Gila River Golf Classic
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The Gila River Golf Classic presented by Wild Horse Pass was a golf
tournament on the Nationwide Tour
from 2001 to 2005. It was played at the Wild Horse Pass Resort's Whirlwind Golf Club on the Gila River Indian Community
near Chandler, Arizona
. The first two years it was played on the Devil's Claw course then shifted to the Cattail course for the final three years.
The purse in 2005 was US$450,000, with $81,000 going to the winner.
Gila River Classic at Wild Horse Pass Resort
Gila River Classic at Wild Horse Pass Development
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 Nationwide Tour
Nationwide Tour
The Nationwide Tour is the developmental tour for the U.S.-based PGA Tour, and features professional golfers who have either failed to score well enough at that level's Qualifying School to earn their PGA Tour card, or who have done so but then failed to win enough money to stay at that level...
from 2001 to 2005. It was played at the Wild Horse Pass Resort's Whirlwind Golf Club on the Gila River Indian Community
Gila River Indian Community
The Gila River Indian Community is an Indian reservation in the U.S. state of Arizona, lying adjacent to the south side of the city of Phoenix, within the Phoenix Metropolitan Area in Pinal and Maricopa Counties. It was established in 1859, and formally established by Congress in 1939...
near Chandler, Arizona
Chandler, Arizona
-Demographics:As of the Census of 2010, there were 236,123 people, 86,924 households, and 60,212 families residing in the city. The racial makeup of the city was 73.3% White, 4.8% Black or African American, 1.5% Native American, 8.2% Asian, 0.2% Pacific Islander, 21.9% Hispanic or Latino, and 8.3%...
. The first two years it was played on the Devil's Claw course then shifted to the Cattail course for the final three years.
The purse in 2005 was US$450,000, with $81,000 going to the winner.
Winners
Gila River Golf Classic presented by Wild Horse Pass- 2005 David McKenzie
Gila River Classic at Wild Horse Pass Resort
- 2004 Chris Nallen
- 2003 Lucas GloverLucas GloverLucas Hendley Glover is an American professional golfer who currently plays on the PGA Tour. He is best known for winning the 2009 U.S. Open.-Amateur career:...
- 2002 David BranshawDavid BranshawDavid Sean Branshaw is an American professional golfer who has played on the PGA Tour and the Nationwide Tour.Branshaw was born in Oswego, New York. He turned professional in 1991, and competed on the Nationwide Tour in 1997, 2002, 2003, and 2005. In 2003, he earned his PGA Tour card by finishing...
Gila River Classic at Wild Horse Pass Development
- 2001 Ben CraneBen CraneBenjamin McCully Crane is an American professional golfer who plays on the PGA Tour.-Amateur career:Crane was born in Portland, Oregon. He was age 5 when his grandfather taught him how to play golf, and he grew up playing at the nearby Portland Golf Club where Ben Hogan won the 1945 Portland Open...