Virginia Beach Open
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The Virginia Beach Open was a regular golf
tournament on the Nationwide Tour
. It was played annually at The TPC of Virginia Beach in Virginia Beach, Virginia
, USA.
The 2006 purse was $450,000, with $81,000 going to the winner.
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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...
. It was played annually at The TPC of Virginia Beach in Virginia Beach, Virginia
Virginia Beach, Virginia
Virginia Beach is an independent city located in the Hampton Roads metropolitan area of Virginia, on the Atlantic Ocean at the mouth of the Chesapeake Bay...
, USA.
The 2006 purse was $450,000, with $81,000 going to the winner.
Winners
Virginia Beach Open- 2006 Andrew BuckleAndrew BuckleAndrew Nicholas Buckle is an Australian professional golfer.Buckle was born in Brisbane, Queensland. He has a promising amateur career, including two wins in the Boy's 15-17 division at the World Junior Golf Championships and the Australian Amateur.Buckle won the 2002 Queensland Open on his...
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- 2005 Troy MattesonTroy MattesonTroy Jason Matteson is an American professional golfer.Matteson was born in Rockledge, Florida. He played college golf at Georgia Tech and won the NCAA Individual Championship in 2002.Matteson debuted on the Nationwide Tour in 2004...
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- 2004 James DriscollJames DriscollJames Driscoll is an American professional golfer and current player on the PGA Tour.Driscoll was born in Boston, Massachusetts, the youngest of seven children. He grew up in Brookline, Massachusetts outside of Boston. He started golf at a young age and won the Club Championship at his home club...
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- 2003 Michael LongMichael Long (golfer)Michael Long is a New Zealand professional golfer.Long was born in Cromwell, New Zealand. He turned professional at the age of 21 and joined the PGA Tour of Australasia. In 1996 he won the New Zealand Open...
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- 2002 Cliff KresgeCliff KresgeClifford Terry Kresge is an American professional golfer. He has played on the PGA Tour and Nationwide Tour since 1997....
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- 2001 Trevor DoddsTrevor DoddsTrevor George Dodds is a Namibian professional golfer.Dodds was born in Windhoek, Namibia. He turned pro in 1985. He won the Canadian Tour Order of Merit in 1995 and 1996...
- 2000 Ryuji ImadaRyuji Imadais a U.S.-based Japanese professional golfer.Imada was born in Mihara, Hiroshima, Japan. He came to the United States when he was 14 to attend a Tampa golf academy for Asian players. His instructor was Richard Abele, who became his legal guardian. Under Abele's teaching, he won several of the top ...