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Western Open Wiki Information
The Western Open
, a professional golf tournament, was first played in 1899. At the time of its 2006 playing, the Western Open was the 3rd oldest active PGA Tour tournament, after the British Open (began 1860) and U.S. Open (began 1895). Beginning 2007, the Western Open was renamed the BMW Championship, part of the FedEx Cup playoff series, and played through 2012 with the PGA Tour's point system as the sole qualification standard. It will not be open to amateurs.
Western Open title sponsors have included Beatrice, Centel, Sprint, Motorola, Advil, Golf Digest and Cialis.
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History
The Western Open, founded and run by the Western Golf Association, was first played in 1899. Like the U.S. Open, in its early days it was usually won by visiting professionals from the United Kingdom. In its early decades it was widely regarded as a major championship, although this designation was unofficial and it is generally not included in tallies of golfers' major championship wins.
From the event's inception until 1961, it was played at a variety of midwestern locations, as well as places such as Arizona ( Phoenix), Utah ( Salt Lake City) and California ( San Francisco, Los Angeles). In 1923, the Western Open was held at the Colonial Country Club in Memphis, Tennessee.
Beginning 1962, the Western Open settled into the Chicago, Illinois area, being played at different courses in and around the city. In 1974 the Western Open found an annual home at the Butler National Golf Club in Oak Brook, Illinois. It stayed this way until shortly after the 1990 tournament, when the PGA Tour adopted a policy of holding events only at clubs which allowed minorities and women to be members. This resulted in Butler National being replaced by the Cog Hill Golf & Country Club in Lemont, Illinois. The Dubsdread Course at Cog Hill played host to the Western Open from 1991 to 2006.
In 1899, the prize fund was $150, and the winner's share was $50. In 2006, the purse was $5,000,000, and the winner took home a 1st prize of $900,000.
BMW Championship
In 2007, the Western Open is being renamed - and changed in terms of invitational criteria - by the BMW Championship, part of the four-event FedEx Cup Playoff Series. The Western Golf Association will continue to have input in the running of the tournament.
The BMW Championship is to be played the weekend after Labor Day, and will be the last FedEx Cup playoff event before The Tour Championship. The event will go on a rotation of courses in the Upper Midwest, including Cog Hill Golf & Country Club in Lemont, Illinois, Crooked Stick Golf Club in Carmel, Indiana, and Bellerive Country Club in St. Louis, Missouri.
Winners: 1974-2006
Cialis Western Open
- 2006 Trevor Immelman - South Africa
- 2005 Jim Furyk - United States
- 2004 Stephen Ames - Trinidad & Tobago / Canada
100th Western Open presented by Golf Digest
- 2003 Tiger Woods - United States
Advil Western Open
- 2002 Jerry Kelly - United States
- 2001 Scott Hoch - United States
- 2000 Robert Allenby - Australia
Motorola Western Open
- 1999 Tiger Woods - United States
- 1998 Joe Durant - United States
- 1997 Tiger Woods - United States
- 1996 Steve Stricker - United States
- 1995 Billy Mayfair - United States
- 1994 Nick Price - Zimbabwe
Sprint Western Open
- 1993 Nick Price - Zimbabwe
Centel Western Open
- 1992 Ben Crenshaw - United States
- 1991 Russ Cochran - United States
- 1990 Wayne Levi - United States
Beatrice Western Open
- 1989 Mark McCumber - United States
- 1988 Jim Benepe - United States
- 1987 D. A. Weibring - United States
Western Open
- 1986 Tom Kite - United States
- 1985 Scott Verplank - United States (amateur)
- 1984 Tom Watson - United States
- 1983 Mark McCumber - United States
- 1982 Tom Weiskopf - United States
- 1981 Ed Fiori - United States
- 1980 Scott Simpson - United States
- 1979 Larry Nelson - United States
- 1978 Andy Bean - United States
- 1977 Tom Watson - United States
- 1976 Al Geiberger - United States
- 1975 Hale Irwin - United States
- 1974 Tom Watson - United States
Winners: 1899-1973
| Year
| Champion
| Venue
| Location
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| 1973
| Billy Casper
| Midlothian Country Club
| Midlothian, Illinois
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| 1972
| Jim Jamieson
| Sunset Ridge Country Club
| Northfield, Illinois
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| 1971
| Bruce Crampton
| Olympia Fields Country Club
| Olympia Fields, Illinois
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| 1970
| Hugh Royer, Jr.
| Beverly Country Club
| Chicago, Illinois
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| 1969
| Billy Casper
| Midlothian Country Club
| Midlothian, Illinois
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| 1968
| Jack Nicklaus
| Olympia Fields Country Club
| Olympia Fields, Illinois
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| 1967
| Jack Nicklaus
| Beverly Country Club
| Chicago, Illinois
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| 1966
| Billy Casper
| Medinah Country Club
| Medinah, Illinois
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| 1965
| Billy Casper
| Tam O’Shanter Country Club
| Niles, Illinois
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| 1964
| Chi Chi Rodriguez
| Tam O’Shanter Country Club
| Niles, Illinois
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| 1963
| Arnold Palmer
| Beverly Country Club
| Chicago, Illinois
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| 1962
| Jacky Cupit
| Medinah Country Club
| Medinah, Illinois
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| 1961
| Arnold Palmer
| Blythefield Country Club
| Belmont, Michigan
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| 1960
| Stan Leonard
| Western Golf & Country Club
| Redford, Michigan
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| 1959
| Mike Souchak
| Pittsburgh Field Club
| Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
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| 1958
| Doug Sanders
| Red Run Golf Club
| Royal Oak, Michigan
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| 1957
| Doug Ford
| Plum Hollow Country Club
| Southfield, Michigan
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| 1956
| Mike Fetchick
| Presidio Golf Club
| San Francisco, California
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| 1955
| Cary Middlecoff
| Portland Golf Club
| Portland, Oregon
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| 1954
| Lloyd Mangrum
| Kenwood Country Club
| Cincinnati, Ohio
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| 1953
| E.J. "Dutch" Harrison
| Bellerive Country Club
| Saint Louis, Missouri
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| 1952
| Lloyd Mangrum
| Westwood Country Club
| Saint Louis, Missouri
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| 1951
| Marty Furgol
| Davenport Country Club
| Pleasant Valley, Iowa
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| 1950
| Sam Snead
| Brentwood Country Club
| Los Angeles, California
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| 1949
| Sam Snead
| Keller Golf Course
| Saint Paul, Minnesota
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| 1948
| Ben Hogan
| Brookfield Country Club
| Clarence, New York
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| 1947
| Johnny Palmer
| Salt Lake City Country Club
| Salt Lake City, Utah
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| 1946
| Ben Hogan
| Sunset Country Club
| Saint Louis, Missouri
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| 1945
| Cancelled due to World War II
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| 1944
| Cancelled due to World War II
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| 1943
| Cancelled due to World War II
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| 1942
| Herman Barron
| Phoenix Golf Club
| Phoenix, Arizona
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| 1941
| Ed Oliver
| Phoenix Golf Club
| Phoenix, Arizona
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| 1940
| Jimmy Demaret
| River Oaks Country Club
| Houston, Texas
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| 1939
| Byron Nelson
| Medinah Country Club
| Medinah, Illinois
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| 1938
| Ralph Guldahl
| Westwood Country Club
| Saint Louis, Missouri
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| 1937
| Ralph Guldahl
| Canterbury Golf Club
| Beachwood, Ohio
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| 1936
| Ralph Guldahl
| Davenport Country Club
| Pleasant Valley, Iowa
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| 1935
| Johnny Revolta
| South Bend Country Club
| South Bend, Indiana
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| 1934
| Harry Cooper
| Country Club of Peoria
| Peoria Heights, Illinois
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| 1933
| Macdonald Smith
| Olympia Fields Country Club
| Olympia Fields, Illinois
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| 1932
| Walter Hagen
| Canterbury Golf Club
| Beachwood, Ohio
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| 1931
| Ed Dudley
| Miami Valley Golf Club
| Dayton, Ohio
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| 1930
| Gene Sarazen
| Indianwood Golf & Country Club
| Lake Orion, Michigan
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| 1929
| Tommy Armour
| Ozaukee Country Club
| Mequon, Wisconsin
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| 1928
| Abe Espinosa
| North Shore Country Club
| Glenview, Illinois
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| 1927
| Walter Hagen
| Olympia Fields Country Club
| Olympia Fields, Illinois
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| 1926
| Walter Hagen
| Highland Golf & Country Club
| Indianapolis, Indiana
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| 1925
| Macdonald Smith
| Youngstown Country Club
| Youngstown, Ohio
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| 1924
| Bill Mehlhorn
| Calumet Country Club
| Homewood, Illinois
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| 1923
| Jock Hutchison
| Colonial Country Club
| Cordova, Tennessee
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| 1922
| Mike Brady
| Oakland Hills Country Club
| Bloomfield Hills, Michigan
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| 1921
| Walter Hagen
| Oakwood Club
| Cleveland Heights, Ohio
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| 1920
| Jock Hutchison
| Olympia Fields Country Club
| Olympia Fields, Illinois
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| 1919
| Jim Barnes
| Mayfield Country Club
| Lyndhurst, Ohio
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| 1918
| Cancelled due to World War I
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| 1917
| Jim Barnes
| Westmoreland Country Club
| Wilmette, Illinois
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| 1916
| Walter Hagen
| Blue Mound Golf & Country Club
| Milwaukee, Wisconsin
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| 1915
| Tom McNamara
| Glen Oak Golf Club
| Glen Ellyn, Illinois
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| 1914
| Jim Barnes
| Interlachen Country Club
| Minneapolis, Minnesota
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| 1913
| John McDermott
| Memphis Country Club
| Memphis, Tennessee
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| 1912
| Macdonald Smith
| Idlewild Country Club
| Flossmoor, Illinois
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| 1911
| Robert Simpson
| Kent Country Club
| Grand Rapids, Michigan
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| 1910
| Chick Evans (Am)
| Beverly Country Club
| Chicago, Illinois
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| 1909
| Willie Anderson
| Skokie Country Club
| Glencoe, Illinois
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| 1908
| Willie Anderson
| Normandie Golf Club
| Saint Louis, Missouri
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| 1907
| Robert Simpson
| Hinsdale Golf Club
| Clarendon Hills, Illinois
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| 1906
| Alex Smith
| Homewood Country Club
| Flossmoor, Illinois
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| 1905
| Arthur Smith
| Cincinnati Golf Club
| Cincinnati, Ohio
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| 1904
| Willie Anderson
| Kent Country Club
| Grand Rapids, Michigan
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| 1903
| Alex Smith
| Milwaukee Country Club
| River Hills, Wisconsin
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| 1902
| Willie Anderson
| Euclid Club
| Cleveland Heights, Ohio
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| 1901
| Laurie Auchterlonie
| Midlothian Country Club
| Midlothian, Illinois
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| 1900
| No tournament
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| 1899
| Willie Smith
| Glen View Club
| Golf, Illinois
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