Dates: August 3rd - August 6th
Site: Warwick Hills Golf & Country Club, Grand Blanc, MI
Course Architect: James Gilmore Harrison (1956),
Joe Lee - redesigned
Par: 72
Yardage: 7,127
Hole-By-Hole: 1 - Par 5 567 Yds 10 - Par 4 401 Yds
2 - Par 4 431 Yds 11 - Par 3 190 Yds
3 - Par 3 187 Yds 12 - Par 4 340 Yds
4 - Par 4 401 Yds 13 - Par 5 544 Yds
5 - Par 4 437 Yds 14 - Par 4 322 Yds
6 - Par 4 421 Yds 15 - Par 4 457 Yds
7 - Par 5 584 Yds 16 - Par 5 580 Yds
8 - Par 3 199 Yds 17 - Par 3 197 Yds
9 - Par 4 434 Yds 18 - Par 4 435 Yds
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36 3,661 Yds 36 3,466 Yds
Annual: 47th
Defending Champion: Vijay Singh
Runner-Up: Tiger Woods, Zach Johnson
Tournament Record: 262 (Robert Wrenn, 1987)
54-Hole Record: 194 (Kenny Perry; Vijay Singh)
36-Hole Record: 128 (Robert Wrenn, 1987)
Course Record: 61 (Billy Mayfair; Tiger Woods)
9-Hole Record: 27 (Billy Mayfair, 2001)
Total Purse: $4,800,000
Shares: 1st $864,000; 2nd $518,400; 3rd $326,400
2005 Finish
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Player Score
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Vijay Singh 264
Tiger Woods 268
Zach Johnson 268
Robert Allenby 270
Dudley Hart 271
Past Buick Open Winners
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Year Winner (Score) -- Runners-Up
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2005 Vijay Singh (264) -- Tiger Woods
2004 Vijay Singh (265) -- John Daly
2003 Jim Furyk (267) -- Briny Baird, Chris DiMarco, Geoff Ogilvy, Tiger Woods
2002 Tiger Woods (271) -- Fred Funk, Brian Gay, Mark O'Meara, Esteban Toledo
2001 Kenny Perry (263) -- Chris DiMarco, Jim Furyk
2000 Rocco Mediate (268) -- Chris Perry
1999 Tom Pernice, Jr. (270) -- Tom Lehman, Ted Tryba, Bob Tway
1998 Billy Mayfair (271) -- Scott Verplank
1997 Vijay Singh (273) -- Tom Byrum, Russ Cochran, Ernie Els, Brad Fabel,
Joe Ozaki
1996 Justin Leonard (266) -- Chip Beck
1995 *Woody Austin (270) -- Mike Brisky
1994 Fred Couples (270) -- Corey Pavin
1993 Larry Mize (272) -- Fuzzy Zoeller
1992 *Dan Forsman (276) -- Steve Elkington, Brad Faxon
1991 *Brad Faxon (271) -- Chip Beck
1990 Chip Beck (272) -- Mike Donald, Hale Irwin, Fuzzy Zoeller
1989 Leonard Thompson (273) -- Billy Andrade, Payne Stewart, Doug Tewell
1988 Scott Verplank (268) -- Doug Tewell
1987 Robert Wrenn (262) -- Dan Pohl
1986 Ben Crenshaw (270) -- J.C. Snead, Doug Tewell
1985 Ken Green (268) -- Wayne Grady
1984 Denis Watson (271) -- Payne Stewart
1983 Wayne Levi (272) -- Isao Aoki, Calvin Peete
1982 Lanny Wadkins (273) -- Tom Kite
1981 *Hale Irwin (277) -- Bobby Clampett, Peter Jacobsen, Gil Morgan
1980 Peter Jacobsen (276) -- Bill Kratzert, Mark Lye
1979 *John Fought (280) -- Jim Simons
1978 *Jack Newton (280) -- Mike Sullivan
1977 Bobby Cole (271) -- Fred Marti
1976 Ed Sabo (279) -- Randy Erskine
1975 Spike Kelley (208) -- Randy Erskine, Jim Marshall, Mike McCullough
1974 Bryan Abbott (135) -- Joe Porter
1973 Wilf Homenuik (215) -- Jim Ferriell
1972 Gary Groh (273) -- John Mahaffey
1971 Not Held
1970 Not Held
1969 Dave Hill (267) -- Frank Beard
1968 Tom Weiskopf (280) -- Mike Hill
1967 Julius Boros (283) -- Bob Goalby, R.H. Sikes, Bert Yancey
1966 Phil Rodgers (284) -- Johnny Pott, Kermit Zarley
1965 Tony Lema (280) -- Johnny Pott
1964 Tony Lema (277) -- Dow Finsterwald
1963 Julius Boros (274) -- Dow Finsterwald
1962 Bill Collins (284) -- Dave Ragan
1961 *Jack Burke, Jr. (284) -- Billy Casper, Johnny Pott
1960 Mike Souchak (282) -- Gay Brewer, Art Wall
1959 *Art Wall (282) -- Dow Finsterwald
1958 Billy Casper (285) -- Ted Kroll, Arnold Palmer
* - Won in Playoff
Note: Formerly called Buick Open Invitational (1958-69), Vern Parsell Buick
Open (1972), Flint Lakes Open (1974-77), Buick Goodwrench Open
(1978-80). From 1973 through 1976 Satellite tournaments were held and
the events were unofficial. |