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It has been an official money PGA Tour event since 1994. Prior to that, it was a satellite event with the money counting but the wins counting as unofficial. |
It has been an official money PGA Tour event since 1994. Prior to that, it was a satellite event with the money counting but the wins counting as unofficial. |
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The 2007 purse was $3,500,000, with $630,000 going to the winner. In [[2007]], it was a part of the [[PGA Tour Fall Series|Fall Series]]; most of the players in the tournament were trying to make the Top 125 on the money list and retain their tour cards, or trying for a quick two-year exemption by winning. It was played in the same week as the [[Presidents Cup]]; most of the top Tour players played in that event instead of the Viking Classic. |
The 2007 purse was $3,500,000, with $630,000 going to the winner. In [[2007]], it was a part of the [[PGA Tour Fall Series|Fall Series]]; most of the players in the tournament were trying to make the Top 125 on the money list and retain their tour cards, or trying for a quick two-year exemption by winning. It was played in the same week as the [[Presidents Cup]]; most of the top Tour players played in that event instead of the Viking Classic. The situation will be similar in 2008, with the tournament being scheduled opposite the [[Ryder Cup]]. |
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==Winners== |
==Winners== |
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Revision as of 07:32, 29 December 2007
| Tournament information | |
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| Location | Madison, Mississippi |
| Established | 1968 |
| Course(s) | Annandale Golf Club |
| Par | 72 |
| Length | 7,199 |
| Tour(s) | PGA Tour |
| Format | Stroke play |
| Prize fund | $3,500,000 |
| Month played | September |
| Tournament record score | |
| Aggregate | 263 Dan Halldorson (1986) |
| To par | -22 Steve Lowery (2000) -22 Skip Kendall (2000) -22 Fred Funk (2004) |
| Current champion | |
| Chad Campbell | |
The Viking Classic is a golf tournament on the PGA Tour. It is played annually in September in Madison, Mississippi. The tournament is held at the Annandale Golf Club. From 1968 to 1993 it was played at the Hattiesburg Country Club in Hattiesburg, Mississippi.
Known as the Magnolia State Classic from 1968 through 1985 with notable winners including Roger Maltbie, Craig Stadler, and Payne Stewart, the tournament was re-named the Deposit Guaranty Golf Classic in 1986. This tournament is usually played opposite of a major or limited field tournament, so the leading players in men's professional golf rarely participate. Until 1994, it was played opposite The Masters and then opposite the British Open in the mid-90s. In recent years, it has played opposite various World Golf Championships and The Tour Championship.
It has been an official money PGA Tour event since 1994. Prior to that, it was a satellite event with the money counting but the wins counting as unofficial.
The 2007 purse was $3,500,000, with $630,000 going to the winner. In 2007, it was a part of the Fall Series; most of the players in the tournament were trying to make the Top 125 on the money list and retain their tour cards, or trying for a quick two-year exemption by winning. It was played in the same week as the Presidents Cup; most of the top Tour players played in that event instead of the Viking Classic. The situation will be similar in 2008, with the tournament being scheduled opposite the Ryder Cup.
Winners
Viking Classic
- 2007
Chad Campbell
Southern Farm Bureau Classic
- 2006 D. J. Trahan
- 2005 Heath Slocum
- 2004 Fred Funk
- 2003 John Huston
- 2002
Luke Donald - 2001 Cameron Beckman
- 2000 Steve Lowery
- 1999 Brian Henninger
Deposit Guaranty Golf Classic
- 1998 Fred Funk
- 1997 Billy Ray Brown
- 1996 Willie Wood
- 1995 Ed Dougherty
- 1994 Brian Henninger
- 1993 Greg Kraft
- 1992 Richard Zokol
- 1991 Larry Silveira
- 1990 Gene Sauers
- 1989 Jim Booros
- 1988 Frank Conner
- 1987 David Ogrin
- 1986 Dan Halldorson
Magnolia State Classic
- 1985 Jim Gallagher, Jr.
- 1984 Lance Ten Broeck
- 1983 Russ Cochran
- 1982 Payne Stewart
- 1981 Tom Jones
- 1980 Roger Maltbie
- 1979 Bobby Walzel
- 1978 Craig Stadler
- 1977 Mike McCullough
- 1976 Dennis Meyer
- 1975 Bob Wynn
- 1974 Dwight Nevil
- 1973 Dwight Nevil
- 1972 Mike Morley
- 1971 Roy Pace
- 1970 Chris Blocker
- 1969 Larry Mowry
- 1968 Mac McLendon
External links
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