother her as she won by five strokes. Kerr shot a 68 in the morning to open that five-shot lead and during her afternoon round, her lead was no fewer than four strokes. Winner’s earning: $330,000. Total purse: $2,200,000 -
Michelob ULTRA Open: Karrie Webb
Course: Kingsmill River Course Karrie Webb shot a 70 in her final round, her highest 18 holes of the tournament, but it didn’t matter. Webb won the tournament by seven strokes, setting a record by finishing 14-under for the four rounds. Her wire-to-wire victory was the 32nd of her career. Winner’s earning: $330,000. Total purse: $2,200,000 -
Michelob ULTRA Open: Suzanne Pettersen
Course: Kingsmill River Course Suzanne Pettersen outlasted Jee Young Lee on the third playoff hole for her first LPGA victory. Lee led after three rounds, while Pettersen started the day four strokes behind. But the Norwegian birdied her first two holes and, except for one hole, she and Lee were tied over the last eight holes. Winner’s earning: $330,000. Total purse: $2,200,000 -
Michelob ULTRA Open: Annika Sorenstam
Course: Kingsmill River Course Like Kathy Whitworth in 1982, Annika Sorenstam’s victory was the last of her career. In fact, two days after winning the tournament, she announced she would retire at the end of the season. Sorenstam finished with 72 LPGA victories and 93 championships worldwide. As for the Michelob, she set a tournament record by finishing 19-under and winning by seven strokes. Winner’s earning: $330,000. Total purse: $2,200,000 -
Michelob ULTRA Open: Cristie Kerr
Course: Kingsmill River Course Cristie Kerr won the final Michelob ULTRA Open, her second victory at the course. Kerr wound up at 16-under, two shots better than In-Kyung Kim. Then four months later, Anheuser-Busch officials said they were not renewing their contract with the LPGA. It was, they said, strictly for economic reasons. Winner’s earning: $330,000. Total purse: $2,200,000 -
Kingsmill Championship: Cristie Kerr
Course: Kingsmill River Course. Cristie Kerr won for the third time in Williamsburg, taking the Kingsmill Championship on the second playoff hole against Suzann Pettersen. The two were tied at 12-under par after 72 holes. Winners earnings: $195,000. Total purse: $1.3 million. -
Kingsmill Championship: Jiyai Shin
Course: Kingsmill River Course. In an epic return to the LPGA Tour, the winner wasn't decided until the ninth sudden-death playoff hole on Monday morning. Jiyai Shin outlasted Paula Creamer after the two finished 16-under for the tournament, then they battled through eight playoff holes before darkness forced the two to wait until Monday. That's when Creamer missed a five-foot putt, then Shin tapped in a putt from a foot away.
Winners earnings: $195,000. Total purse: $1.3 million.
