Michigan Golf Classic
| Tournament information | |
|---|---|
| Location | Walled Lake, Michigan |
| Established | 1969 |
| Course(s) | Shenandoah Golf and Country Club |
| Par | 70 |
| Length | 6,708 yards (6,134 m) |
| Tour(s) | PGA Tour |
| Format | Stroke play |
| Prize fund | US$100,000 |
| Month played | September |
| Final year | 1969 |
| Tournament record score | |
| Aggregate | 272 Homero Blancas (1969) 272 Larry Ziegler (1969) |
| To par | −12 as above |
| Final champion | |
 Larry Ziegler | |
| Location map | |
  Shenandoah G&CC Location in the United States  Shenandoah G&CC Location in Michigan | |
The Michigan Golf Classic was a tournament on the PGA Tour that was played in September 1969 at the Shenandoah Golf & Country Club, a par-70, 6,708-yard course in Walled Lake, Michigan. The event was won by Larry Ziegler, a 30-year-old from Bonne Terre, Missouri, and was his first PGA Tour win.[1] He defeated former University of Houston star Homero Blancas with a birdie on the second hole of a sudden-death playoff.[2]
Tournament Supervisor George Walsh shocked the players when he revealed that the sponsors of the fledgling tournament said they didn't have enough money to pay all the prizes.[3] Players had been promised a total purse of $100,000 with $20,000 and a new car going to the winner.[4]
Winners
| Year | Winner | Score | To par | Margin of victory |
Runner-up |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1969 | Larry Ziegler |
272 | −12 | Playoff | Homero Blancas
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References
- ^ "1969 winners sorted by age". PGA Tour. Archived from the original on February 17, 2009. Retrieved March 18, 2010.
- ^ Shook, Richard L. (September 8, 1969). "Larry Ziegler wins Michigan Golf Classic, but no money". The Bryan Times. Bryan, Ohio. Retrieved March 18, 2010.
- ^ "A Roundup Of The Sports Information Of The Week". Sports Illustrated. September 15, 1969. Retrieved February 15, 2015.
- ^ Paladino, Larry (September 8, 1969). "Ziegler Victor in Michigan Golf". The Spartanburg Herald. Spartanburg, South Carolina. Retrieved March 18, 2010.