GTE Northwest Classic
Encyclopedia
The GTE Northwest Classic was a golf
tournament on the Champions Tour
from 1986 to 1995. It was played in Redmond, Washington
at the Sahalee Country Club (1986) and in Kenmore, Washington
at the Inglewood Country Club (1987-1995).
The purse for the 1995 tournament was US$600,000, with $90,000 going to the winner.
Golf
Golf is a precision club and ball sport, in which competing players use many types of clubs to hit balls into a series of holes on a golf course using the fewest number of strokes....
tournament on the Champions Tour
Champions Tour
The Champions Tour, a golf tour run by the PGA Tour, hosts a series of events annually in the United States and the United Kingdom for golfers 50 years of age and older. Many of the PGA Tour's most successful golfers have gone on to play on the Champions Tour.The Senior PGA Championship, founded in...
from 1986 to 1995. It was played in Redmond, Washington
Redmond, Washington
Redmond is a city in King County, Washington, United States, located east of Seattle. The population was 54,144 at the 2010 census,up from 45,256 in 2000....
at the Sahalee Country Club (1986) and in Kenmore, Washington
Kenmore, Washington
Kenmore is a city in King County, Washington, United States, along the northernmost shores of Lake Washington...
at the Inglewood Country Club (1987-1995).
The purse for the 1995 tournament was US$600,000, with $90,000 going to the winner.
Winners
- 1995 Walter MorganWalter Morgan (golfer)Walter T. Morgan is an American professional golfer who has played on the Senior PGA Tour .Morgan was born in Haddock, Georgia, where he played baseball in his youth. He served 20 years in the United States Army including two tours of duty in Vietnam. He began playing golf at the age of 30 after...
- 1994 Simon HobdaySimon HobdaySimon Hobday is a South African professional golfer who has won tournaments on three continents.Hobday was born in Mafikeng. He turned professional in 1969. He spent his regular career mainly on the Southern Africa Tour, where he won six times and the European Tour, where he won the 1976 German...
- 1993 Dave StocktonDave StocktonDavid Knapp Stockton is an American professional golfer who has won numerous tournaments on both the PGA Tour and the Champions Tour....
- 1992 Mike JoyceMike Joyce (golfer)Mike Joyce is an American professional golfer.Joyce joined the Senior PGA Tour in 1989 and has won once, the 1992 GTE Northwest Classic. He played regularly on the Tour from 1989 to 1996 and last appeared in 2001....
- 1991 Mike Hill
- 1990 George ArcherGeorge ArcherGeorge William Archer was an American golfer who won twelve events on the PGA Tour, including one major championship.Archer was born in San Francisco, California and was raised just south in the city of San Mateo...
- 1989 Al GeibergerAl GeibergerAllen Lee Geiberger, Sr. is an American professional golfer who has won numerous golf tournaments.Geiberger was born in Red Bluff, California...
- 1988 Bruce CramptonBruce CramptonBruce Crampton is an Australian professional golfer.Crampton was born in Sydney, New South Wales, and attended Kogarah High School from 1948-1950. He turned professional in 1953....
- 1987 Chi Chi Rodriguez
- 1986 Bruce CramptonBruce CramptonBruce Crampton is an Australian professional golfer.Crampton was born in Sydney, New South Wales, and attended Kogarah High School from 1948-1950. He turned professional in 1953....