Buick Invitational
Buick Invitational
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Preivew of this years tournament
News and report from the 1st round
Scores from the 1st round
News and report from the 2nd round
Scores from the 2nd round
News and report from the 3rd round
Scores from the 3rd round
News and report from the 4th round
Scores from the 4th round
Information on the golf course
Details of the prize money for the tournament
Tournament Records
Golf Today report of last years event
 
 
 Year 
Winner Score Runner-up Score SAN DIEGO OPEN 1952 Ted Kroll 276 Jimmy 
Demaret 279 1953 Tommy Bolt 274 Doug Ford 277 1954 #Gene Littler 274 E. J. Harrison 
278 CONVAIR-SAN DIEGO OPEN 1955 Tommy Bolt 274 Johnny Palmer 276 1956 Bob 
Rosburg 270 Dick Mayer 272  SAN DIEGO OPEN INVITATIONAL 1957 Arnold Palmer 
271 Al Balding 272 1958 No Tournament 1959 Marty Furgol 274 Joe Campbell 275 Billy 
Casper Dave Ragan Mike Souchak Bo Wininger 1960 Mike Souchak 269 Johnny Pott 270 
1961 *Arnold Palmer 271 Al Balding 271 1962 *Tommy Jacobs 277 Johnny Pott 277 
1963 Gary Player 270 Tony Lema 271 1964 Art Wall 274 Tony Lema 276 Bob Rosburg 
1965 *Wes Ellis 267 Billy Casper 267 1966 Billy Casper 268 Tommy Aaron 272 Tom 
Weiskopf 1967 Bob Goalby 269 Gay Brewer 270 ANDY WILLIAMS-SAN DIEGO OPEN INVITATIONAL 
1968 Tom Weiskopf 273 Al Geiberger 274 1969 Jack Nicklaus 284 Gene Littler 285 
1970 *Pete Brown 275 Tony Jacklin 275 1971 George Archer 272 Dave Eichelbergerr 
27 1972 Paul Harney 275 Hale Irwin 276 1973 Bob Dickson 278 Billy Casper 281 Bruce 
Crampton Grier Jones Phil Rodgers 1974 Bobby Nichols 275 Rod Curl 276 Gene Littler 
1975 *J.C. Snead 279 Ray Floyd 279 Bobby Nichols 1976 J.C. Snead 272 Don Bies 
273 1977 Tom Watson 269 Larry Nelson 274 John Schroeder 1978 Jay Haas 278 Andy 
Bean 281 Gene Littler John Schroeder 1979 Fuzzy Zoeller 282 Bill Kratzert 287 
Wayne Levi Artie McNickle Tom Watson 1980 *Tom Watson 275 D.A. Weibring 275 WICKES/ANDY 
WILLIAMS SAN DIEGO OPEN 1981 *Bruce Lietzke 278 Ray Floyd 278 Tom Jenkins 
1982 Johnny Miller 270 Jack Nicklaus 271 ISUZU/ANDY WILLIAMS SAN DIEGO OPEN 
1983 Gary Hallberg 271 Tom Kite 272 1984 *Gary Koch 272 Gary Hallberg 272 1985 
*Woody Blackburn 269 Ron Streck 269 SHEARSON LEHMAN BROTHERS ANDY WILLIAMS 
OPEN 1986 ~*Bob Tway 204 Bernhard Langer 204 1987 George Burns 266 J.C. Snead 
270 Bobby Wadkins SHEARSON LEHMAN HUTTON ANDY WILLIAMS OPEN 1988 Steve 
Pate 269 Jay Haas 270 SHEARSON LEHMAN HUTTON OPEN 1989 Greg Twiggs 271 
Steve Elkington 273 Brad Faxon Mark OMeara Mark Wiebe 1990 Dan Forsman 275 Tommy 
Armour III 277 SHEARSON LEHMAN BROTHERS OPEN 1991 Jay Don Blake 268 Bill 
Sander 270 BUICK INVITATIONAL OF CALIFORNIA 1992 Steve Pate 200 Chip Beck 
201 1993 Phil Mickelson 278 Dave Rummells 282 1994 Craig Stadler 268 Steve Lowery 
269 1995 Peter Jacobsen 269 Mark Calcavecchia 273 Mike Hulbert Hal Sutton Kirk 
Triplett BUICK INVITATIONAL 1996 Davis Love III 269 Phil Mickelson 271 
1997 Mark O'Meara 275 Donnie Hammond 277 David Ogrin Mike Hulbert Lee Janzen Jesper 
Parnevik Craig Stadler Duffy Waldorf 1998 Scott Simpson 204 Skip Kendall 204 Tournament 
Record:  266 George Burns, 1987 Current Course Records:  Torrey Pines 
North 61 Mark Brooks, 1990 Torrey Pines South 63 Tommy Nakajima, 1984; Tom Watson, 
1992 KEY: * = Playoff N = North S = South ~ = Weather-shortened # = Amateur 

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