Greenbrier Classic
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| Tournament information | |
|---|---|
| Location | White Sulphur Springs, West Virginia |
| Established | 2010 |
| Course(s) | The Greenbrier (The Old White) |
| Par | 70 |
| Length | 7,286 yards (6,662 m)[1] |
| Tour(s) | PGA Tour |
| Format | Stroke play |
| Prize fund | US$7,500,000 |
| Final year | 2019 |
| Tournament record score | |
| Aggregate | 258 Stuart Appleby (2010) |
| To par | −22 as above |
| Final champion | |
 Joaquín Niemann | |
| Location map | |
  The Greenbrier Location in the United States  The Greenbrier Location in West Virginia | |
The Greenbrier Classic was a golf tournament on the PGA Tour, held from 2010 to 2019 at The Old White at The Greenbrier in White Sulphur Springs, West Virginia.[2] For its final two editions, the tournament was titled A Military Tribute at the Greenbrier.[3]
Course[edit]
Opened 110 years ago in 1914,[4] The Old White course joined the TPC network of courses in March 2011.[5][6] It was extended to 7,287 yards (6,663 m) in 2013, and reduced by a yard in 2017;[1] the average elevation is approximately 1,850 feet (565 m) above sea level.[7]
Old White TPC Course in 2018
| Hole | Name | Yards | Par | Hole | Name | Yards | Par | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | First | 449 | 4 | 10 | Principal's Nose | 385 | 4 | |
| 2 | Hog's Back | 488 | 4 | 11 | Meadow | 493 | 4 | |
| 3 | Biarritz | 205 | 3 | 12 | Long | 568 | 5 | |
| 4 | Racetrack | 427 | 4 | 13 | Alps | 492 | 4 | |
| 5 | Mounds | 388 | 4 | 14 | Narrows | 401 | 4 | |
| 6 | Lookout | 471 | 4 | 15 | Eden | 229 | 3 | |
| 7 | Plateau | 440 | 4 | 16 | Cape | 415 | 4 | |
| 8 | Redan | 234 | 3 | 17 | Oaks | 616 | 5 | |
| 9 | Punchbowl | 408 | 4 | 18 | Home | 177 | 3 | |
| Out | 3,510 | 34 | In | 3,776 | 36 | |||
| Source:[1] | Total | 7,286 | 70 | |||||
History[edit]
The Greenbrier Classic made its debut in 2010 and replaced the long-standing Buick Open in Grand Blanc, Michigan, on the tour schedule.[2] In the final round of the inaugural year, Stuart Appleby shot a 59 (the fifth in PGA Tour history) to win by one stroke. It was his first win on tour in four years.[8]
Played in late July for its first two editions, The Greenbrier Classic moved to early July in 2012. Prior to the 2012 event, the original six-year contract with the PGA Tour was extended another six years, through 2021.[9] The 2012 event was the first time Tiger Woods and Phil Mickelson both missed the cut in the same tournament.[10]
Due to the effects of severe flooding in June 2016, that year's tournament was cancelled.[11]
In 2018, the event was renamed A Military Tribute at The Greenbrier, in honor of U.S. military involvement at the Greenbrier site (such as its use as a military hospital during World War II, and Project Greek Island).[3]
As part of major changes to the PGA Tour schedule, the event moved to September in 2019. Since the season began in the fall, the event skipped the 2018–19 season and was the first event of the 2019–20 season.[12] It was announced in April 2020 that, due in part to decreased attendance in its September date making the tournament less appealing to sponsors, the event would not return and the remainder of the contract with the tour had been cancelled by mutual agreement.[13][14]
Winners[edit]
| Year | Winner | Score | To par | Margin of victory |
Runner(s)-up | Purse ($) |
Winner's share ($) |
Ref | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| A Military Tribute at The Greenbrier | ||||||||||
| 2019 | Joaquín Niemann |
259 | −21 | 6 strokes |  Tom Hoge |
7,500,000 | 1,350,000 | |||
| 2018 | Kevin Na |
261 | −19 | 5 strokes | Kelly Kraft |
7,300,000 | 1,314,000 | |||
| Greenbrier Classic | ||||||||||
| 2017 | Xander Schauffele |
266 | −14 | 1 stroke | Robert Streb |
7,100,000 | 1,278,000 | |||
| 2016 | Canceled due to flooding | [11] | ||||||||
| 2015 |  Danny Lee |
267 | −13 | Playoff |  David Hearn Kevin Kisner Robert Streb |
6,700,000 | 1,206,000 | |||
| 2014 |  Ángel Cabrera |
264 | −16 | 2 strokes | George McNeill |
6,500,000 | 1,170,000 | |||
| 2013 |  Jonas Blixt |
267 | −13 | 2 strokes |  Steven Bowditch Matt Jones Johnson Wagner Jimmy Walker |
6,300,000 | 1,134,000 | |||
| 2012 | Ted Potter Jr. |
264 | −16 | Playoff | Troy Kelly |
6,100,000 | 1,098,000 | [15] | ||
| 2011 | Scott Stallings |
270 | −10 | Playoff | Bob Estes Bill Haas |
6,000,000 | 1,080,000 | [16] | ||
| 2010 | Stuart Appleby |
258 | −22 | 1 stroke | Jeff Overton |
6,000,000 | 1,080,000 | |||
References[edit]
- ^ a b c "Course Map" (PDF). Greenbrier Classic. 2017. Retrieved July 5, 2017.
- ^ a b The Greenbrier Classic set for 2010 Tour schedule Archived 2010-04-12 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ a b "Greenbrier Classic becomes 'A Military Tribute at The Greenbrier'". Charleston Gazette-Mail. Retrieved July 3, 2018.
- ^ "Inside the course: Greenbrier's Old White TPC". PGA Tour. July 3, 2012. Archived from the original on July 5, 2012. Retrieved July 9, 2012.
- ^ "The Old White TPC". TPC.com. Archived from the original on January 11, 2012. Retrieved July 9, 2012.
- ^ "The Greenbrier becomes newest member of TPC Network". PGA Tour. March 28, 2011. Retrieved July 9, 2012.
- ^ "Topo map". mapper.acme.com. Retrieved July 9, 2012.
- ^ "Hard work pays off for Appleby in winning with a historic 59". PGA Tour. August 2, 2010. Retrieved July 7, 2012.
- ^ "The Greenbrier extends PGA Tour deal by six years". PGA Tour. July 3, 2012. Archived from the original on November 2, 2012. Retrieved July 9, 2012.
- ^ "Woods and Mickelson miss cut as Simpson leads Greenbrier". CNN. July 7, 2012. Retrieved August 2, 2022.
- ^ a b "The Greenbrier Classic cancelled due to severe flooding". PGA Tour. June 25, 2016. Retrieved June 25, 2016.
- ^ DiMeglio, Steve (December 16, 2019). "PGA Tour shuffles schedule to finish Playoffs before football season". USA Today. Retrieved April 17, 2020.
- ^ "Greenbrier event permanently removed from PGA Tour schedule". Golf Channel. April 16, 2020.
- ^ "The Greenbrier, PGA Tour come together in time of crisis" (PDF). Greenbrier Classic. April 16, 2020. Archived from the original (PDF) on September 30, 2020. Retrieved April 16, 2020.
- ^ "Ted Potter Jr. wins in playoff". ESPN. Associated Press. July 8, 2012. Retrieved July 9, 2012.
- ^ "Daily Wrap-up: Round 4, The Greenbrier Classic". PGA Tour. July 31, 2011. Retrieved July 7, 2012.