Western Open
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The Western Open is the second oldest professional golf tournament in the United States after the U.S. Open. It was founded in 1899 and that year the prize fund was $150, out of which the winner received $50. 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 regarded by some as a major championship, although this designation was unofficial and it is never included in tallies of golfers' major championship wins nowadays. It is a regular stop on the PGA Tour.
The Western Open has been held at various golf courses in the suburbs of Chicago. Since 1993 the host club has been Cog Hill Golf and Country Club. It is curently played in late June or early July. In recent times it has had a variety of sponsored names.
Winners
Cialis Western Open
- 2004 Stephen Ames
100th Western Open presented by Golf Digest
- 2003 Tiger Woods
Advil Western Open
- 2002 Jerry Kelly
- 2001 Scott Hoch
- 2000 Robert Allenby
Motorola Western Open
- 1999 Tiger Woods
- 1998 Joe Durant
- 1997 Tiger Woods
- 1996 Steve Stricker
- 1995 Billy Mayfair
- 1994 Nick Price
Sprint Western Open
- 1993 Nick Price
Centel Western Open
- 1992 Ben Crenshaw
- 1991 Russ Cochran
- 1990 Wayne Levi
Beatrice Western Open
- 1989 Mark McCumber
- 1988 Jim Benepe
- 1987 D. A. Weibring
Western Open
- 1986 Tom Kite
- 1985 Scott Verplank
- 1984 Tom Watson
- 1983 Mark McCumber
- 1982 Tom Weiskopf
- 1981 Ed Fiori
- 1980 Scott Simpson
- 1979 Larry Nelson
- 1978 Andy Bean
- 1977 Tom Watson
- 1976 Al Geiberger
- 1975 Hale Irwin
- 1974 Tom Watson
- 1973 Billy Casper
- 1972 Jim Jamieson
- 1971 Bruce Crampton
- 1970 Hugh Royer
- 1969 Billy Casper
- 1968 Jack Nicklaus
- 1967 Jack Nicklaus
- 1966 Billy Casper
- 1965 Billy Casper
- 1964 Chi Chi Rodriguez
- 1963 Arnold Palmer
- 1962 Jacky Cupit
- 1961 Arnold Palmer
- 1960 Stan Leonard
- 1959 Mike Souchak
- 1958 Doug Sanders
- 1957 Doug Ford
- 1956 Mike Fetchick
- 1955 Cary Middlecoff
- 1954 Lloyd Mangrum
- 1953 Dutch Harrison
- 1952 Lloyd Mangrum
- 1951 Marty Furgol
- 1950 Sam Snead
- 1949 Sam Snead
- 1948 Ben Hogan
- 1947 Johnny Palmer
- 1946 Ben Hogan
- 1945 No Tournament
- 1944 No Tournament
- 1943 No Tournament
- 1942 Herman Barron
- 1941 Ed Oliver
- 1940 Jimmy Demaret
- 1939 Byron Nelson
- 1938 Ralph Guldahl
- 1937 Ralph Guldahl
- 1936 Ralph Guldahl
- 1935 John Revolta
- 1934 Harry Cooper
- 1933 Mac Smith
- 1932 Walter Hagen
- 1931 Ed Dudley
- 1930 Gene Sarazen
- 1929 Tommy Armour
- 1928 Abe Espinosa
- 1927 Walter Hagen
- 1926 Walter Hagen
- 1925 Mac Smith
- 1924 Bill Mehlhorn
- 1923 Jock Hutchison
- 1922 Mike Brady
- 1921 Walter Hagen
- 1920 Jock Hutchison
- 1919 Jim Barnes
- 1918 No Tournament
- 1917 Jim Barnes
- 1916 Walter Hagen
- 1915 Tom McNamara
- 1914 Jim Barnes
- 1913 John McDermott
- 1912 Mac Smith
- 1911 Robert Simpson
- 1910 Charles Evans, Jr.
- 1909 Willie Anderson
- 1908 Willie Anderson
- 1907 Robert Simpson
- 1906 Alex Smith
- 1905 Arthur Smith
- 1904 Willie Anderson
- 1903 Alex Smith
- 1902 Willie Anderson
- 1901 Laurie Auchterlonie
- 1900 No Tournament
- 1899 Willie Smith
External link
- Official site (http://www.cialiswesternopen.com/)
- Coverage on the PGA Tour's official site (http://www.golfweb.com/tournaments/r028/)sv:Western Open