. It is played annually in
; its historic date has been in April, but was moved to March in 2008.
From the event's inception through 2004, it was played at a series of courses in New Orleans. It began at New Orleans City Park, where it was played until 1962. From 1963 until 1988, the event began its lengthy relationship with Lakewood Country Club before shifting to English Turn Golf & Country Club from 1989–2004. In 2005, it was played at the
forced the event back to English Turn G&CC in 2006. It returned to the TPC of Louisiana in 2007.
| Year | Player | Country | Score | To par | 1st Prize ($ The United States dollar , also referred to as the American dollar, is the official currency of the United States of America. It is divided into 100 smaller units called cents or pennies....
) | Purse ($) | Ref |
| Zurich Classic of New Orleans |
| 2011 |
Bubba Watson Gerry "Bubba" Watson is an American professional golfer. Watson is one of the few left-handed golfers on tour and is known for his tremendous length. The longest driver on the PGA Tour, in 2007 he had an average drive of 315.2 yards and is capable of generating a ball speed of 194 mph, being...
|
|
273PO |
-15 |
1,152,000 |
6,400,000 |
|
| 2010 |
Jason Bohn Jason Duehn Bohn is an American professional golfer who currently plays on the PGA Tour.Bohn was born in Lewisburg, Pennsylvania. He graduated from the University of Alabama in 1995 with a degree in Finance. In 1992, while a sophomore on the Alabama golf team, Bohn was playing in a charity...
|
|
270 |
-18 |
1,152,000 |
6,400,000 |
|
| 2009 |
Jerry Kelly Jerome Patrick Kelly is an American professional golfer.Kelly was born in Madison, Wisconsin. He graduated from the University of Hartford in 1989 and turned professional later that year, but didn't make it onto the PGA Tour until 1996. This followed a successful 1995 season on the second tier...
|
|
274 |
-14 |
1,134,000 |
6,300,000 |
|
| 2008 |
Andrés Romero For the Chilean footballer with the same name see Andrés Romero Andrés Fabián Romero is an Argentine professional golfer who plays on both the PGA Tour and European Tour....
|
|
275 |
-13 |
1,116,000 |
6,200,000 |
|
| 2007 |
Nick Watney Nicholas Alan Watney is an American professional golfer who plays on the PGA Tour. The highlight of Watney's career to date is his victory at the 2011 WGC-Cadillac Championship....
|
|
273 |
-15 |
1,098,000 |
6,100,000 |
|
| 2006 |
Chris Couch Christian Stratton Couch is an American professional golfer who currently plays on the PGA Tour.Couch was born in Fort Lauderdale, Florida...
|
|
269 |
-19 |
1,080,000 |
6,000,000 |
|
| 2005 |
Tim Petrovic Tim Petrovic is an American professional golfer.Petrovic was born in Northampton, Massachusetts. He has won one PGA Tour tournament, the Zurich Classic of New Orleans in 2005....
|
|
275PO |
-13 |
990,000 |
5,500,000 |
|
| HP Classic of New Orleans |
| 2004 |
Vijay Singh Vijay Singh, CF , nicknamed "The Big Fijian", is a Fijian professional golfer who was Number 1 in the Official World Golf Rankings for 32 weeks in 2004 and 2005. He has won three major championships and was the leading PGA Tour money winner in 2003, 2004 and 2008...
|
|
266 |
-22 |
918,000 |
5,100,000 |
|
| 2003 |
Steve Flesch Stephen J. Flesch is an American professional golfer, competing on the PGA Tour.Flesch was born in Cincinnati, Ohio, and attended Covington Catholic High School in Park Hills, Kentucky. After graduation he played golf at the University of Kentucky and turned professional in 1990.Flesch finished in...
|
|
267PO |
-21 |
900,000 |
5,000,000 |
|
| Compaq Classic of New Orleans |
| 2002 |
K.J. Choi |
|
271 |
-17 |
810,000 |
4,500,000 |
|
| 2001 |
David Toms David Wayne Toms is an American professional golfer who plays on the PGA Tour. He has won a total of thirteen events on the PGA Tour including the 2001 PGA Championship...
|
|
266 |
-22 |
720,000 |
4,000,000 |
|
| COMPAQ Classic of New Orleans |
| 2000 |
Carlos Franco Carlos Daniel Franco is a Paraguayan professional golfer. He is the brother of golfer Angel Franco.Franco was born in Asunción, Paraguay. He comes from a poor background and grew up in a one-room, dirt-floor home. His father was a greenkeeper and caddy, and he has five brothers, all of whom...
|
|
270PO |
-18 |
612,000 |
3,400,000 |
|
| 1999 |
Carlos Franco Carlos Daniel Franco is a Paraguayan professional golfer. He is the brother of golfer Angel Franco.Franco was born in Asunción, Paraguay. He comes from a poor background and grew up in a one-room, dirt-floor home. His father was a greenkeeper and caddy, and he has five brothers, all of whom...
|
|
269 |
-19 |
468,000 |
2,600,000 |
|
| Freeport-McDermott Classic |
| 1998 |
Lee Westwood Lee John Westwood OBE is an English professional golfer. Noted for his consistency, Westwood is one of the few golfers who has won tournaments on every major continent, including victories on the European Tour and the PGA Tour. He was named player of the year for the 1998, 2000, and 2009 seasons...
|
|
273 |
-15 |
306,000 |
1,700,000 |
|
| 1997 |
Brad Faxon Bradford John Faxon, Jr. is an American professional golfer. He has won eight times on the PGA Tour.-Early years and amateur career:Faxon was born in Oceanport, New Jersey and raised in Barrington, Rhode Island...
|
|
272 |
-16 |
270,000 |
1,500,000 |
|
| 1996 |
Scott McCarron Scott Michael McCarron is an American professional golfer.McCarron was born in Sacramento, California. He attended and was a member of the golf team at UCLA, graduating in 1988 with a major in History...
|
|
275 |
-13 |
216,000 |
1,200,000 |
|
| Freeport-McMoRan Classic |
| 1995 |
Davis Love III Davis Milton Love III is an American professional golfer.Love was born in Charlotte, North Carolina. He attended the University of North Carolina before turning professional in 1985. He earned his PGA Tour card in the fall of 1985, on his first attempt. He quickly established himself on the PGA...
|
|
274PO |
-14 |
216,000 |
1,200,000 |
|
| 1994 |
Ben Crenshaw Ben Daniel Crenshaw is an American professional golfer.Crenshaw was born in Austin, Texas. He attended and played golf at Austin High School and the University of Texas, where he won three NCAA Championships from 1971 to 1973...
|
|
273 |
-15 |
216,000 |
1,200,000 |
|
| Freeport-McMoRan Golf Classic |
| 1993 |
Mike Standly Michael Dean Standly is an American professional golfer who has played on the PGA Tour and the Nationwide Tour.Standly was born in Abilene, Texas. He attended the University of Houston and was a member of the golf team; he was an All-American in 1986, his senior year. He turned pro later that...
|
|
281 |
-7 |
180,000 |
1,000,000 |
|
| 1992 |
Chip Beck |
|
276 |
-12 |
180,000 |
1,000,000 |
|
| USF&G Classic |
| 1991 |
Ian Woosnam Ian Harold Woosnam OBE is a Welsh professional golfer.Nicknamed 'Woosie', 'Woosers', or the 'Wee Welshman', Woosnam was one of the "Big Five" generation of European golfers, all born within 12 months of one another, all of whom have won majors, and made Europe competitive in the Ryder Cup...
|
|
275PO |
-13 |
180,000 |
1,000,000 |
|
| 1990 |
David Frost David Laurence Frost is a South African professional golfer who has more than twenty professional tournament wins to his name, spread across four continents....
|
 South Africa |
276 |
-12 |
180,000 |
1,000,000 |
|
| 1989 |
Tim Simpson Timothy Jay Simpson is an American professional golfer who has played on the PGA Tour and the Nationwide Tour, and currently plays on the Champions Tour....
|
|
274 |
-14 |
135,000 |
750,000 |
|
| 1988 |
Chip Beck |
|
262 |
-26 |
135,000 |
750,000 |
|
| 1987 |
Ben Crenshaw Ben Daniel Crenshaw is an American professional golfer.Crenshaw was born in Austin, Texas. He attended and played golf at Austin High School and the University of Texas, where he won three NCAA Championships from 1971 to 1973...
|
|
268 |
-20 |
90,000 |
500,000 |
|
| 1986 |
Calvin Peete Calvin Peete is an American professional golfer. He was the most successful African-American on the PGA Tour, with 12 wins, before the emergence of Tiger Woods....
|
|
269 |
-19 |
90,000 |
500,000 |
|
| 1985 |
Seve Ballesteros |
|
205^ |
-11 |
72,000 |
400,000 |
|
| 1984 |
Bob Eastwood Robert Fred Eastwood is an American professional golfer who has won numerous amateur and professional tournaments.Eastwood was born in Providence, Rhode Island, but spent most of his youth in north-central California. He started playing golf at age 4 as a result of his father being in the golf...
|
|
272 |
-16 |
72,000 |
400,000 |
|
| 1983 |
Bill Rogers William Charles Rogers is an American professional golfer who is best known as the winner of the 1981 Open Championship....
|
|
274 |
-14 |
72,000 |
400,000 |
|
| 1982 |
Scott Hoch Scott Mabon Hoch is an American golfer, who represented his country in the Ryder Cup in 1997 and 2002.Hoch was born in Raleigh, North Carolina. He was a member of the golf team at Wake Forest University before graduating in 1978. He also played on the winning U.S. team in the Eisenhower Trophy...
|
|
206^ |
-10 |
54,000 |
300,000 |
|
| USF&G New Orleans Open |
| 1981 |
Tom WatsonThomas Sturges Watson is an American professional golfer who has played on the PGA Tour and now mostly on the Champions Tour....
|
|
270 |
-18 |
63,000 |
350,000 |
|
| Greater New Orleans Open |
| 1980 |
Tom WatsonThomas Sturges Watson is an American professional golfer who has played on the PGA Tour and now mostly on the Champions Tour....
|
|
273 |
-15 |
45,000 |
250,000 |
|
| First NBC New Orleans Open |
| 1979 |
Hubert Green Hubert Myatt Green is an American professional golfer who has won numerous professional golf tournaments at both the PGA Tour and Champions Tour level....
|
|
273 |
-15 |
45,000 |
250,000 |
|
| 1978 |
Lon Hinkle Lon Hinkle is an American professional golfer who has played on both the PGA Tour and the Champions Tour.Hinkle was born in Flint, Michigan. He attended San Diego State University, where he was a member of the golf team. He turned pro and joined the PGA Tour in 1972.Hinkle won three tournaments in...
|
|
271 |
-17 |
40,000 |
200,000 |
|
| 1977 |
Jim Simons James Bradley Simons was an American professional golfer who played on the PGA Tour in the 1970s and 1980s....
|
|
273 |
-15 |
35,000 |
175,000 |
|
| 1976 |
Larry Ziegler Larry Ziegler is an American professional golfer who has played on the PGA Tour and the Champions Tour.Ziegler was born in St. Louis and grew up in Creve Coeur, Missouri. He was one of 14 children; he had seven brothers and six sisters. He began as a caddie and worked his way up to head club pro...
|
|
274 |
-14 |
35,000 |
175,000 |
|
| 1975 |
Billy Casper William Earl Casper, Jr. is an American professional golfer who was one of the most prolific tournament winners on the PGA Tour from the mid 1950s to the mid 1970s.-Early years:...
|
|
271 |
-17 |
30,000 |
150,000 |
|
| Greater New Orleans Open |
| 1974 |
Lee Trevino Lee Buck Trevino is an American professional golfer. He is an icon for Mexican Americans, and is often referred to as "The Merry Mex" and "Supermex". He won six major championships over the course of his career.-Early life:...
|
|
267 |
-21 |
30,000 |
150,000 |
|
| 1973 |
Jack NicklausJack William Nicklaus , nicknamed "The Golden Bear", is an American professional golfer. He won 18 career major championships on the PGA Tour over a span of 25 years and is widely regarded as one of the greatest professional golfers of all time. In addition to his 18 Majors, he was runner-up a...
|
|
280PO |
-8 |
25,000 |
125,000 |
|
| 1972 |
Gary PlayerGary Player DMS; OIG is a South African professional golfer. With his nine major championship victories, he is widely regarded as one of the greatest players in the history of golf. He was inducted into the World Golf Hall of Fame in 1974. Player has won 165 tournaments on six continents over six...
|
South Africa |
279 |
-9 |
25,000 |
125,000 |
|
| Greater New Orleans Open Invitational |
| 1971 |
Frank Beard |
|
276 |
-12 |
25,000 |
125,000 |
|
| 1970 |
Miller Barber Miller Barber is an American professional golfer who enjoyed significant success on the PGA Tour in the 1960s and 1970s, and a greater degree of success on the Senior PGA Tour in the 1980s.-Career:...
|
|
278PO |
-10 |
25,000 |
125,000 |
|
| 1969 |
Larry Hinson Larry Hinson is an American professional golfer who played on the PGA Tour from 1968–1976.Hinson was born in Gastonia, North Carolina, but has lived almost his entire life in Douglas, Georgia. Despite having a left arm slightly withered from boyhood polio, he was able to compete in amateur and...
|
|
275PO |
-13 |
20,000 |
100,000 |
|
| 1968 |
George Archer George 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...
|
|
271 |
-17 |
20,000 |
100,000 |
|
| 1967 |
George Knudson George Alfred Christian Knudson, CM was a Canadian professional golfer, who along with Mike Weir holds the record for the Canadian with the most wins on the PGA Tour, with eight career victories....
|
|
277 |
-11 |
20,000 |
100,000 |
|
| 1966 |
Frank Beard |
|
276 |
-12 |
20,000 |
100,000 |
|
| 1965 |
Dick Mayer Alvin Richard Mayer was an American professional golfer.Mayer was born in Stamford, Connecticut. He apprenticed with renowned player and teacher Claude Harmon at the Winged Foot Golf Club in suburban New York City....
|
|
273 |
-15 |
20,000 |
100,000 |
|
| 1964 |
Mason Rudolph Edgar Mason Rudolph was an American golfer who won five times on the PGA Tour.-Early years and amateur career:...
|
|
283 |
-5 |
7,500 |
50,000 |
|
| 1963 |
Bo Wininger Francis G. "Bo" Wininger was an American professional golfer who played on the PGA Tour in the 1950s and 1960s....
|
|
279 |
-9 |
6,400 |
40,000 |
|
| 1962 |
Bo Wininger Francis G. "Bo" Wininger was an American professional golfer who played on the PGA Tour in the 1950s and 1960s....
|
|
281 |
-7 |
4,300 |
30,000 |
|
| 1961 |
Doug Sanders George Douglas Sanders is a former American professional golfer who won twenty PGA Tour events during his career.-Early years:Sanders was born in Cedartown, Georgia. He grew up in a poor family, and picked cotton as a teenager...
|
|
272 |
-16 |
4,300 |
30,000 |
|
| 1960 |
Dow Finsterwald Dow Henry Finsterwald, Sr. is an American professional golfer who is best known for winning the 1958 PGA Championship. He won 11 Tour titles between 1955 and 1963, played on four Ryder Cup teams, and served as non-playing captain for the 1977 U.S. Ryder Cup team.Finsterwald was born and raised in...
|
|
270 |
-18 |
3,500 |
25,000 |
|
| 1959 |
Bill Collins William R. Collins was an American professional golfer who played on the PGA Tour in the 1950s and 1960s and the Senior PGA Tour in the 1980s....
|
|
280 |
-8 |
2,800 |
20,000 |
|
| 1958 |
Billy Casper William Earl Casper, Jr. is an American professional golfer who was one of the most prolific tournament winners on the PGA Tour from the mid 1950s to the mid 1970s.-Early years:...
|
|
278PO |
-10 |
2,800 |
20,000 |
|
| 1949-57 |
No tournament |
| New Orleans Open |
| 1948 |
Bob Hamilton Robert T. "Bob" Hamilton was an American professional golfer. He was born and died in Evansville, Indiana....
|
|
280 |
-4 |
2,000 |
10,000 |
|
| 1947 |
No tournament |
| 1946 |
Byron Nelson John Byron Nelson, Jr. was an American PGA Tour golfer between 1935 and 1946.Nelson and two other well known golfers of the time, Ben Hogan and Sam Snead, were born within seven months of each other in 1912...
|
|
277 |
-11 |
1,500 |
7,500 |
|
| 1945 |
Byron Nelson John Byron Nelson, Jr. was an American PGA Tour golfer between 1935 and 1946.Nelson and two other well known golfers of the time, Ben Hogan and Sam Snead, were born within seven months of each other in 1912...
|
|
284PO |
-4 |
1,300 |
5,000 |
|
| 1944 |
Sam Byrd |
|
285 |
-3 |
1,000 |
5,000 |
|
| 1943 |
No tournament |
| 1942 |
Lloyd Mangrum Lloyd Eugene Mangrum was an American professional golfer. He was known for his smooth swing and his relaxed demeanour on the course, which earned him the nickname "Mr. Icicle".Mangrum was born in Trenton, Texas...
|
|
281 |
-7 |
1,000 |
5,000 |
|
| 1941 |
Henry Picard Henry Gilford Picard was an American professional golfer.Picard was born in Plymouth, Massachusetts, and learned to play golf while caddying at the Plymouth Country Club. Picard, already a talented player by his early 20s, came to prominence after coaching from the leading instructor Alex Morrison...
|
|
276 |
-12 |
1,200 |
5,000 |
|
| 1940 |
Jimmy Demaret James Newton Demaret was an American professional golfer. He won 31 PGA Tour events in a long career between 1935 and 1957, and was the first three-time winner of the Masters....
|
|
286 |
-2 |
2,000 |
10,000 |
|
| 1939 |
Henry Picard Henry Gilford Picard was an American professional golfer.Picard was born in Plymouth, Massachusetts, and learned to play golf while caddying at the Plymouth Country Club. Picard, already a talented player by his early 20s, came to prominence after coaching from the leading instructor Alex Morrison...
|
|
284 |
-4 |
2,000 |
10,000 |
|
| Crescent City Open |
| 1938 |
Harry Cooper Harry E. Cooper was a prominent PGA Tour golfer of the 1920s and 1930s. After he retired from competitive golf, he became a well-regarded instructor, into his 90s....
|
|
285 |
-3 |
1,200 |
5,000 |
|
| 1923-37 |
No tournament |
| Southern (Spring) Open |
| 1922 |
Gene Sarazen Gene Sarazen was an American professional golfer, one of the world's top players in the 1920s and 1930s. He is one of five golfers to win all the current major championships in his career, the Career Grand Slam:U.S...
|
|
294 |
+10 |
1,000 |
|
|